Vancouver is a stunning place in the spring time, and nowhere is that clearer than in the UBC Botanical Gardens. My parents were here this weekend to help me pack up my dorm room (which I’ll make a post on later), so for fun we went to the Botanical Gardens. Rhododendron in all the colours of the rainbow, giant magnolia blossoms, and those iconic BC conifers that reach high into the sky. And boy, does the air smell fantastic!
Admission to the UBC Botanical Gardens is free for UBC students, but if you’re willing to pay a little more, I would definitely recommend paying the extra fee to go on the Greenheart Canopy Walkway. At its highest point it goes up to 70 feet above the ground, and walking across the swinging bridge is fun! Believe me, I’m afraid of heights and I enjoyed myself! Plus if you get the guided tour (at no extra cost) you get a lot of great information and insight into the forest around you and the walkway itself.
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That canopy walkway looks neat! I might go check it out! Do you recall how much it cost? How long is the path?
The path is 308 metres long, and I’m not sure how much the canopy costs for a UBC student, but for non-UBC students, the garden and the canopy walkway is $20.