UBC Botanical Garden, at the

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, was established in 1916 under the directorship of John Davidson,

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's first provincial

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. It is the oldest

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at a university in

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. The garden measures approximately 44 hectares (440,000 m² / 110 acres) and includes over 8000 different kinds of plants. Visitors to the garden should expect to spend a minimum of one hour exploring the garden. Gardens include an Asian garden, an alpine garden, a native plants garden, a food garden and a physic (medicinal) garden. In 2002, the UBC Centre for Plant Research became the research arm of the UBC Botanical Garden. The Centre for Plant Research examines topics such as plant adaptation,

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and phytochemistry. The Botanical Garden and the Centre for Plant Research are both encompassed by UBC's Faculty o
Science
UBC Botanical Garden also administers the

Nitobe Memorial Garden The Nitobe Memorial Garden is a -acre (one hectare) traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia, just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the UBC Botanical Garden. Backgrou ...

, a traditional Japanese garden located on campus.

External links

UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research homepage

website of the garden's journal
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