Transformations

I love to be reminded of dramatic transformations, like the former picture of this back alley and the garden it has become.

swiped again!

Well, it's a good thing I got that photo of the sun garden when I did because within 5 days all the tulips got cut off and the camelia plant was stolen! Even with my burglar-proofing of wiring it to a rock!! Haha. Bigger rock next time I guess! It's always a bit of a disappointment when flowers get stolen but I guess it's par for the course. At least now the gardens are getting more established and still look decent even if the blooms are gone. Maybe the main colour the gardens are going to bring down there is GREEN!

Car Park

Last year we just happened to pass this car in our neighbourhood! It's currently parked at the corner of Clark and Broadway at a community garden... I think it made a bigger impact in a regular parking spot though. You can read more about it at: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/09/your_new_car_ma.php
I like how they say they're waiting for the city to figure out how to classify the Car Park, to give it the appropriate parking permit.

Colour!

Yay! Spring has arrived and the tulips et al are in full bloom at the sun garden! It's so exciting, this is the first time I've really felt that the dream is starting to be realized, there is colour all along the block! (at least where there is soil!) Did I mention I've been eyeing the other side of the street? Just wondering if a City Green Space could officially be started there..... and also the flow of dirt deliveries from the city.... There's already so much to do with the existing gardens, pruning, weeding, planting new plants, trimming the grass (!!) I gotta get a work party started. As for the sun garden, it's hard to decide on which pictures to put up. I'll try to get a good representation.

plant sales!

Last Saturday I went to 2 sales on the North Shore and bought about 25 plants! I left the house at 8:30 and shopped till my brain was fried. It's amazing that I can keep finding homes for these plants!! And hopefully more to come! We hit up the Green Thumbs Garden Club fundraiser sale (a club I might just join!) and then went to the Park and Tilford sale. Didn't feel up to the VanDeusen sale the following day but am interested in the UBC botanical garden sale in May and of course there is the Strathcona Community Garden sale in July...