This summer Truffles Fine Foods Catering will host a gourmet 4-course picnic experience at VanDusen Botanical Garden .
Situated in the beautiful surrounds of the Garden, the menu reflects inspiration of Italian alfresco dishes, with modern plant-based options.
VBGA Member discount available!
Learn MoreThis year VanDusen Botanical Garden is growing a rainbow of vegetables with over 80 easy-to-grow, locally available varieties in every colour imaginable. Visit the VanDusen Vegetable Garden to learn how each colour group can improve your well-being and overall health. We challenge you to Eat a Rainbow every week!
On August 6th, enjoy a FREE, hour-long concert at VanDusen Botanical Garden’s spectacular Heron Lake.
Delight in JUNO-winner Elinor Frey’s performance of solo works for cello by J.S. Bach, classical Chinese music by Vancouver’s Silk Road Music, the luxury of baritone Jonathon Adams’ rich voice, ravishing French baroque works performed by L’harmonie des Saisons, and more!
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Summer in the Garden features vibrant colours and fragrant smells for our visitors to enjoy.
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Learn MoreAutumn colours are absolutely stunning at the Garden, and there are plenty of blooms still showing.
Learn MoreThe winter Garden features muted colour palettes, stunning silhouettes and a scattering of colour with winter berries and blooms.
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In spring the Garden is bursting with cheerful rhododendrons, stunning magnolias, delicate cherry blossoms and bloom-full camellias – to mention a few…
Learn MoreLearn how to draw plants from an aesthetic and botanical perspective while improving your observation and artistic skills. This 3-session course is ideal for anyone wishing to approach botanical drawing from a beginner level in the comfort of their own home. Participants will be given step-by-step instructions on how to progress through botanical drawing projects using graphite pencils. Instructor Katharine Dickinson will guide participants through contour and gesture drawing exercises, followed by longer studies using line and tonal drawing techniques.
Which plants can we enjoy in gardens that produce vitality, movement, sound, and pizazz this fall? Janis Matson will address how to incorporate bark, fruit, foliage, and flowers to enhance autumnal colour, texture and form. After this class, you will understand how to enjoy the dynamics of the changing seasons while adding warmth and a welcome into fall.
Ever wondered what plants live in your neighbourhood and local parks? How do you know which ones are invasive? After learning some basic plant identification skills, discover some of the priority invasive species in the region. Access resources and learn what can be done about even the most harmful alien invaders in this two-part series.
Instructor Tasha Murray is Executive Director of the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver and has been involved in conservation in the Pacific Northwest for over twenty years.
Illustrator and Artist Susan Pearson will guide this class through watercolour exercises to explore the season’s shifting colours in this two-part series.
Whether your subject matter is bright apples, crimson leaves, or autumn foliage (silver twigs and delicate seed heads), you will explore, what Susan calls, the watercolour vocabulary!
Her demonstrations and techniques, as well as one on one individual attention, will inspire and prompt you to create beautiful watercolours.
This course is suitable for beginners to intermediates.
