Perennial Plant Sale (2005)

Category(-ies): 2005 Archives

If you love unique plants, then you'll love the 15th annual Perennial Plant Sale. This year the sale is on May 8th, 2005 from 10am to 4pm, and like previous years, is sited at the garden's entrance. UBC's largest plant sale features hundreds of proven perennials, as well as small shrubs, grasses, and as many unusual plants as can be cultivated for the sale.

Gardening experts will be on hand, and a children's corner is available.

For more information: Perennial Plant Sale

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 12:04 AM on April 28, 2005

DIGA visits UBC

Category(-ies): Botanical Garden News

The Disabled Independent Gardeners Association (DIGA) has been reactivated in Vancouver (Vancouver Courier article on DIGA and its history). DIGA members enjoy a number of events, including a recent workshop and tour at UBC Botanical Garden hosted by David Tarrant and Judy Newton (DIGA Workshop Photographs - April 19, 2005 in PDF format). For more information on the Disabled Independent Gardeners Association and affiliated organizations, visit the web site of the Disability Foundation.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:12 PM on April 25, 2005

Bedding Plant Sale (2005)

Category(-ies): 2005 Archives

The Horticulture Greenhouse (map) is hosting a sale featuring bedding plants, hanging baskets, moss baskets and more. On May 6, hours are from 9am to 5pm. From May 7 to May 27, hours are 9am to 3pm on Monday to Friday. Please see the poster for more details.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:58 PM on April 25, 2005

Guilty Pleasures (2005)

Category(-ies): Community Events

The 2005 Vancouver Orchid Society - 28th Annual Orchid Show and Plant Sale takes place at the Richmond Curling Club, 5540 Hollybridge Way, Richmond, BC Canada May 6 to 8, 2005. This year's theme is "Guilty Pleasures"! This highly anticipated event brings orchid enthusiasts, both the young and the young at heart, to share in the pleasures of this spectacular family of flowers.

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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 6:17 AM on April 17, 2005

UBC BG and CPR's Web Sites

Category(-ies): Web Site News

I'm demonstrating some of the techniques and tools that we use on the BGCPR sites to attendees of the Museums and the Web 2005 conference being held in Vancouver. I thought I'd make an annotated list of what I'll be demonstrating as a handy guide for the conference attendees to come back to and visit at their leisure. If you're not attending the conference, you might find some items of interest as well, but please note that I'm going to be technical with sometimes little or no explanation for brevity's sake.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:59 PM on April 15, 2005

A Walk in the Woods

Category(-ies): Botanical Garden News

Thanks to an agreement between the University Neighbourhoods Association and the Botanical Garden, funding was made available to open a new trail at the far end of the Asian Garden for everyone to enjoy: “A Walk in the Woods”.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 3:00 PM on April 14, 2005

Botany Photo of the Day

Category(-ies): Web Site News

If you're a long-time visitor to the garden's web site (and if you're not, welcome!), you will notice we've launched a new feature to the site - UBC Botanical Garden's “Botany Photo of the Day”.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:45 PM on April 13, 2005

Summer Student Jobs (2005)

Category(-ies): Opportunities

Five summer student positions are available for the summer of 2005.

Students are hired for available summer positions at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research based on the following criteria:

• employment is limited to returning first, second and third year students enrolled in a recognized Agriculture, Botany, Horticulture or Plant Biology program at UBC or another university/college, and to returning UBC Masters of Landscape Architecture students
• preference will be given to UBC students, and to students who have not had previous summer employment at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
• the term of employment is generally May to August

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 3:27 PM on April 4, 2005