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  • Blooming in March

    Blooming in March

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    I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd. A host, of golden daffodils There I was, walking the seawall when, like so many other Vancouverites and visitors to this great city, I stopped in awe, as William Wordsworth did, to gaze…

  • Looking for Colour Outdoors in February

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    When I walked on rainy, cloudy, windy, grey, and/or snowy days in Vancouver this February, I relied on bare branches, peeling bark, bunches of berries, and popping buds to provide myself with botanical interest. But when I started to write this article, I noticed a faint splash of pink here and there, with a nod…

  • Book Review: Linda P. J. Lipsen and Derek Tan’s Pressed Plants: Making a Herbarium

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    Book Review: Linda P. J. Lipsen and Derek Tan’s Pressed Plants: Making a Herbarium, published in February 2023 by Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia One of the hobbies I enjoyed as a girl was pressing wildflowers. My friend Rosemary lived in a house that backed on to some wild land near Cyncoed Village. We…

  • Winter Blooms

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    Were it not for the introduction of plants from around the world—from China, Japan, and Korea in East Asia; from the Himalayas; and from Europe—Vancouver’s plants would look rather drab in January. After all, a young ginkgo tree I saw (below)was showing only promise in its stubby spurs. The only native plant I found flowering…

  • 🌱Sustainable Gardening Tips

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    Sustainable Gardening Tip Sheet HERE Mason Bee Tip Sheet HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL TIPS ON SUSTAINABLE GARDENING, GO TO: • David Suzuki Foundation Gardening Tips for Beginners • Missouri Botanical Garden Sustainable Gardening • University of California Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County Sustainable Home Gardening • RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) 10 Ways…

  • Commonly asked Questions and our Answers

    Commonly asked Questions and our Answers

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    A wealth of Info based on the most commonly asked questions to Vancouver Master Gardeners is contained in these pages by clicking hereCommonly asked Questions and our Answers . Most of these answers relate to the Pacific Northwest Area 1. What plants are good for a shady area? For a sunny area? For a dry…

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  • Members Morning at VanDusen

    Members Morning at VanDusen

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    Forty or so Vancouver Master Gardeners gathered in the atrium at VanDusen Botanical Garden on Monday, May 30, 2022. At this first official gathering since 2019, members entered the warm and bright room and were almost giddy with excitement to see each other. What a welcome time it was to chat over a coffee with…

  • Chinese Windmill Palm

    Chinese Windmill Palm

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    When is a tree not a tree? When it’s a palm, a single-stemmed monocotyledon. Along with every other member of the Arecaceae family of palms, the windmill palm is a monocot; its seeds sprout with only one cotyledon; that is the embryonic leaf that grows before the first true leaf. Which is why it isn’t…

  • Ginkgo biloba

    Ginkgo biloba

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    The tallest Ginkgo biloba I’ve ever seen is growing in the northwest corner of Paulik Neighbourhood Park at 7620 Heather Street in Richmond. Take a look before its leaves fall overnight; that will be any day now. This tree’s ancient heritage takes us back to China at the time of the dinosaurs. Its species name…