VanDusen Botanical Garden
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Address5251 Oak StreetVancouver, British Columbia V6M 4H1 Canada Website |
General ContactTania ClarkeEducation Assistant 604-718-5898 604-263-1777 |
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Our Field Trips
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Hidden beneath the surface of VanDusen’s ponds, lakes and streams is a diverse world of beautiful and strange life. Students explore and learn about the pond environment, use nets to dip into a pond and identify the creatures they find.
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Why are flowers different shapes, sizes, colours and smells? Why do bees, butterflies and humming birds visit these flowers? They are all fundamental to plant reproduction. Students will search for pollinators, investigate flower parts and learn the importance of pollination in the life cycle of a flowering plant.
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Within the tranquil beauty of VanDusen exists a complex and intimately connected ecosystem. During a mini-Bioblitz, students explore the Garden to find the plants and animals that live here, and investigate how they are interrelated. Students will also examine the structural adaptations that plants have evolved to survive and thrive in different environments.
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Rough, smooth, stinky, dark green, pointy… As they explore the garden, students describe and compare similarities and differences among plants using as many of their senses as possible. Through fun, hands-on activities, students identify key parts of plants, play the Maple Leaf Match-up, make their own sticky trail card, and more!
