Get your bike ready for Spring! This fun, interactive two-hour course is for anyone new to maintaining their bike or who would like a refresher. The course is aimed at cyclists aged 16 and up, but youths aged 12-16 may attend if accompanied by a parent or guardian. We encourage participants to bring their bike […]
Spring is officially here! Come and create your own tiny garden to take home, with real dirt, seeds and a whole lot of artistic magic! Join our artistic wiz team who guide and inspire you to create art using different techniques. Please pre-register as space is limited. Please register one adult per family with a […]
Join Elder Seis^^lom from Lil’wat Nation in the blessing of the Trout Lake Medicine Wheel. Then stay to help clean up the garden with some spring cleaning! Get ready to get dirty in the garden, clean up the plants, and learn from Indigenous Elders.
On the menu for April is roast beef, mashed potatoes, garden salad with mixed seasonal vegetables. Dessert is fresh fruit, cake, cookies, plus lots of door prizes! Register at vanrec.ca Activity # 392463
Celebrate Earth Day by participating in the Trout Lake Nature Hunt! Download the Nature Hunt Passport and go to each pink leaf on the map and read the information boards. Try to perform each activity on the bottom of every board.
Tour of Trout Lake Park through the eyes of an arborist from BC Plant Health Care. This interactive tour may cover topics such as tree ecology, ethnobotany of trees, tree health and disease, trees and the landscape, and eco-benefits of trees. Come dressed for the weather and ready to explore. Meet at the entrance to […]
Come celebrate the long and fascinating history of Clark Park! Everyone is invited to join friends and neighbours at the installation of two new signs in Clark Park! The signs take a deeper look at Vancouver’s second oldest park, one focuses on the human history of the park, the other invites you to learn more […]
Lori Snyder is an Indigenous herbalist and educator with a deep knowledge of wild, medicinal and edible plants that grow in everyday spaces. Lori will be teaching us about the wild weeds, the ones our ancestors used for their medicinal properties, and identify what is growing in the Trout Lake Medicine Wheel. She will share […]
On the menu for May is lemongrass chicken, green papaya salad, and rice noodles. Dessert: fresh fruit, cake, cookies & lots of door prizes!
It can be easy to forget about the wealth of food and medicines that grows all around us. Come out and learn about edible and medicinal plants that call our region home. Indigenous herbalist and educator Lori Snyder will explore some of the plants coming into season including berries, and yarrow etc. which are growing […]