Ted and Mary Greig Rhododendron Garden, Stanley Park

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This rhododendron bud is almost ready to open. These flowers will supply surrounding insects and birds with food to last them through the summer months as well delight visitors to Stanley Park.

The Ted and Mary Greig Rhododendron Garden surrounding the Stanley Park Pitch and Putt Golf Course rings in the warm months unlike anywhere in Vancouver. These beautiful gardens herald the beginning of Spring with dozens of colours and varieties and the smell of a thousand flowered. These pathways lead from one fragrant bush to another and the six months time span they live in is longer then anywhere else in Canada as their current location is prime for these fussy plants. A walk in this Garden is unforgettable.

The Ted and Mary Rhododendron Garden was named after two renowned rhododendron hybridizers who donated thousands of plants to Stanley Park.

The garden serves as a canvas of colours, creatures and seasonal bursts of beauty.

Lining the outside (and the inside) of the Stanley Park Pitch and Putt Golf course, the gardens are a maze of woodchip paths with many plant species making the gardens a year-round experience, however, it is when the rhododendrons bloom from March to the September that the garden teems with a bounty of colour.

A rich volume of other species such as spring and summer perennials and annuals creates a cover from the main walking path in the Rhododendron garden, creating a serene experience.

The gardens also bring out a variety of small animals, from chattering chipmunks to sneaky squirrels, as well as skunks, raccoons and bees busily collecting nectar to make honey.

A sensory delight, the gardens are stop for all groups and ages to explore the beauty of the legacy left by Ted and Mary Greig.