Where Life Flourishes

Harvest Days

Harvest Days brings the best of the fall season to VanDusen Botanical Garden on weekends from September 26 to October 18, plus Thanksgiving Monday (October 12).

Explore the Learning Garden and maze area, brought to life with autumn activities for all ages. Enjoy live music, face painting and crafts, lawn games, seasonal food and beverages, and the new Discovery Tent.

*Included with Garden admission or membership on event days.

Protecting VanDusen’s Trees for Tomorrow

VanDusen Botanical Garden’s oldest trees need our help.

If you’ve noticed leaves browning early or smaller blooms around the Gardens lately, our trees are trying to tell us something isn’t right. Hotter, drier summers and sudden cold snaps are putting them under extra stress. We’re doing everything we can through our Climate Adaptation Fund, aiming to raise $1M by 2030 to give them extra care — but we can’t do it alone.

If you’re able to donate today, your support goes a long way.

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Botanical Drawing: Autumn Harvest (Online)

In this three-session online series, you’ll develop your drawing and watercolour skills to create accurate and expressive pictures of vegetables. Guided by artist and educator Katharine Dickinson, follow step-by-step demonstrations that show observation drawing techniques for capturing angles, proportions, and the unique shapes of plants.