Wine In The Garden – Bottleneck Drive At VanDusen Garden

VanDusen Botanical Garden will welcome Summerland’s Bottleneck Drive wineries with more than 75 wines to taste, alongside food pairings from Truffles Fine Foods in the BMO Great Hall surrounded by the calm, green, and floral beauty of the garden. Guests will enjoy live music with the Okanagan’s Ari Neufeld while bidding on delicious silent auction items, “all things Summerland”. Proceeds to VanDusen…

VanDusenBotanical Garden Festival of Lights

‘BEAM ME UP’ TAKES ON A NEW MEANING AT FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ‘Beam me up Scotty’ often meant that Kirk and Spock needed to escape… and fast. However, once a year, at VanDusenBotanical Garden, it’s more a case of ‘beam me down’ … and, once here, you don’t want to leave. Upon arrival you’ll find yourself…

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS — A MAGICAL DATE NIGHT

We could all use a little more romance in our lives; a little magic to vanquish the Winter Solstice blues. What could be more romantic and more magical than spending an evening strolling amidst hundreds of thousands of brightly twinkling lights while sipping on hot chocolate and listening to seasonal music? It’s the stuff of…

VanDusen Gardens – HONEY HARVEST A SWEET BONUS

“To bee or not to bee” was the question in 2000 when VanDusen Botanical Garden installed four hives of honey bees as an aid to pollination. No one realized at the time that in addition to pollination, there would be a sweet bonus at the end of the summer.  It turns out that each hive,…

VanDusen Botanical Garden’s Festival of Lights

LIGHT THERAPY TO BANISH THE BLAHS At this time of year it’s dark, cold and damp. Some of us get up in the dark and come home in the dark. Our energy sags, we feel like cocooning and dreams of sunlit beaches dance in our heads. The medical profession calls it S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder)…