The temperature inside the conservatory is between 18 to 25 Celsius with fairly high humidity.

I agree that the Canada Line is a very efficient way of getting to the Conservatory. But so much depends on what your starting point is: downtown, Airport, Richmond. The transit system has a brilliant web site that helps you plan your travel, with maps and schedules. The trip planner lets you enter your starting point and the Bloedel as the destination. The TransLink site will answer most of your other questions about getting around.

Let us differentiate between dogs in Queen Elizabeth Park, the area where the Conservatory is located, and the Conservatory itself. There is a note on the Vancouver parks web site to the effect that dogs are welcome in the park as long as they are on a leash and as long as the owner picks up after his or her dog. I remember seeing dogs in the park as we went in to the Conservatory site. However, I suspect that small animals of any kind are not admitted to the Conservatory, if only because of the potential that an excited animal might scare the resident birds. This is a question that you should ask, by phone, of the Conservatory staff. I would expect an answer in the negative.

Yes. You can get there on the sky train (our subway). You can get off at the King Edward station and then either walk (it's a bit of a hike. Maybe 1 km?) or take the 15 bus. There's a park and a restaurant up there too so you can stay for a few hours and make it worth the little trip.

We parked in the parking lot on top near the coservatory. An easy 5-10 minutes stroll to the ebtrance. Enjoy!

Absolutely! Bloedel Conservatory will accept US cash, US Traveler’s cheques as well as Visa, Mastercard, Amex, JCB and debit cards (we do not accept Diners or Discover Card). See you soon! The team at Bloedel Conservatory

You are welcome! Please do come again.