See snapshots of spring blossoms by faculty and staff

Cherry blossom
Image credit: Hong-Trang Nguyen

Spring is here (even if the wind, rain, and hail signal otherwise). Nonetheless, this time of year is cause for celebration and gives all of us a chance to appreciate the warmer breeze and new seasonal blooms.

A few weeks ago, we asked you – our faculty and staff community – to share a photo (or two) that captures seasonal buds, blooms, and greenery. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to send us a photo and share their comments and captions.

If you're an Okanagan faculty or staff member who missed your chance to submit a photo the first time around, we invite you to share your photos with us by May 4. 

And now, without further ado, take a moment to enjoy the unique visual reflections submitted by your fellow colleagues.

Eye-level blossoms David Lam Park in Yaletown.
Image Credit: Alpha Lam
Submitter: Alpha Lam, Internal Communications
Stop and smell the flowers.
Image Credit: Angela Jung
Submitter: Angela Jung, International Student Initiative
Lush cherry blossoms at UBC.
Image Credit: Susan Parker
Submitter: Susan Parker, University Library
Sea of Green.
Image Credit: Bobby Lin
Submitter: Robert Perry, Life Sciences Institute
Before Alumni centre.
Image Credit: Jiaojiao Lu
Submitter: Jiaojiao Lu, Microbiology & Immunology
On my way to work this morning.
Image Credit: Cecilia Canal
Submitter: Cecilia Canal, UBC Library
Cherry Blossom at Garry Point.
Image Credit: Francis Kwong
Submitter: Francis Kwong, Integrated Renewal Program Student 
Spring is Here!
Image Credit: Mark Scott
Submitter: Mark Scott, Energy and Water Services
La Vie en Rose.
Image Credit: Parsa Bakhshandeh
Submitter: Parsa Bakhshandeh, Mechanical Engineering
Spring Reflections. 
Image Credit: Hong-Trang Nguyen
Submitter: Hong-Trang Nguyen, Financial Reporting and Budgeting
Education blossoms you into a beautiful human being just like those cherries.
Image Credit: Taranjit Singh Dhillon
Submitter: Taranjit Singh Dhillon, Asian Library
Dappled light on rhododendrons near Koerner Library.
Image Credit: Clare Kiernan
Submitter: Clare Kiernan, VP Research and Innovation
Bus stop under cherry blossoms.
Image Credit: Juzer Kakal
Submitter: Juzer Kakal, Medicine
Henny’s first cherry blossom viewing @henny_xo_corgi
Image Credit: Kitty Cheung
Submitter: Kitty Cheung, Animal Care Services
Spring means fawn lilies in the forest. 
Image Credit: Valerie Russell 
Submitter: Valerie Russell Forestry, Forest and Conservation Sciences
For me, nothing says spring has arrived more than the blooming of white fawn lilies. My favourite place to find them is Lighthouse Park, but they can be found on campus too, outside Brock Hall and in the Botanical Garden.
Image Credit: Andy Gibb
Submitter: Andy Gibb, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research/School of Population and Public Health
Pretty in pink.
Image Credit: Hong-Trang Nguyen
Submitter: Hong-Trang Nguyen, Financial Planning & Analysis, VP Finance & Operations
Cherry blossom time.
Image Credit: Manjurul Haque
Submitter: Manjurul Haque, Medicine/General Surgery
Fro-licking in the tree.
Image Credit: Matthieu Heitz
Submitter: Matthieu Heitz, Mathematics
Pretty in pink.
Image Credit: Hong-Trang Nguyen
Submitter: Hong-Trang Nguyen, Financial Planning & Analysis, VP Finance & Operations
Blossom at UBC.
Image Credit: Aleksandra Dopierala
Submitter: Aleksandra Dopierala, Arts/Psychology/Baby Learning Lab
A touch of spring at BC Children's Hospital with the taste of cherry blossoms
Image Credit: Maryam Rahimi Balaei
Submitter: Maryam Rahimi Balaei, Medicine/Medical Genetics/CMMT
The beauty of spring reveals itself in a moment of stillness.
Image Credit: Cherrie Kwok
Submitter: Cherrie Kwok, Applied Science
Ecstatic to see that flowers are blooming again. 
Image Credit: Lui Xia Lee 
Submitter: Lui Xia Lee, Media Relations & Internal Communications
Tinted with pink.
Image Credit: Varshaa Kumaran
Submitter: Varshaa Kumaran, Civil Engineering
Becoming one with baby blossoms by Britannia Oval.
Image Credit: Paul Krueger
Submitter: Alpha Lam, Internal Communications
Admiring the bursting blossoms at Cecil Green Park House
Image Credit: Rivka Parris
Submitter: Rivka Parris, Communications/External Relations
Stop and smell the blossoms. 
Image Credit: Shelley Vanderburg
Submitter: Shelley Vanderburg, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies
Cherry Blossoms in the West End.
Image Credit: Jennifer Martens
Submitter: Jennifer Martens, UBC Library
This image was my screensaver for such a long time – reminding me of the beauty of spring during the fall/winter months.
Image Credit: Corey Allen, Vancouver School of Economics  
Submitter: Kate Hunter, Internal Communications
Each Spring as the earth begins to awaken from its winter slumber. Springtime in the Lower Mainland gives us the opportunity to pause and gaze in wonder at the delicate beauty and breathe in the sweet fragrance of cherry blossoms.
Image Credit: Cecilia Gruber
Submitter: Cecilia Gruber, Medicine/Surgery/Branch for Global Surgical Care
La vie en rose
Image Credit: Zeina Baalbaki
Submitter: Zeina Baalbaki, Applied Science
Yulan magnolia
Image Credit: Paul Steinbok
Submitter: Paul Steinbok, Medicine/Surgery
Walk for joy — accompanying cherry blossoms all the way
Image Credit: Ren Wu
Submitter: Ren Wu, VP Students
The cherry blossoms posing beautifully near one of the Faculty of Education buildings
Image Credit: Hazel Chongoti
Submitter: Hazel Chongoti, Education/Educational Technology Support
A beautiful morning on campus with the cherry blossom
Image Credit: Dominique Weis
Submitter: Dominique Weis, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Silver Maple
The female flowers of silver maple are tiny, but beautiful. These fuzzy looking tongues catch pollen grains that are dispersed through the wind.
Image Credit: Laura Grant
Submitter: Laura Grant, Forestry/Forest Resources Management ​​​​
The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing. S. Brown
Image Credit: Maryam Asadi
Submitter: Maryam Asadi, Biomedical Research Center
Salix
Male catkins of a native willow (Salix). Willows are often the first to bloom in our area bringing much needed pops of color to the drab grays of early spring. 
Image Credit: Laura Grant
Submitter: Laura Grant, Forestry/Forest Resources Management
Embracing Springtime
Image Credit: Felicia de la Parra
Submitter: Felicia de la Parra, Rare Books & Special Collections
Purple flower
"Anemones and friends" -- Spring means the return of vibrant colour after the monochromatic winter. Closeup or macro photography in a colourful garden is a great way to immerse yourself in the beauty of spring. You don't even need a garden, a single bloom in a pot will do.
Image Credit: James Drummond
Submitter: James Drummond, Applied Science
Cherry Blossoms at UBC in March 2022.
Image Credit: Jennifer Martens
Submitter: Jennifer Martens, UBC Library
Cherry blossoms at Memorial Road, UBC.
Image Credit: Kunwarveer Singh Raina
Submitter: Kunwarveer Singh Raina, Diploma in Accounting Program
Walking along, what a pleasant surprise to stumble upon!
Image Credit: Neehal Mooruth
Submitter: Aditi Ghosh-Mooruth, Internal Communications
Spring has sprung, my happy place!
Image Credit: Bilkiss K.
Submitter: Bilkiss K., UBC Library
Golden daffodils in our front yard.
Image Credit: Nigel Hunter
Submitter: Kate Hunter, Internal Communications
Wild sunflower (Balsamorhiza sagittata) on the Okanagan campus. The sunflower is also the national flower of Ukraine.
Image Credit: Kevin Hanna
Submitter: Kevin Hanna, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences
Bruce, our indoor cat, enjoys some spring blossoms on the deck.
Image Credit: Viola Cohen
Submitter: Viola Cohen, University Relations
Tiptoe through the tulips.
Image Credit: Rivka Parris
Submitter: Rivka Parris, Communications/External Relations
That sweet scent of Spring!
Image Credit: Elizabeth Nolan
Submitter: Elizabeth Nolan, Central Eastern and Northern European Studies
Jane was prone to overwatering her tulips (nod to Glen Baxter)
Image Credit: Felicia de la Parra
Submitter: Felicia de la Parra, UBC Library
Beauty of UBC Campus.
Image Credit: Shawna Narayan
Submitter: Shawna Narayan, Medicine/Family Practice
Mini poodle Palmer in the cherry blossom tree
Image Credit: Matthew Rosin
Submitter: Matthew Rosin, Dentistry
Spring blossoms in Victoria, BC
Image Credit: Marat Raimkhanov
Submitter: Marat Raimkhanov, Enrolment Services
Making friends by the apple blossoms
Image Credit: Alpha Lam
Submitter: Alpha Lam, Internal Communications
Panorama of the Reconciliation pole in Spring 2022
Image Credit: Dominique Weis
Submitter: Dominique Weis, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) blooming in the late afternoon sun. These early blooms provide a much needed food source for our native hummingbirds.
Image Credit: Laura Grant
Submitter: Laura Grant, Forestry/Forest Resources Management
Did you know it is the site of the Old Horse Barn, a historic UBC building that housed the horses that helped build UBC campus?  
Image Credit: Meg Hughes
Submitter: Meg Hughes, Medicine/Surgery/BC Diabetes Research Network
Spring blossom for Vancouver campus activities
Image Credit: Dominique Weis
Submitter: Dominique Weis, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
This picture is from Pondorosa Common Areas.
Image Credit: Shalaka Patange
Submitter: Shalaka Patange, Student Housing & Community Services
Cherry Blossom at Garry Point
Image Credit: Francis Kwong
Submitter: Francis Kwong, Integrated Renewal Program Student
Springtime Blossoms of Gratitude
Image Credit: Damian J. Duffy
Submitter: Damian J. Duffy, Surgery
After long winter, when the streets are covered with these bunch of cherry blossoms it makes me happy. What more can we ask when nature decides to paint the surroundings with these pink flowers.
Image Credit: Ajay Choudhury
Submitter: Ajay Choudhury, Integrated Renewal Program Student Solutions
Bright cherry blossoms stand out in front of the future home of the new School of Biomedical Engineering. Looking forward to seeing our new building grow and emerge as bright as a new spring blossom.
Image Credit: Cynthia Fisher
Submitter: Cynthia Fisher, Medicine/Biomedical Engineering
True inspirations in full bloom
Image Credit: Nazarine Fernandes
Submitter: Nazarine Fernandes, Pharmaceutical Sciences
A touch of Spring
Image Credit: Hong-Trang Nguyen
Submitter: Hong-Trang Nguyen, Financial Planning & AnalysiS, VP Finance & Operations
Japanese Plum Blossoms in Richmond.
Image Credit: Brian Bemmels
Submitter: Brian Bemmels, Sauder School of Business
The arrival of spring brings more daylight and beauty to our day. This year's cherry blossoms at the Asian Library look stunning.
Image Credit: Matt Patton
Submitter: Matt Patton, UBC Library, Communications & Marketing
Cherry Blossom - Pacific Bell and Bell Tower
Image Credit: Hsin Hsin Pan
Submitter: Hsin Hsin Pan, Education
Blue skies and blossoms on campus
Image Credit: Louise Harrison
Submitter: Louise Harrison, UBC Library
A touch of Spring
Image Credit: Hong-Trang Nguyen
Submitter: Hong-Trang Nguyen, Financial Planning & AnalysiS, VP Finance & Operations
Beautiful hyacinths at UBC Okanagan
Image Credit: Namanpreet Lamba
Submitter: Namanpreet Lamba, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Blossoms
Festivals of Pastels!
Image Credit: Ratan Chandrashekaraiah
Submitter: Ratan Chandrashekaraiah, UBC Hiring Solutions
The early bloomer
Image Credit: Andrea Reynolds
Submitter: Andrea Reynolds, Arts/School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Morning in East Vancouver 
Image Credit: Alexis Ronse
Submitter: Alexis Ronse, Brand and Marketing
Spring by the window
Image Credit: Tien Pham
Submitter: Tien Pham, Linguistics
Spring is now in full swing. A walk across UBC campus is a real treat this time of the year. Blossomed cherry and magnolia trees are greeting us in all directions. Did you know that Magnolia symbolizes perseverance?
Image Credit: Gabriel Lascu
Submitter: Gabriel Lascu, Sauder Learning Services
Inside the Western redbud
Image Credit: Paul Steinbok
Submitter: Paul Steinbok, Medicine/Surgery

 

Spring has sprung and it's my favourite season of the year!
Image Credit: Gerardo Andres
Submitter: Gerardo Andres, Michael Smith Laboratories
Peak North Vancouver cherry blossoms
Image Credit: Rick Hart
Submitter: Rick Hart, Communications Portfolio
In full bloom
Image Credit: Prubjot Gill
Submitter: Prubjot Gill, UBC Library
Cherry Blossom at Garry Point
Image Credit: Francis Kwong
Submitter: Francis Kwong, Integrated Renewal Program Student 
Spring blossoms
Image Credit: Shruti Tophkhane
Submitter: Shruti Tophkhane, Life Sciences Institute
Cherry blossoms, at various stages of bloom, oh-so delicately remind us that beauty is everywhere.
Image Credit: Lindsay Marsh
Submitter: Lindsay Marsh, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Wildflowers, a warm breeze, and clouds in my coffee.
Image Credit: Rivka Parris
Submitter: Rivka Parris, Communications/External Relations
Apple Blossoms
Image Credit: Ana Policzer
Submitter: Ana Policzer, Finance & Operations / Infrastructure Development / Facilities Planning
Blossoms and the blue sky, near Sasamat st. & 10th ave.
Image Credit: Varshaa Kumaran
Submitter: Varshaa Kumaran, Civil Engineering
You bring me calm.
Image Credit: Anubhav Kumar
Submitter: Anubhav Kumar, RHL, Sauder School of Business
Cherry Blossoms - From Thunderbird Blvd.
Image Credit: Cam Gray
Submitter: Cam Gray, Human Resources
If only spring could last forever!
Image Credit: Aditi Ghosh-Mooruth
Submitter: Aditi Ghosh-Mooruth, Internal Communications
Pink petal sky
Image Credit: Andrea Cheng
Submitter: Andrea Cheng, Theater & Film
Blue skies ahead
Image Credit: Lubna Ekramoddoullah
Submitter: Lubna Ekramoddoullah, UBC Health
Through the branches of the cherry blossom road, the sun shines
Image Credit: Aicha Asma Houfani
Submitter: Aicha Asma Houfani, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Spring blossoms add a burst of joy to my daily lunch walks. These fluffy pink cherry blossoms frame the street so beautifully!
Image Credit: Reyhana Heatherington
Submitter: Reyhana Heatherington, Medicine
Let your dreams bloom
Image Credit: Preeti Malik
Submitter: Preeti Malik, Student Housing and Community Services
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