Aerial Photographs of UBC Botanical Garden

Earlier this summer, Alpine Garden curator Brent Hine had the opportunity to fly over the gardens in a small plane. As of the end of August, the lawn areas seen in the images are now shades of brown thanks to UBC Botanical Garden's water use policy.

Compared to what is currently available on Google Map's rendering of UBC Botanical Garden, the aerial photographs offer the opportunity to resolve individual trees, shrubs and mass plantings within the cultivated and naturalized landscapes that make up the garden. If you are interested, you can also compare the aerial photographs to the ground-level visitor's map of UBC Botanical Garden.

Another alternative way of viewing the garden from above is the City of Vancouver's VanMap (thanks Marilyn for the suggestion). It can be a bit slow to operate, but the 2004 orthograph of the garden is interesting because it was taken during the spring flowering of the magnolias.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:47 AM on August 31, 2005