UBC BOTANICAL GARDEN AND CENTRE FOR PLANT RESEARCH
Welcomes Botany 2008 Attendees with

** Free entrance to UBC Botanical Garden and Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC for Botany 2008 attendees **

FREE ADMISSION TO THE UBC BOTANICAL GARDEN. Show your Botany 2008 conference badge to receive complimentary admission to the Botanical Garden and Nitobe Memorial Garden. Drop-in tours during the day are also available -- for information, please call 604.822.4208 send an email

For maps see:
http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=099
http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=N039

For details on the gardens see:
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/
http://www.nitobe.org/directions.php

DISCOUNTS AT THE 'SHOP IN THE GARDEN'
Visit the Shop in the Garden at the main UBC Botanical Garden for special discounted rates for all Botany 2008 conference attendees: <http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/shop.php>

SUNSET TOURS AT THE UBC BOTANICAL GARDEN AND CENTRE FOR PLANT RESEARCH
Book your place in a sunset tour at the UBC Botanical Garden at 7PM on Monday July 28th and Tuesday July 29th. Tours and garden entrance are free for Botany 2008 attendees. **Please RSVP** by calling 604.822.4208 or email botg@interchange.ubc.ca

TEA CEREMONY AT NITOBE MEMORIAL GARDEN ON JULY 26th
The Urasenke Foundation of Vancouver (see <http://www.urasenke.or.jp/> for related
information from the Urasenke Foundation) hosts tea ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden on the UBC Vancouver campus throughout the summer. Visitors attending the ceremony can witness the formal preparation of tea and participate as guests.

Tea ceremonies take place on the last Saturday of the month throughout the summer. For 2008, the dates are May 31, June 28, July 26, August 30 and September 27, at 1:00, 1:50, 2:40, 3:30 and 4:20.

The fee for participation is $Can-5. Reservations are strongly encouraged (604-939-7749 or email Keith Snyder < mailto:krsnyder@shaw.ca>) as space is limited to eight people for each ceremony.