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Farms, Parks & Gardens

Visit interactive farms, parks, and gardens around BC with Art-BC’s current listings.BC is known for its epic mountains, sparkling lakes, living rain forests and ocean-side trails. Explore the beauty of nature! To start, visit the world-renowned floral displays at Butchart Gardens in Victoria. Next, learn about pioneer life at the exciting BC Farm Museum. Looking for fall fun? Find pumpkin patches, haunted houses, and more at Fantasy Farms in Chilliwack.

Walking and hiking are a given in this lush province. Beyond that, there is wildlife viewing, backpacking, camping, kayaking and canoeing, swimming, fishing and boating, skiing and boarding, mountain biking and mountaineering.

Art-BC brings you the best of the province here, with BC’s Farms, Parks, & Gardens!

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A Sea of Bloom | Sooke

Sooke
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A Sea of Bloom Floral Design is a locally loved floral design studio and boutique that offers far more than traditional flower arrangements. Rooted in years of experience, founder Karen Stones brings a deep passion for floristry—ranging from growing and selling flowers to designing weddings and special events—into every aspect of the shop. Located in the heart of Sooke, the Read more...
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Barkerville Historic Town & Park

Barkerville
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It’s 1862. You are hand-digging through layers of soggy, worthless, frustrating gravel, hoping and praying the next shovel-stroke will expose a fortune in gold. Everyone says it’s crazy, but there’s too much at stake. Then, just when the outcome seems impossibly bleak, at a depth of 52 feet the ground begins to pay. The lead is struck, and the greatest Read more...
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BC Farm Museum

Fort Langley
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Located in historic Fort Langley the BC Farm Museum has the province’s largest collection of pioneer and agricultural artifacts.  Something of interest for every age. Kids love our Scavenger Hunt (with a prize) and after Covid19, rope making, tomato and egg sorting demonstrations. Visitors learn how people lived without electricity and can see first-hand several wooden ice boxes (early refrigerators), see early windmills Read more...
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Vancouver
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is a registered museum and one of Vancouver’s top tourist attractionsn located near Vancouver’s Chinatown. It is a unique venue for cultural programming and events, including guided tours, concerts, festivals, exhibitions, receptions, and educational programs. This Ming Dynasty-style garden-home is the first among its kind to have been built outside of China, and continues Read more...
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Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association

Comox
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A gem of Vancouver Island Heritage; Filberg Park is nine acres of breathtakingly landscaped waterfront green space, gardens and heritage buildings, in Comox, British Columbia. The park features 130 varieties of trees, seasonal gardens, and hundreds of rhododendrons.At the heart of the site is the 1930’s heritage lodge, the former home of local pioneers Robert and Florence Filberg. Filberg Heritage Read more...
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Heritage Park | Ashcroft

Ashcroft
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Located in the heart of Ashcroft, Heritage Place Park is a charming interpretive green space that brings the region’s history to life. Set along Railway Avenue, this well-maintained park offers a self-guided walking experience through Ashcroft’s past, blending heritage storytelling with outdoor relaxation. Visitors can explore a variety of historical features, including a working waterwheel, a sod-roofed pioneer cabin, a Read more...
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Kasugai Gardens

Kelowna
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Kasugai Gardens is a მშვიდ and beautifully designed Japanese garden tucked behind Kelowna City Hall in the city’s Cultural District. Created in 1987, the garden symbolizes the sister-city relationship between Kelowna and Kasugai, Japan, reflecting a shared commitment to cultural connection and friendship. Designed in the traditional Japanese style, the garden emphasizes harmony, balance, and contemplation. Visitors will find carefully Read more...
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London Heritage Farm

Richmond
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London Heritage Farm is a 4 acre heritage site that overlooks the south arm of the Fraser River. The site offers a fully restored 1880s farmhouse, heritage and herb gardens, the restored Spragg family barn, vintage farm equipment and extensive lawns. Farmhouse hours: January 1 to April 19: Closed April 20 to Sept. 2: Thurs to Sun 10am-5pm and open Read more...
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Lumby Public Market

Lumby
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The Lumby Public Market is located at the Oval Park (entrance by the outdoor swimming pool) and showcases local growers, producers, crafters, foodies, artisans, performers, and home businesses from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The market starts from the 2nd week in May to the 2nd week in October. Read more...
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The Artisans Garden | Sooke

Sooke
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The Artisans Garden is a charming, locally owned destination that blends a garden centre, coffee bar, and artisan boutique into one მშვიდ, nature-inspired experience. Tucked away in the heart of Sooke, this hidden gem invites visitors to slow down, explore, and connect with both nature and community. Guests can wander through lush displays of seasonal plants and garden inspiration, browse Read more...

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Critical Distance | Royal BC Museum

Royal BC Museum
Victoria
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January 23, 2026
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July 6, 2026
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January 23 to July 6, 2026 Step into the world of Critical Distance, an immersive augmented reality experience that brings you face-to-face with a holographic orca pod. Journey alongside J-Pod, a group of 25 endangered Southern Resident orcas living in the Salish Sea off the coast of Vancouver Island. Learn about the pod, including ten-year-old Kiki, and the daily obstacles and Read more...
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That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature | Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
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February 6, 2026
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November 8, 2026
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That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature is the largest solo exhibition of iconic British Columbia artist Emily Carr (1871–1945) at the Vancouver Art Gallery in over twenty years. Featuring more than 100 works, it explores in-depth the artist’s obsession with the landscape of the Pacific Northwest, using close analysis of her paintings and writings to investigate how Read more...
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Every River Has a Mouth: The Visual Languages That Connect Us | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
Date:
February 14, 2026, 10:00 am
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February 14, 2027, 6:00 pm
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Guest curated by Salish artist Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun, the exhibition will showcase 11 Coast and Interior Salish artists working across sculpture, printmaking, textiles, painting, and mixed media. This unique exhibition will illuminate the deep cultural, linguistic, and artistic connections shared across the Salish world. To date, most institutions have focused on Coastal Salish art; however, with this exhibition, the Bill Read more...
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Prince George Symphony Orchestra

Prince George
Prince George
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March 17, 2026
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December 31, 2026
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The Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) is a cornerstone of northern British Columbia’s arts and culture scene, bringing live orchestral music to the region for over 50 years. As a unique blend of professional musicians and talented community performers, the orchestra presents a dynamic range of concerts from classical masterworks to family-friendly and contemporary programs, across multiple venues in Prince Read more...
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Tupananchiskama

MOA | Museum of Anthropology
Vancouver
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March 19, 2026
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November 30, 2026
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Ancient Andean Cosmovision Cosmovisión Ancestral Andina Opens March 19, 2026 Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision explores the enduring worldviews of ancient Andean civilizations through nearly 100 exquisite pre-Columbian ceramic, textile, bone and wood works, some dating back more than 2,500 years. These works were collected by former UBC Professor Alan R. Sawyer and donated to MOA. The Andes are home to some of the world’s most complex cultural traditions, and its knowledge lives Read more...
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Jamie Gentry: Blossoming I Bill Reid Gallery

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
Date:
March 22, 2026
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August 10, 2026
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This solo exhibition features the work of Jamie Gentry, a Kwakwaka’wakw artist based on Vancouver Island, whose practice is grounded in patience, precision, and personal meaning. On view is a striking series of handmade moccasins adorned with intricate floral beadwork, reflecting both technical mastery and a deep connection to the natural world. After more than a decade of creating custom Read more...
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Return to Paueru Gai: 50 Years of Powell Street Festival | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Burnaby
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March 26, 2026
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September 5, 2026
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The Powell Street Festival, which began in 1977 to honour the early Japanese settlers and reinvigorate the Japanese Canadian community, takes place every BC Day long weekend in the historic Japanese neighbourhood, Paueru Gai (Powell Street), in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Through traditional and contemporary music, dance, traditional practices, interdisciplinary arts and cultural activities, the festival provides an accessible, diverse, innovative, and Read more...
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Free Admission Fridays I Bill Reid Gallery

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
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March 27, 2026
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March 31, 2028
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Every first Friday of the month from 2 to 5 pm, enjoy complimentary admission to the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Admission includes all our current exhibitions, as well as our permanent Bill Reid collection. Make sure to have a look at our Shop when you’re here! We would like to thank our Community Access Partner, Downtown Van, Read more...
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