Courses

Join us for a leisurely two-hour tour through the Garden as we look and listen for the many bird species that frequent the area, while our experienced guides share their enthusiasm and knowledge about the Garden’s avian inhabitants.

In this September workshop, we’ll focus on bulbs and preparing your garden for spring. Learn the differences between bulbs, tubers and corms, and discover how to grow beautiful ornamental flowers for cutting gardens.

Led by Sangeeta Thomas, Learning Garden Coordinator, these beginner-friendly, monthly sessions cover a variety of seasonal topics to help build your gardening skills. 

What role can a landfill play in supporting biodiversity? For more than 25 years, the City of Vancouver has nurtured habitat gardens at its Delta landfill, creating spaces where native plants, pollinators, birds, and other wildlife can thrive.  

Join horticulturist Sage Kosa for an inside look at these unique gardens and discover simple, practical ways to create more habitat in your own landscape. 

Join illustrator Bea Martin for a fun, beginner-friendly nature journaling workshop. Through easy-to-follow exercises and creative tips and techniques, participants will explore the Garden ponds and capture what they see and hear in pencil & paint—from turtles and dragonflies, to ducks and water lilies!

In this three-session online series, you’ll develop your drawing and watercolour skills to create accurate and expressive pictures of vegetables. Guided by artist and educator Katharine Dickinson, follow step-by-step demonstrations that show observation drawing techniques for capturing angles, proportions, and the unique shapes of plants. 

In this session, Allison Luke will break down the 4 broad classes of mulch, compare their strengths and limitations, and explore current best practices. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of how to choose and use mulch for any landscape.

Join Poh Tan for a four-session exploration of hula, storytelling, plants, and culture. Learn the basic steps of hula and explore how this beautiful dance form can be used to share meaningful stories about plants, nature, and our environment.

Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into the world of watercolour with Susan Pearson in this 6-session series, suitable for beginner to medium hobby painters. You’ll be guided through a hands-on journey of truly looking at plants and noticing details you may have missed before.

Chadd Bauman and Laura McKechnie’s class offers the unique experience of learning all about the fungal kingdom, including how they grow, what their benefits are to our health and surrounding world, how to grow at home, and so mush more! This class is beneficial for absolute beginners to intermediate fungal fans.

An afternoon session of this class is also available.

Chadd Bauman and Laura McKechnie’s class offers the unique experience of learning all about the fungal kingdom, including how they grow, what their benefits are to our health and surrounding world, how to grow at home, and so mush more! This class is beneficial for absolute beginners to intermediate fungal fans.

A morning session of this class is also available.

Join wildlife photographer Liron Gertsman for an in-depth workshop on wildlife photography. We will go over tips, tricks and techniques for wildlife photography that can be applied regardless of your camera of choice, smartphones included.

In this October workshop, learn how to harvest, cure, store, and plant garlic for a successful crop next season. We’ll also cover how to prepare your beds, improve soil health, and protect your garden through the colder months.

Led by Sangeeta Thomas, Learning Garden Coordinator, these beginner-friendly, monthly sessions cover a variety of seasonal topics to help build your gardening skills.