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Queen Elizabeth ParkvsUBC Botanical Garden
Both Queen Elizabeth Park and UBC Botanical Garden are endorsed by writers. On balance, UBC Botanical Garden is the choice of most professionals compared to Queen Elizabeth Park. UBC Botanical Garden scores 81 with praise from 6 reviewers including Frommer's, Travel + Leisure and Lonely Planet.
Queen Elizabeth Park
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Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler
Frommer's
4600 Cambie St, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Y 2M4, Canada
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Fodor's "This 52-hectare (130-acre) park has lavish sunken gardens (in a former stone quarry), a rose garden, and an abundance of grassy picnicking spots." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Panoramic views of the mountain-framed downtown skyscrapers – this 52-hectare park claims to house specimens of every tree native to Canada." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Highly popular park, which stretches across the open hillside. At the northwest end of the park is an arboretum." Full review
Afar Magazine "Hundreds of people gather every New Year’s Day on English Bay to watch crazy/brave souls take a Polar Bear Dip into the freezing cold water. " Full review
Afar Magazine "A manicured space of shrubs, cascading streams and flowers in bloom, Queen Elizabeth Park is the garden of choice for meditative walks and games of lawn bowling and pitch and putt." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Built in on a former quarry 500 feet above sea level, this park is the highest vantage point in Vancouver." Full review
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Frommer's "The big attraction is the gorgeously landscaped, flower-filled quarry garden, but the arboretum, featuring trees from all over the world, is also a big draw, as are the Henry Moore sculptures" Full review
UBC Botanical Garden Fodor's Lonely Planet
Time Out
Travel + Leisure Michelin Guide Frommer's
6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Fodor's "Ten thousand trees, shrubs, and rare plants from around the world thrive on this 70-acre research site on the university campus." Full review
Lonely Planet "You'll find a giant collection of rhododendrons, a fascinating apothecary plot and a winter green space of off-season bloomers in this 28-hectare complex of themed gardens." Full review
Time Out "The UBC Botanical Garden is a somewhat hidden (but sizeable) jewel at the intersection of SW Marine Drive and W16th Avenue." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Vancouver's vast botanical gardens showcase a collection of approximately 8,000 species of flora, and also serves as a working center for plant research." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The setting, on a bluff overlooking the Strait of Georgia, adds to the pleasure." Full review
Frommer's "44-hectare UBC Botanical Garden, home to more than 8,000 species of trees, shrubs, and flowers grouped into a BC native garden, a physic (or medicinal) garden, a food garden, and several others. " Full review
