Where Life Flourishes

Festival of Lights

Step into a botanical wonderland this holiday season at VanDusen Festival of Lights. Explore 15 acres adorned with over 1 million twinkling lights, themed displays, food vendors, and more.

Garden members save on admission with proof of membership.

Naturalist’s Journal: Botanical Drawing (Online)

Join this three-session series with artist and educator Katharine Dickinson to enhance your nature drawing skills, whether for journaling, teaching, or simply for personal enjoyment. Observational drawing focuses on accurately depicting what you see directly from nature using pencil on paper.

Colour, Climate, and Connections to the Land (Rae Warner Speaker Series)

Join Caitlin ffrench as she shares how she gathers and grows plants to work with as dyes, how climate change has been impacting this work, and how you can grow your own colours. ffrench works with these dyed fabric and fibres in her artistic practice and she will be discussing her current body of work.