Seven years ago, guerrilla gardeners in Brussels decared 1 May the day for people all everywhere to go out beyond our gardens and plant sunflower seeds in the hope that they will bring beauty and health to our neighbourhoods. Do you know of somewhere that could use a little sunshine?
Congratulations to Stefanie Hurtubise for this awesome, if not slightly scary shot of Nairn Falls. With all the snow melt and April showers there's certainly plenty of water rushing over them.Don't forget to #hashtag your imagesIf you want to see your picture in our Photo of the Week feature don't forget to #hashtag your images as … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Stefanie Hurtubise
Thank you to everyone who came out to support a very successful Fundraiser at Mile One to kick off the 2013 Community Garden Season. With renewals and money raised by Mile One generously donating 10% of sales from Garden members enjoying a great local meal as well as funds raised from RONA donating Garden Gift … Continue reading Green Thumbs: Sprouting Forward
With the newly re-connected Valley Loop trail we thought we'd show you all what you've been missing and just how good a 2 hour walk can be. Follow us To see our latest Instagram images follow us at @wellnessalmanac or if you're not on Instagram then you can find us on the web at statigr.am/tag/wellnessalmanac/
"Many factors, including a history of discrimination, help explain aboriginal poverty across Canada. In terms of what can be done today, education should loom large. It should loom large, but it doesn’t." March 19 2013, Vancouver Sun On Tuesday, April 30, the Village of Pemberton Council and Winds of Change Steering Committee will take part … Continue reading Event: Project of Heart workshop, April 30
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Sam and I drove down to Van on Sunday to hit the annual tuber sale hosted at the beautiful Van Dusen Gardens. The drive was nice and smooth and once past Squamish I scoped out plants obsessively from my window seat. Flowering currants growing cliffside, followed by flashy azaleas and once in the city magnolias galore, cherry … Continue reading Green Thumb: Growing Dahlias
Inner Cedar Bark from Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre on Vimeo. Watch as QúQú Héy Yóóch -- "Bernadine Billy", Txwolt'malh -- "Holly Joseph" and n̓án̓attw Nkakúsene -- "Tanina Williams" work with inner cedar bark, in this video shot by the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre in Whistler. Great Hall Cedar Weavings in the SLCC As explained in … Continue reading Work In Progress: Cedar Weavers Holly Joseph, Bernadine Billy and Tanina Williams
On February 5, the Village of Pemberton Council heard from an unusual delegation. Trinity Ellis, Maddy Hannah and Alyssa Richman made a presentation to Council, which in itself isn't that weird a thing - Village of Pemberton council receives delegations regularly. Only these delegates are all 12 years old. They wanted to explain what they're … Continue reading Shout Out: Junior World Changers
3 surefire signs that spring has come to Pemberton: dog poo, skunk cabbage and the Mosquito Lake trail run. Saturday, April 27th MOSQUITO LAKE TRAIL RUN/WALK: 9km, $15 goes to Pemberton Search & Rescue, 9:30am registration, 10am start! Want to know more? Here's a Q+A with Anna Helmer before last year's run, explaining how the … Continue reading Event: Mosquito Lake Trail Run, Saturday April 27, 9:30am
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