VanDusen Botanical Garden

Info★ Notable🏛️ Public · Park / Nature📍 Vancouver$$$

★ Notable · worth the detour

55-acre world-class botanical garden in Shaughnessy.

Café or food on site

VanDusen Botanical Garden is a 55-acre urban oasis in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood, home to over 7,500 plant species from around the world. The garden hosts seasonal exhibitions, botanical education programs, and features both a fine-dining restaurant and a casual Garden Café inside the LEED-certified Visitor Centre. The accessibility page explicitly encourages arriving by bike, transit, or car, making it a natural destination for cycle tourists exploring central Vancouver.

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✓Café or food on site

Shaughnessy Restaurant (fine dining, lunch/afternoon tea/dinner/weekend brunch) and The Garden Café (Fair Trade coffee, sandwiches, soups) both located on site at VanDusen

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Bike parkingWater bottle refillWashroomsShowers (drop-in or fee)Water without admissionLuggage / bag storageVending machinesBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingPublic rack nearbyBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingWi-FiE-bike chargingPumpDiscount for arriving by bike

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Good to know

Kid-friendly

Time to allow: Half a day

Planning: Check ahead before you go

Best time to visit: Spring blooms & floral festival (April, May, June)

Hours: Open mornings, afternoons and evenings (check website for exact hours and closure days)

Indigenous

This place is in the traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), Stz’uminus, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), and Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

Around here

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🍽 Eat nearby

The Garden Café at VanDusen0.2 km
Shaughnessy Restaurant0.3 km

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