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A full slate of field trips have been planned
to showcase the botanical offerings of UBC and the Vancouver
region. Field Trips are open to all registered attendees
of Botany 2008 including spouses/companions and family members.
(They must pay full trip registration fee.) All trips require
pre-registration and are on a first-come and first-served
basis. Fees include transportation,
admission fees, field guides (if provided), water and where
indicated, lunch. Schedule subject to change...you will be
notified by email.
Pre-Conference Multi Day Trip
Thursday July 24 - Saturday
July 26
FT - A1 Manning Park
Meadows
Leave UBC at 8:30 am - Cost: $300.00
Saturday July 26 - Sunday July 27
FT - 1 Paleobotanical
Trip to Princeton and McAbee
Leave UBC at 8:30 am - Cost: $300.00 professionals;
$150.00 Students
Pre-Conference Full Day Trip
Full day trips meet at the Student Union Building at 8:30
am and return approximately by 5:00 pm
Saturday July 26
FT - 2 Cypress Mountain:
Vascular Plants and Bryophytes - Cost:
$70.00
FT - 3 Mt Cheam -
Seed Plant Walk - Cost: $100.00
FT - 4 Ferns of North Vancouver - Cost:
$85.00
FT - 5 The Rise (and Fall) and
Rise (and Fall) and Rise of the UBC Botanical Garden including a
trip to Riverview Arboretum - Cost: $75.00
FT - 6 Ethnobotanical walk at Cypress
Mountain. A look
at the uses of plants by First Nations as well as old growth forest and
subalpine. - Cost: $75.00
FT - 7 Bryophtyes
of the Vancouver Area Cost: $110.00
FT - 8 Asian Gardens
of Vancouver: A visit to the Asian Garden at UBC Botanical
Garden, Nitobe Japanese Garden, and Dr. Sun Yat San Garden.
Cost: $100.00
Pre-Conference Half Day Trip
Saturday July 26
Half day trips meet at the Student Union Building at 12:00
pm and return approximately at 5:00 pm.
FT - 9 UBC Farm – A
Little Piece Of Farmland - Cost: $25.00
FT - 10 Lighthouse
Park - Cost: $65.00
FT - 11 Treasures
of Pacific Spirit Park - Cost: $25.00
FT - 12 Van Dusen Garden -
Cost: $25.00
Post-Conference Full Day Trip
Thursday, July 31st
FT - 13 Mount
Baker: Alpine Flora Cost:
100.00
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