Calendar of Courses & Special Lectures
Educational programming at VanDusen is operated by the VanDusen Botanical Gardens Association, a non-profit society dedicated to supporting and promoting VanDusen as an outstanding botanical garden.
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December
Dec 2
Spectacular Christmas Table Centres
Dec 8
Cedar Lecture: TBD
Dec 17
Family Program: Light up your Life
January
Jan 14
Bird Walk
Jan 14
HT Course 1: Introduction to Horticultural Therapy
Jan 21
Family Program: Folk Stories of Familiar Plants
February
Feb 4
Digital Photography Workshop
Feb 4
Delicious Designs - The Potager Garden
Feb 4
Mason Bee Workshop
Feb 9
Watercolour in Winter
Feb 9
Cedar Lecture - Hellebores: Jewels of the Winter Garden
Feb 18
Enlighten your Photos
Feb 18
Bird Walk
Feb 18
Plant Lab: The Kingdom of Plants
Feb 22
Designing with Colour
Feb 25
Plant Lab: Conifers
Feb 25
Family Program: Kids Corner at Seedy Saturday
March
Mar 3
Plant Lab: The Seeds We Eat
Mar 10
HT Course 2: Professional Practice
Mar 14
Plant Lab: Soil pH, and Plants
Mar 17
Family Program: Kaleidoscope Eyes in VanDusen
Mar 18
Right Plant, Right Place
Mar 24
Bird Walk
Mar 24
Plant Propagation Workshop
Mar 24
The Essence of Good Gardening
Mar 31
Apple Grafting Workshop
Mar 31
Fruit Tree Basics
Mar 31
How to Hire a Great Gardener
April
Apr 12
Cedar Lecture - George Forrest - Braveheart of the Great Plant Explorers
Apr 14
Landscape Design Journey
Apr 14
Fix your own Lawnmower
Apr 18
Growing Veggies in Containers
Apr 20
Plant Lab: Mosses and Lichens
Apr 21
Family Program: Calling all budding meteorologists!
Apr 21
Companion Planting
Apr 28
Bird Walk
Apr 28
Gardening for Bees
Apr 28
Creative Containers
May
May 3
Watercolour in Spring
May 5
Plant a Salad in a Basket Workshop
May 5
Small Space Garden Design
May 9
Integrated Gardening - Veggies and Flowers
May 12
Flower Photography
May 12
Introduction to Botanical Latin
May 15
Native Plants for Urban Gardens
May 16
Keep Good Lawns fro Going Bad
May 26
Plant Lab. Flower Dissection
May 26
Family Program: Pond Dipping - The World Beneath The Lily Pads!
May 26
Bird Walk
June
Jun 2
Plant ID for Beginners
Jun 9
Bee Safari
Jun 10
Botany on Bowen Island
Jun 16
Family Program: Spotlight on Turtles
Jun 23
Bird Walk
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