Garden Delights

Program provided in partnership with UBC Botanical Garden

Enjoy an outdoor, nature-based week at the beautiful UBC Botanical Garden. Explore the forest and food gardens and experience a treetop adventure! In an outdoor learning classroom, campers connect with Indigenous land history and local plants, while exploring science and biodiversity.  Campers will get creative with arts and crafts inspired by a wondrous week in nature, and expand their learning through hands-on activities and fun.

Required Equipment: Garden Delights is an entirely outdoor experience that runs rain or shine.  Please have campers wear appropriate clothing that is appropriate for all types of weather.

Location Details: This camp meets outside the Reception Centre at UBC's Botanical Garden (6804 SW Marine Drive).

Daily Themes:

•    Monday - Garden Tour & Orientation
•    Tuesday - Plant Survival 101
•    Wednesday - Seeds & Flowers
•    Thursday - Pollination
•    Friday - Forest Ecology & Treetop Walk

Full day camps will dive deeper into each theme, engaging in additional learning activities and play.

Activities and themes are subject to change.

This camp is presented in collaboration with UBC Botanical Garden, Canada's oldest university botanical garden (est. 1916). UBC Botanical Garden grows on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.  The Garden curates a diverse living collection of plants native to British Columbia and plants from all over the world, which are maintained for the purposes of education, research, conservation, community outreach, and public display.

Consent Form:
 UBC Camps Adventure Add-Ons Consent
A digital copy of the consent form is completed during online registration. In-person or over the phone registration requires a paper copy be submitted prior to the first day of camp.

Available Sessions

Code Course Age Date Course Day(s) Time Location Fee  
00154873 Garden Delights - Full Day 6-8 yrs Jul 7-Jul 11 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-4:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $530.00 Register
00155165 Garden Delights - Morning 6-8 yrs Jul 14-Jul 18 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-12:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $265.00 Register
00155166 Garden Delights - Full Day 6-8 yrs Jul 21-Jul 25 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-4:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $530.00 Register
00155167 Garden Delights - Morning 6-8 yrs Jul 28-Aug 1 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-12:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $265.00 Register
00154990 Garden Delights - Full Day 6-8 yrs Aug 5-Aug 8 Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-4:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $424.00 Register
00155168 Garden Delights - Morning 6-8 yrs Aug 11-Aug 15 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-12:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $265.00 Register
00155170 Garden Delights - Morning 6-8 yrs Aug 18-Aug 22 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00AM-12:00PM UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive $265.00 Register