Braiding Sweetgrass

"I have an idea for the group to consider as a possible project to start recovering green spaces. I am attaching an image from Google maps of the bulge on the North-East corner, just as 1st Avenue turns round the back of the building. It seems to me that it is ready to make a rain garden or bioswale. It has the cuts on the curb to let water runoff into the area."

"I volunteer for this organization who have been collaborating with the municipal government in Delta to create rain gardens to control run off into Cougar Creek, which is a salmon run. You can check some of the examples in the website of the gardens they have created. It is all done by volunteers and the coordinators get plants from the City or other sources that donate them. https://cougarcreekstreamkeepers.ca/rain-gardens/
It could be the start. In time, I would love to take control of the strip by the railway. The fence will be a great support for climbers!"

"The City of Vancouver allows for public volunteers to beautify the boulevards. They have an 'official' program, Green Streets, that they support and sponsor. They offer general guidelines to ensure the safety of pedestrians and road users, mostly regarding the height of plants so as not to block visibility. I read this as an approval in principle for us to start planting the lawn areas in the boulevards and bulges. That can be the start."
https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/beautifying-your-boulevard-and- street.aspx

"I love the ideas about enhancing Emily Carr with plants. I have definitely noticed the lack of plants and natural inspiration."

"Guerrilla planting!"

"Green the inside as well."

"The traffic circle."

"Plants grow so well inside the school building. And the ceilings are so tall - we could grow potted trees."

"I have two oaks and one maple that I accidentally grew and could contribute, they are too big and too close to each other in my yard."

"I have plenty of cedar seedlings that are growing in pots and I can share too!"

"What about growing not just food, but natural dye materials?"

"Thinking we can learn how to harvest in a responsible way as well as learn how to tend."

"The Means of Production Garden is right across the street and grows artists crops: https://moparrc.com/"