Attractions & Gardens

The David C. Lam Asian Garden site is a native second-growth forest under-planted with Asian trees, shrubs, woody vines and evergreen and herbaceous perennials. Many of the Asian plants are…

The E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden is organized geographically with separate beds representing the mountains of Asia, Africa, North America, Europe, South America and Australasia, allowing visitors to “travel around the…

The Food Garden is a formal space where visitors are encouraged to explore our connection to food through display and demonstration. Partially enclosing the garden is a sound-abatement wall, which…

The Harold and Frances Holt Physic Garden is a formal garden feature comprised of 12 concentric brick-edged beds around a central sundial and enclosed by a yew hedge. The yew…

Welcome to Nitobe Memorial Garden, a traditional Japanese stroll garden and authentic tea house located at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Nitobe Memorial Garden is considered one of the…

The BC Rainforest Garden is a signature feature of the Garden, as it displays plants that are locally native to the area and region. The collections represent elements of the…

The diverse eastern North American deciduous hardwood forest that extends from the Gulf Coast of the United States into southern Ontario is known as the Carolinian Forest. Though the extent…

The Garry Oak Meadow Garden is an ecological garden designed to be a sustainable landscape feature and maintained with a minimum of inputs. Most of the plants are summer drought…

Pacific Slope Garden The Pacific Slope Garden, which is still under development, contains flora native to coastal British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California. The first plantings for this garden feature,…