Media, News & Events
Issue 08 of The Street Gardener: September 2011
Check out issue 09 of The Street Gardener: Monthly News From Green Streets Vancouver. You'll find lots of useful information including feature plants, things to do in the garden this month and garden related events around Vancouver. This month, the street garden at Trimble & 8th is featured in the gardener profile.
Green Streets Documentary
Last summer, Green Streets worked with a local videographer to put together a short documentary about the program. The short version (4 min) can be viewed on the Green Streets homepage. Here's the longer version (9 min). Enjoy!
Green Streets Vancouver Book
The Green Streets Vancouver book is a stunning reflection of the stewardship that Vancouver's street gardeners devote to our City. This beautiful collection of images captures some of Vancouver’s most spectacular gardens in their full glory.
Click to view a sample of the book
Wondering where you can get a copy of the book? Just in time for the holidays - copies are available to purchase for $20, tax included, from the following locations:
Engineering Services Client Counter located on the 5th floor of 507 West Broadway. Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.00pm
Southlands Nursery located at 6550 Balaclava St. Open daily from 9.00am to 5.30pm
Vancouver Art Gallery Store 750 Hornby St. Open Mon, Wed & Fri-Sun from 10.00am to 6.00pm and Tue & Thu from 10.00am to 9.00pm
VanDusen Garden Shop 5251 Oak St. (37th Ave. & Oak St.) Open daily from 10.00am to 4.00pm
Boulevard and Lawn Problems
Have you caught crows, skunks or raccoons digging up your lawn or boulevard? If so then you may have a European Chafer Beetle infestation.
For more information on the Chafer Beetle and how you can manage this little pest, visit the Vancouver Park Board's Pest Problems webpage.
Metropolitan Field Guide Blogs about Green Streets
Seattle's Metropolitan Field Guide is a blog for ideas, thoughts and resources for the design of urban wildlife habitat. On October 27th, an article about the Green Streets Program was posted. Check it out.
Best Health Magazine includes Green Streets in the article "Canada's Community Gardens"
Canada's Community Gardens: From new friendships to just-picked produce, women across the country are harvesting the benefits of shared green spaces by Kim Pittaway.
Inspiring Stories from Vancouver's Green Streets Gardeners
Green Streets volunteers have countless remarkable stories of their experiences as street gardeners. One of the most notable may just be the story of how the Green Streets Program began. Here is that story and several others shared by the gardeners themselves. Read Stories
We’ve learned through the experiences of the volunteers that act of street gardening connects neighbours and deepens the sense of community.