VanDusen Botanical Garden

We have been for the festival of lights and it was stunning.
I really recommend the place for the festival of lights.
Amazing decorating this year.

Stunning at Christmas!
Superb ample parking, well organized and absolutely beautiful at night. We really enjoyed the mini- light shows on the water! Lovely way to get some light accessible cardio and reduce winter cabin fever.
Ideal for families.

Such a tasteful light display throughout. Dazzling scenes twinkling, chasing and cycling patterns a plenty, nothing garish and tacky just mesmerizing and festive.

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We were there in November and no flowers bloom then. But they decorated everything with lights. But since it was daytime when we were there it didn't have much of an effect.

Amazing light festival for Christmas from 24Nov - 7Jan, I really recommend to visit this area, really good atmosphere.

Beautiful gardens. You need AtleAst 2-3 hours to explore the whole area. Definitely worth visiting. Lots to see there.

Absolutely gorgeous, well maintained and the variety from all parts of the world was very educational. Smelled great too!

Beautiful oasis in vancouver. I really appreciate the self guided tours, which took us through an appropriate experience for the season, thus avoiding walking through sections of mostly dead flowers.

A beautiful garden to escape the hustle and bustle of Vancouver. Wonderful placed to sit and soak up the splendid surroundings and all for a very reasonable entrance fee.

Make sure you have time for it. I loved the fact that there are educational signs next to almost each plant.beauty and knowledge. Oh, we enjoyed the maze a lot!

It's OK, not great. Long walking paths lead you to the maze and waterfall. Ticket for each is $13+. Rose garden is nothing compared to others I have seen. No signage can simply let you walking. Cafeteria is good but food served is okayish. We had turkey cheese sandwich which was amazing but macaroons were utter waste. Not authentic, we tried pista and raspberry but didn't like either. Overall experience, bad, this place is just a hype!

So beautiful, highly recommend these gardens! Saw some reviews saying because of the lack of rain this summer, it's not very green etc. But it was so so beautiful! Loved it!

The botanical gardens was breathtaking! I brought my florist mother on a trip for her birthday while we were in Vancouver. The entrance rate is very affordable. I feel like the signage was inadequate at some points, but we saw a lot of fun stuff. The maze was super fun too.

We only saw the outside of the garden. Please be aware that they currently do not offer any lockers or storage for bags due to COVID-19. If you are traveling, make sure you have somewhere to store your gear.

Beautiful garden. It is a great place to bring kids to come here. Admission fee is not expensive. I like the maze section. We came here with our family to enjoy our trip in BC. This garden is well maintained.
Will come again next time.

A beautiful hidden gem in Vancouver easily missed if you are driving by so glad I was introduced to this place. Great place for a stroll or to take visitors. Well maintained.