UBC Botanical Garden Mondays—three of three

For today's final installment of UBC Botanical Garden Mondays, we walk thru the moon gate and under busy Marine Drive (the main route to and from the UBC)...Once you emerge on the other side of the tunnel the gardens have an entirely different feel; they're open to the sky in a way the other side is not. First up, the food garden (the lights in the background are part of the sports complex on the UBC campus)...
On the garden map this is just listed as the arbor, but it's a heck of a lot more than an arbor.
I couldn't explore the areas around the structure any further as there was a private event underway. What a lovely setting.
Moving on I briefly tucked into the Physic Garden, but since I only had limited time left to explore before I had to leave for the first open private garden of the day I didn't poke around much.

Rhododendron williamsianum, such a fabulous patch of this plant—it inspired me to buy another when I saw it on offer at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden on my way home after this weekend.
Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum
Such a fabulously pruned specimen.
And then there's this! Listed on the map as a cactus house it's a partially sunken glass house that's totally magical. 
Before we enter the glass house we'll have a look at the troughs.

Such interesting plants, I do love me some saxifrage.

Saxifraga hostii, I think.

Polystichum imbricans subsp. imbricans, downright dreamy! (fun ID story on this blog)
I've finally made my way over to the glass house...
I wonder if this is the same green blooming cholla that I've got?

Maihueniopsis ovata
Maihuenia poeppigii
Close-up
Outside once again and admiring the alpine garden (that's what the map calls it, but it seems like these plants are from more than alpine areas), I believe those are Echium wildpretii rosettes.
The building in the background serves as a reminder that we're in a dense urban area.
Berkheya purpurea
Eryngium agavifolium
Comptonia peregrina
Azorella trifurcata (cushion bolax)
I love that large round mass of lichen growing on the rock. Isn't it spectacular?
Myriopteris gracillima, aka Cheilanthes gracillima
There's our agave! Agave parryi var. huachucensis.
A wide angle shot showing the area the agave is in (on the far right of the photo)
Tigridia orthantha
Such a spectacular bight flower.
97% dead arctostaphylos? Still fabulous.
Just a couple more photos. Nolina hibernica 'La Siberica' (I think) on the left, with a Yucca linearifolia on the right.
It's a spiky round orb!