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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 20:39 in Vancouver | Read more
Baldcypress—Taxodium distichum
Taxodium distichum is commonly known as baldcypress (one word), which is a useful name that describes its habit, saying it looks a bit like a cypress that goes bald. In other words, it is a deciduous conifer with needles, and it is in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. Leaves on...Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 20:39 in Vancouver | Read more
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Monday, November 15, 2021 - 17:11 in Vancouver | Read more
Touring Paulik Gardens Neighbourhood Park in Richmond
~ Touring Paulik Gardens Neighbourhood Park in Richmond ~Vancouver Master Gardener Jill W, showed me some of the highlights of Paulik Gardens Neighbourhood Park on Halloween 2021. With my lens being trees, we ambled through the Circle Garden, past the Perennial Garden...Monday, November 15, 2021 - 17:11 in Vancouver | Read more
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 08:12 in Vancouver | Read more
Butterflyway Lane in North Vancouver
On a hot and hazy-blue day in mid-August, I ventured to the District of North Vancouver (DNV) for a Vancouver Master Gardeners tour of a Butterflyway Lane. Shoroplova_IMG_8957_cedar_b-fly_sign.jpg I wasn’t sure what to expect and it ended up...Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 08:12 in Vancouver | Read more
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Sunday, July 4, 2021 - 12:49 in Vancouver | Read more
Identifying a Mystery Tree
The tree’s trunk is braided, fluted, and made of sculptured vertical hills and valleys, some thick, Shoroplova_IMG_7754_muscleswood.jpg The moment I see the photograph of the unusual trunk of this mystery tree and I notice the email’s subject—“...Sunday, July 4, 2021 - 12:49 in Vancouver | Read more
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 16:54 in Vancouver | Read more
A Pollinator Garden at Riley Park
When Riley Park Community Centre was torn down in 2012, a team of community gardeners-cum-activists lobbied the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for the space to be returned to the community. With the requisite complementary skillsets, such as soil science, horticulture,...Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 16:54 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, June 4, 2021 - 11:51 in Vancouver | Read more
Vancouver’s Blossom Parade in the Rosaceae Family
Photos and text VMG 2021 Student Nina S. Forty thousand street trees in the Rosaceae Family romance Vancouverites in a blossom parade every year. Rose family trees provide a sensory gift with their aromatic, delicate, white, pale pink, ruby red, and vivid crimson buds and...Friday, June 4, 2021 - 11:51 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, May 14, 2021 - 12:36 in Vancouver | Read more
Marcescence in a Young European Beech
When fall arrives for most deciduous trees, the plant hormone ethylene regulates senescence, the aging and withering of leaves. Dead leaves naturally fall to the ground through a process known as abscission. Sometimes though, deciduous leaves stay on a tree through fall, winter...Friday, May 14, 2021 - 12:36 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, April 23, 2021 - 14:22 in Vancouver | Read more
A Row of Prunus ‘Snow Goose’
A row of Prunus ‘Snow Goose’ creates the southern border of Ceperley Meadow in Stanley Park. Shoroplova_1_IMG_8200_prebloom_bud.jpg Shoroplova_2_IMG_8201_Snow_Goose.jpg They reach prebloom in early April;...Friday, April 23, 2021 - 14:22 in Vancouver | Read more
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Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 13:35 in Vancouver | Read more
SPRING BACK 2021 thank you to all our guests and wonderful speakers
Thank you to everyone who Joined us for 2 mornings of renewal & reconnection ( Pacific Daylight Time ) We hope you enjoyed rewatching the lectures over the 2 week time period allotted. STAY TUNED FOR 2022! with 7 presentations by gardening experts and more! Saturday...Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 13:35 in Vancouver | Read more
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Sunday, November 8, 2020 - 14:22 in Vancouver | Read more
Putting Your Garden to Bed
In a tumultuous year of ups and downs, one shining aspect was seeing the number of people around Squamish pick up their trowels and try their hands at gardening. I wanted to share a few tips on how to put your garden to bed. If you’re expecting an excessive clean and overhaul...Sunday, November 8, 2020 - 14:22 in Vancouver | Read more
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 11:17 in Vancouver | Read more
Anatomy of a Modern Mediterranean Garden
Anatomy of a Modern Mediterranean Garden Before and after the hardscaping..(2)..jpg The Challenges [photo 1: before the renovation – front yard garden] Lose the summer-browned front lawn and replace it with a colourful, fragrant, easy-care...Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 11:17 in Vancouver | Read more
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 13:11 in Vancouver | Read more
Preparing Your Veggie Garden Soil
Preparing Your Veggie Garden Soil – It’s not too late May, the planting month for so many, has suddenly arrived and it’s been five years since your last soil test by a laboratory. You didn’t get your soil sample to the lab in time for testing this year. No...Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 13:11 in Vancouver | Read more