Community Earth Day Celebration (2007)

Spring has sprung at the UBC Botanical Garden and we are inviting the community to attend our free Earth Day Celebration on April 22nd from 11am to 3pm to mark the spring opening of the Garden. This event will feature a number of exciting educational activities for adults and children including:

• Family garden tours
• Magic show with the Solar Power Roadshow
• Scavenger hunt
• Pollination Street (crafts and activities for kids)
• Sustainable Expo (community education on organic gardening, commuting options, water and energy conservation, recycling and waste reduction, and composting)

Admission is free. Pre-registration is not required and all aspects of the event are on a first come first serve basis. A UBC Food Services BBQ will be on-site to serve delicious treats!

This event is proudly sponsored by:

• UBC Campus and Community Planning – for the purpose of building cohesiveness in University Town and the community
• UBC Food Services – as part of its commitment to sustainability and social responsibility
• UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research – as part of its mission in education and conservation

Help spread the word! Print and share these posters in your community: Earth Day Poster (PDF) | Earth Day Flyer (PDF).

Please note: This event will occur rain or shine. On-site parking is not available, but on-campus parking is available at Thunderbird Stadium, the new Thunderbird Parkade and other campus locations. Participants arriving via bus at the Bus-loop or Trolley Terminal can catch the TransLink C20 shuttle running from the Bus-Loop to the Garden. The 49, 41, 43 and 480 Bus-routes stop on 16th Avenue near the Garden. Please see the map below, and the available links for information on on-campus parking, bus routes and time-tables and bike-routes to the Garden.

Getting here:

• Campus Map (PDF) with highlighted locations


• TransLink Bus Routes and Timetables


• Vancouver Bike Routes 1 (PDF) | Vancouver Bike Routes 2 (PDF)


• On-Campus Parking Rates

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:45 PM on April 12, 2007