1. In Memoriam Tellhard de Chardin by Mathira Hietz (Austria)

2. Earth, Air and Sea by Joan Gambioli (Vancouver, Canada)

3. Woman by Kiyoshi Takahashi (Japan)

4. For the Botanical Garden by Hiromi Akiyama (France)

5. Horizorual Column by Kubach-Wilmsen team (Gemuny)

6. Meta Movpbosis by Olga Jandc (Yugoslavia)

7. Observing Your Society by David Ruben or Piqtoukun (native name) CN.W.T.,Canada)

8. Between by AdoIf Ryszka (Poland)

9. Landscape 75 by Jiro Sugawara (Italy)

10. Developing Form by Michael Prentice (France)

11. Travertine Sculpture 75 by David Marshall (Vancouver, Canada)

VanDusen has also commissioned or been given a number of other sculptures. These are:

12. Throne of Nezahualcoyotl by Sebastian (Mexico)

This impressive red metal piece depicts the throne of the Aztec lord Prince Nezahualcoyotl. According to tradition, Nezahualcoyotl - poet., ~.chitect, legislator and ruler of Tetzcoco from 1418 to 1463 - found insp~rauon m flowers, hence the setting of VanDusen Botanical Garden was deemed appropriate by the Government of Mexico, who donated the sculpture in 1978.

13. Swedish Memorial Fountain by Per Nilsson-Ost (Sweden)
Located at the Entrance Court, this bronze fountain, donated by Vancouver's
Swedish community, depicts the history and contributions of Swedish
immigrants to British Columbia. The fountain, cast in Sweden, was unveiled
at the official opening of VanDusen, August 30, 1975.

14.Puttino (Boy with Dolphin) by Andrea Del Verrochio (Florence, Italy)

Donated to VanDusen in 1980, PuttNo, is a reproduction of a fifteenth century sculpture by Verrochio which stands in the Palazzo Vecchio courtyard in Florence.

15.Birds in Flight by Pat MacDonald

This bronze piece is located in the Farreft Reflecting Pool below the Pavilionsundeck.

16.Fisherman by Gerhard Juchum

Bom in Romania, Juchum arrived in Vancouver (in 1968) from Germany. During his short career in Canada (he died in a car crash in 1977) he produced more than 100 sculptures which focus exclusively on the human body, whether the subject of his art was love, athletics or social issues. There are a number of other Juchum bronzes to be found throughout Vancouver- "The Spear Fisherman" (Fort Hardy), "The Lovers" (lawn, Vancouver City Hall) and "Untitled" at Jericho Beach.

17.Jade by George Norris

Carved from hepbrite (B.C. jade) this work sits in the Farreft Reflecting Pool below the Pavilion sundeck. Norris is also known for his ~Crab' which sits in front of the Vancouver Museum and Planetarium.

18.Sundial by Gerhard Class

The nephrite and bronze sundial which was donated to VanDusen, was created by Gerhard Class who organized the International Sculpture Symposium in 1975. The sundial is set to Pacific Daylight Saving Time.

19.Jade Drinking Fountain by David Backstrom

Created out of nephrite (B.C. Jade) by David Backstrom, a formerly a designer for the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, this fountain sits near the Western North America Flora Section. It was donated to VanDusen in 1978.

20.Al of the Gispudwada (Black Bear (AL) Crest of the Killer Whale Tribe) Totem Pole by Arthur Sterritt

This red cedar pole, commissioned by the VBGA and created by Master Carver Arthur Sterritt, a Gitksan from "Ksan ia the Upper Skeena River region, incorporates the following figures:

human form at the top -- hunter who went into the mountains was captured by a black bear and assumed the bear form human head in the top figure's stomach -- friendly villager who assisted "Bear Man' to resume his human form when everyone else abandoned him bear figure at bottom -- represents "Bear Man" before being turned back into human form human head in bear's stomach -- indicates that bear figure is "Bear Man'

21.Mosquito -- Totem Pole by Earl Muldoe

Located on the path from the parking lot to the Entrance Pavilion, this pole was designed and carved by Earl Muldoe. Muldoe, like Arthur Sterrit is a Gitksan Master Carver from 'Ksan. The pole incorporates the following figures:

Baboudina, Chief of the Mosquitoes young woman with a baby young husband

22.Three Botanists by Jack Harman.

The three bronze busts of Carolus Linnaeus, Archibald Menzies and David Douglas are the work of Jack Harman, a sculptor renowned for his work in bronze. Currently the busts are undergoing renovation. When restored, two will be placed in the Formal Rose Garden and the third will be featured elsewhere in the Garden.

23.Scottisb Shelter

This structure in the Heather Garden is constructed of local basaltic rock ha a style compatible with the mooHand theme of the surrounding landscape. Originally such a structure would have a thatched roof of heather, but in this interpretation, natural slate has been used by designer Danny Matsushita. It was donated by The Vancouver Sun

Located throughout the buildings at VanDusen are a number of original works of art , depicting various botanical species. 

Chinese Medicinal Garden:

Plants have been used for medicinal purposes throughout Asia for more than 5,000 years. Opened in 1997, VanDusen's collection of Asian medicinal plants in the Sino-Himalayan Garden currently focuses on those plants used in China. Chinese historians attribute the discovery of herbal medicine to the legendary emperor Shen Nong who "tested the myriad herbs so that the art of medicine was born."

Shen Nong was said to have "resting from Nature a knowledge of opposing principles." These are complementary and inseperable principles of yin and yang which are thought to be in constant interplay. Yin represents shadow, coolness, damp, the receptive, Earth, the feminine - yang represents light, warmth, dry, the creative, Heaven, the masculine. One cannot exist without the other, and it is the interplay of the two that creates the flux of life and energy in the Universe. When yin and yang are balanced, order and harmony prevail.

These same principles are also applied to human health. By 100 BC Dong Zhongshu taught that the human body itself is a universe influenced by the forces of yin and yang. In traditional Chinese medicine the physician's goal is to achieve balance. Balance brings a smooth flow of the body's vital energy (qi - pronounced "chee"). The Chinese physician uses acupuncture, moxibustion, diet, herbs as well as attention to the patient's level of exercise and mental state to promote good health.

Working with professional herbalists VanDusen has compiled a collection of 55 plants which are identified with interpretive display labels. Each label includes the English and botanical names, family, nativity, anecdotal text, Chinese character name and Pinyin translation. The collection is centered near the main entry to the Sine-Himalayan Garden. In the future it is planned to expand the collection to incorporate plants used in other healing traditions such as Tibetan Buddhist and Ayurvedic medicine.

Dr. Hong Shen Zhu, who teaches acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine at the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Victoria provided technical editing and calligraphy support to the project.