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Go and Grow - Cool Links

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Especially For Kids

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Eco Education BC
• Environment Canada
• Environmental Education for Kids
• David Suzuki Foundation for Kids
• Young Naturalists' Club of BC
• National Geographic Kids' Green-O-Meter
• Eco Education BC

Vocabulary

• David Suzuki Foundation

Activities

• Environment Canada Games and Quizzes
• Nature's Recyclers Colouring Book
• Discovery School's Puzzle Maker

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Attention Adults!

Looking for activity ideas? Planning a visit? Check out our page for teachers and parents.

It Smells Like A Wet Dog!

Since UBC Botanical Garden is used for science and research, not every plant has a nice smell or pretty flowers. Sometimes the plants used for research smell bad - like a wet dog or dirty socks! Sometimes the plants don't have pretty flowers, but there are other things to appreciate - fuzzy leaves or wicked thorns.

When exploring the garden, use your nose to guide you and discover plants that smell both foul and fair, and use your eyes to notice things about plants that aren't obvious or showy.