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Botany for Gardeners (Course)

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

9am to 12 noon

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Course Details Topics to be covered: plant names and botanical Latin, plant structure, how an understanding of plant ecology can save work in the garden, simple plant physiology – the scientific basis of frost and drought tolerance, flowering and pruning.  

Instructor Quentin Cronk  

Location At the Botanical Garden Pavilion, near the Food Garden (Directions to the Botanical Garden)  

Class Size 30 people maximum  

Cost (General) $40.00  

Cost (Garden Members) $33.00  

Please Note Advance registration required.  

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Botany and Horticulture

Botany and Horticulture is an online discussion forum for questions of a scientific nature, such as the chemistry behind plant growth or the conventions of taxonomy. Participants include members of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research faculty and staff.

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UBC Botanical Garden Education and Outreach is sponsored in part by the Vivian Glyn-Jones Fund, the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, and anonymous donors.