5941 Mason Road, Sechelt, BC | FALL/WINTER HOURS: Friday – Monday, 11 am – 4 pm | Admission: $5.00/person – Members always welcome
Douglas Justice, Associate Director with the UBC Botanical Garden, and a Director on our Board, gave an interview to CityNews about why we saw so many flowers bloom ahead of schedule. With warmer temperatures around the corner, will we see them come back? Watch the...
Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ is an evergreen shrub with sharp, holly-like leaves. The spikes of scented, yellow flowers attract pollinating insects and hummingbirds when little else is in bloom. The flowers are followed by round, purple berries in late summer and fall....
The tree that is getting a lot of attention at the Garden right now is the Mespilus germanica, or 'common Medlar' - a tree that fruits in late fall/ early winter! As a member of the Rosaceae family, along with roses, apples, pears, quince, and hawthorn, the ripening...
Our dedicated Veggie Garden volunteers came together last week to plant a variety of garlic bulbs. The weather was dry and sunny - the perfect day to finish off the planting group's work for the year. Looks like they had fun doing it too! After an incredibly fruitful...
.Thanks to the rainfall we received in late summer and so far this fall, we are seeing the return of fungi of all kinds springing up all over the Garden! And we're not the only ones happy to see them - fungi are integral players in a healthy ecosystem and have a...
Many plants in the Botanical Garden are identified with metal labels. A good place to find conifer identifications is near the gate into the volunteer area from Mason Road. Some large native trees are labelled along the edge of the ravine and around the native habitat...
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