Articles in Western Canada
![2023 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/canada-quebec-montreal_monarchblitz.jpg)
The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is back for its seventh edition. From July 28 to August 6, 2023, Espace pour la vie invites you to join thousands of volunteers across Canada, Mexico, and the United …
![Year of the Garden in Canada](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/canadian-garden-council-2022.jpg)
By the Canadian Garden Council
The Canadian Garden Council has proclaimed 2022 as the “Year of the Garden.”
It is an important year for the public to be inspired, entertained, and informed by Canada’s Garden Family …
![Orchid Shows the Last Weekend in March](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/orchid-striped-150.jpg)
No matter where your travels take you in late March, Road Trips Gardeners, there’s probably an orchid show on your route — in the United States or in Canada.
Six scheduled for March 27, 28, and …
![Alpine Blossom Festival](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/canada_bc_sunpeaks_wildflower.jpg)
Nope. It’s not too late to see wildflowers. Just head north to the Alpine Blossom Festival, set for July 31 through August 2, 2015, at Sun Peaks Resort, 1280 Alpine Road, Sun Peaks, British Columbia, …
![The Herbarium Project](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yurkovich-karen.jpg)
“The Herbarium Project” is an exhibition of oil paintings by Karen Yurkovich. It’s open through August 23, 2014, in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Yurkovich explores humankind’s complex and variegated …
![Project Orange Thumb](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fiskars-orange-thumb.jpg)
Special to Road Trips for Gardeneers
By Fiskars
Every year community gardens continue to sprout up across North America. To help groups make their community garden plans a reality, Fiskars is pleased to open its 2014 …
![Vancouver’s Cherry Blossoms](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/canada_bc_vancouver_cherry2.jpg)
Thanks to the mild climate in this part of Canada’s British Columbia, Vancouver starts to spring out of winter earlier than you might imagine. As early as late February, visitors and locals can witness the …
![Two Sales at VanDusen](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/canada_bc_vancouver_rudbeckia.jpg)
If you’re near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the end of the month, consider rolling past the VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5521 Oak Street, Vancouver (map).
The first is the annual Compost & Spring Bulb Sale, …
![Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/canada_bc_vancouver_chrysanthemum.jpg)
A show and sale of early varieties of mums will be held September 15 and 16, 2012, by the Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association.
Hours for the event, held in the VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak Street, …
![Vancouver: Cherry Blossoms and More](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/canada_bc_vancouver_cherry.jpg)
As early as late February, Road Trips Gardeners will see trees along the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, turning cherry pink with the blossoming of the city’s 37,000 flowering cherry trees. Come spring, 35 …