the urban world's a garden, waiting to be planted

The impetus for this guerrilla gardening is to bring colour to neglected urban landscapes. The goal is to develop sustainable beauty that will enrich the lives in the neighbourhood for years to come. Most of these gardens are in an industrial area full of homelessness, drug use, mental illness and prostitution. Needles, used condoms and makeshift shelters can be found within feet of these photos. But don't be surprised to find just plain old gardening in here too, I love it all!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Mother's Day at UBC Botanical Garden!

After a lovely breakfast in bed and some sushi for lunch, we headed out to UBC for the Botanical Garden's annual perennial plant sale. As a Mother's day present I had money to blow at the sale and quickly filled up the van! Then we walked around the gardens and I took photos to log all kinds of interesting plants. My favorite is this huge peony (paeonia veitchii from China).