VanDusen Botanical Garden

Address	5251 Oak Street at West 37th Avenue
Hours	10am-4pm November-February, 10am-5pm March, 10am-6pm April, 10am-8pm May, 10am-9pm June-August, 10am-7pm September
Admission	$7.75/$5.50 summer/winter
Phone	604-878-9274
Website	www.vandusengarden.org

A long stroll through these 55 acres—including meditation, Mediterranean, and Japanese gardens as well as a magnificent 60-foot Elizabethan hedge maze—is well worth the price of admission. Located on what was once the city’s golf club, VanDusen shelters more than 11,000 plant species from the world over, many of which are endangered. The formal rose gardens are also some of the loveliest you’ll find anywhere. The entrance building houses a reference library (open to the public), quite a nice gift shop, and a posh restaurant. June brings the largest flower show in North America, and in December the gardens are illuminated by night, the Festival of Lights.