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VanDusen Botanical Gardens: A Beautiful Garden in Vancouver

By Natasha Jervis, About.com

Festival of Lights

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VanDusen Botanical Garden
5251 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC
Tel: 604-878-9274
Website: www.vandusengarden.org

This garden is gorgeous in every season in Vancouver. VanDusen Botanical Garden offers 55 acres of scenic garden to its visitors. There is a living museum of plants collected from all over the globe. This attraction is only 15 minutes from downtown and always populated with locals and visitors.

VanDusen Botanical Garden opens up at 10am every morning. Named one of the top attractions in Canada in 2005 by Where Magazine, this garden will take your breath away. Over 100 events take place in this garden every year such as the Annual Vancouver Garden Show and the horticultural club shows. Vancouver has such a mild climate so plants can bloom in this garden all year round. There is an event called the Festival of Lights that runs from the second week in December to Decembet 31st.

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