VanDusen Botanical Garden

VanDusen Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in , , in the Shaughnessy neighborhood. It is located at the northwest corner of 37th Avenue and Oak Street. It is named for local lumberman and philanthropist Whitford Julian VanDusen.
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  • Opening hours:
    January and December: 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
    February and November: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
    March and October: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    April: Saturday—Sunday 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
    May: Saturday—Sunday 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    June—August: 9:00 AM—8:30 PM
    September: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    December 25th: closed
  • Type: Garden
  • Description: botanical garden in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
  • Also known as: Van Dusen Botanical Garden
  • Address: 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vancouver College and QE Park.

School
is an independent K-12 university-preparatory Catholic school for boys located in the neighbourhood of , , .

Park
Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre municipal park located in , , . It is located on top of approximately 125 metres above sea level and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.

Hospital building
British Columbia Children's Hospital is a medical facility located in , , and is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakridge and South Cambie.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in , British Columbia, Canada, with a multicultural residential and commercial area. It had a population of 13,030 in 2016, of which approximately 50 percent have Chinese as their mother tongue.

Suburb
is a in the city of , , , that is generally considered one of the smallest neighbourhoods in the city, both in size and in population.

Suburb
is an almost-entirely residential neighbourhood in , , , spanning about 447 hectares in a relatively central locale.

VanDusen Botanical Garden

Latitude
49.2395° or 49° 14′ 22″ north
Longitude
-123.1329° or 123° 7′ 58″ west
Elevation
94 metres (308 feet)
Open location code
84XR6VQ8+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 316008597
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­garden
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11836208
Wiki­data ID
Q1119013
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“VanDusen Botanical Garden” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 范度森植物園
  • Dutch: Beelden in de VanDusen Botanical Garden
  • Dutch: Van Dusen Botanical Garden
  • German: Van Dusen Botanical Garden
  • German: VanDusen Botanical Garden
  • Russian: Ботанический сад Ван Дусена
  • Serbian: Вандусенова ботаничка башта
  • Ukrainian: Ботанічний сад Ван Дусена

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Highlights include mountain ashes and Great Lawn.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “VanDusen Botanical Garden”. Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.