Davidsonia

A year of transition for the UBC Botanical Garden, 2000-2001 brought several staff changes including the retirement of Director Bruce Macdonald, who had held the position since 1987. Establishment of the UBC Botanical Garden Centre for Plant Research (BGCPR) was approved and strategic and master plans were adopted. A website for the centre was launched (http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/research/).

Visitor numbers and donations to the garden were up from previous years. Notable additions to the UBCBG include a large collection Sempervivum and Jovibarba spp. donated by the estate of renowned local cactus and succulent collector Grace Rollerson. The Botanical Garden was also the recipient of a number of rhododendrons, maples and associated plants from seed collected in the mountainous regions of northern Yunnan, China, given by the Rhododendron Species Foundation.