PAID WALK - $30 - Deep Ecology Forest Walk at UBC Farm
Sat, Jul 25
|UBC Farm
A paid walk to support the UBC Farm. $30 per person. We will exploring their hidden forest. One of the best examples of mostly undisturbed second growth forests in Vancouver.
Time & Location
Jul 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
UBC Farm, UBC Farm, University Endowment Lands, BC V6S 0L3, Canada
About the event
About 200 years ago what is now UBC Campus was a forest full of massive ancient trees, packed with wildlife, and stewarded by local indigenous people. Today those ancient forests are gone, replaced by buildings and planted non-native trees. However in some areas of UBC, the children of these ancient trees still survive. In these second-growth forests, the trees struggle to carry on their parent’s legacy in the face of Anthropocene and climate change.
The second-growth forest at UBC Farm, the largest contiguous forested area of campus, is a perfect example of a dense forest trying to survive in a rapidly changing environment. Come join us for an afternoon in the shade of these trees and learn how to identify our native tree species, how forest ecosystems work, and discuss with us what we can do to better protect forests.