If you haven’t been to one of these events, you really need to make a point of tracking one down and attending. Not only are these events excellent places to acquire vegetable seeds, but they epitomize the notion of community. Like minded people getting together and sharing or trading seeds — it’s such a completely [...]
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The quintessential winter salad garden! Happy New Year to you all. The 11th of January was a nice bright day, the kind of day for a winter walk with a pace slightly quickened by the cold air. The Botanical Garden at UBC is one of Vancouver’s ideal spots for such a walk, with lots of [...] Some blooms are already open, but in a couple of weeks, it's going to be crazy! There are a number of garden-related places around the Lower Mainland I like to visit several times a year. Some are relatively local, like the UBC Botanical Garden, and I may manage a couple of trips per month. Others [...] I can’t encourage you enough to get out and visit the Botanical Garden at UBC now, while their stunning magnolias are in bloom. Here are some more things in bloom right now at UBC… I’ve had a couple of days off from our busy, busy, BUSY season – some much needed rest – and enjoyed a leisurely stroll through the UBC Botanical Garden this morning. It’s only April 7th, so it’s early in the season, but masses of plants are already in bloom. New foliage is appearing everywhere you [...] Pole beans are a big thing at the garden. Some plots are purely devoted to them, with towering hedgerows of beans growing up to 20 feet tall. The Burnaby and Region Allotment Garden Association [BARAGA] operates a 5.9 hectare allotment garden in south Burnaby, BC, which makes it one of the largest of its kind [...] On Saturday I ventured out to the A Rocha BC Field Study Centre, on the Little Campbell River, just a stone’s throw from the US border in Whiterock. They welcome visitors (and volunteers!) on their little organic farm in the woods, and it’s worth the trip. Everyone was friendly and welcoming, and like good growers [...] My friends Tricia and Lily, who run The World in a Garden, invited WCS to contribute to their ongoing summer gardening lectures, as I’ve mentioned before. This past Sunday marked the first talk - a discussion about companion planting led by the bee master, Brian Campbell. Don and I (from WCS) [...] My friends at The World in a Garden are running a series of gardening workshops this summer at their lovely community plot at West 57th and West Boulevard in Vancouver (across from Choices market). On June 27th, they launch the series with a talk on companion planting. WCS will be on hand with some seeds [...] Well, light rain, anyway. It was damp, but beautiful out at the UBC Botanical Garden. Now, I love all plants, and they have a really sensational collection out there – it’s a place more Vancouverites should know about. But I gravitate toward the Food Garden every time. Most of the food [...] |
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