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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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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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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Sea to Sky Gondola

Squamish
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The Sea to Sky Gondola, located near Squamish, British Columbia, offers visitors a scenic 10-minute ride to an elevation of 885 meters, providing panoramic views of Howe Sound, coastal forests, and surrounding mountains. At the summit, the 9,000-square-foot Summit Lodge provides a comfortable space to relax and enjoy the scenery. Visitors can explore various attractions, including the Sky Pilot Suspension Read more...
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UBC Botanical Gardens

Vancouver
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UBC Botanical Garden is Canada’s oldest university botanic garden, established in 1916 under the directorship of John Davidson, British Columbia’s first provincial botanist. The original mission of the garden was research into the native flora of British Columbia. Over the past 100 years, the mission of UBC Botanical Garden has broadened to include education, research, conservation, community outreach, and public Read more...