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Crowning the highest point in Vancouver atop Queen Elizabeth Park, the Bloedel Conservatory is a domed tropical garden and aviary where visitors can step out of the temperate coastal climate into a warm, humid world of exotic plants and free-flying birds. Opened in 1969 and given by the lumber magnate Prentice Bloedel as a gift to the city, the conservatory is housed beneath a striking geodesic dome, a lattice of triangular panels that lets in abundant light and was an admired example of the fu...