Courses and Lectures for Fall / Winter 2004

Category(-ies): UBC Lectures and Courses

UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research courses, lectures and seminars listings for the latter half of 2004 are now available on the courses and lectures page.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:36 PM on June 25, 2004

PLANT-A-PALOOZA!

Category(-ies): Community Events

A free concert will take place June 19, 2004 at 2:00 pm in Mahon Park, North Vancouver. The event is a celebration of community involvement and green spaces.

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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 1:07 PM on June 8, 2004

Native Plants Under Fire

Category(-ies): Local Plant Conservation

What affect do controlled burns have on aiding at-risk native species? UBC researcher Andrew MacDougall has been investigating this question in the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve near Duncan, BC, an 18 hectare site owned by the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 1:39 PM on June 3, 2004

Art in the Garden (2004)

Category(-ies): 2004 Archives

Artists are invited to use the garden for inspiration on June 27 from 10am to 3pm. The Garden Pavilion will be available as workspace, meeting place and refreshment area. Artists can use either the pavilion or the gardens to work.

Art in the Garden

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 3:45 PM on June 2, 2004

VanDusen Garden Show

Category(-ies): Community Events

The 11th annual VanDusen Garden show takes place from June 10-13, 2004. “Garden Tales - Gardens From Literature” is this year's theme, with designs from stories such as Alice in Wonderland and The Lord of the Rings. With over 250 exhibitors and 15 theme and feature gardens, the garden show is one of the largest in North America.

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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 1:46 PM on June 2, 2004

Leo Award Winners!

Category(-ies): Kudos

Congratulations to UBC Botanical Garden's David Tarrant for winning a Leo Award as Best Host of a Lifestyle Series for the series “Spring!”

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 8:13 PM on June 1, 2004

June 2004 Courses and Lectures

Category(-ies): UBC Lectures and Courses

Hailey Pappin shares the colours of Brooklyn Botanic Garden in this month's free Monday seminar on June 14.

The techniques of fruit tree espalier are taught by one of UBC garden's expert horticulturists, Tony Maniezzo, on Saturday, June 19. Tony maintains the Food Garden.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 7:54 PM on June 1, 2004