Admiralty Point Trail - some photos from August 28

On August 28, a Saturday, during the afternoon, I did a hike down the Admiralty Point Trail and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here are some photos taken along the way. The trail is within Belcarra Regional Park northwest of Port Moody. I'll let the images do all the talking for the most part.
Next you'll see a series of photos I took of a conifer tree growing on a nurse stump. What do you see? What do you think?
It was sunny and warm that day, the last weekend of August and just perfect for a hike.
Here are some huckleberry shrubs growing on a moss-covered log. I hope you've enjoyed the images. Come back for more soon in Part II. - V

mosses and ferns

Back in March of this year I did a walk on the trails in Robert Burnaby Park in south Burnaby, British Columbia. Its been a while since being able to edit and post these photos of mosses and ferns growing on the bark of a tree in the park but they're finally done. Feel free to comment and to send me your comments privately. Enjoy the photos!!! - V

Pollinators

I love bees of all sorts including bumblebees as seen above. They are so important to humanity but we often just take them for granted. Bees, and other flying insects such as butterflies for an example, help pollinate flowers on trees and plants of all kinds. What would we do without them? Probably starve! One reason alone to bring our environment back in order from the current mess its in. Something to think about!!! - Volker

UBC Botanical Gardens - Moon Garden

Last Sunday I made a trip out to the UBC Botanical Gardens on the campus of the University of British Columbia, a visit I had long wanted to undertake. The Moon Garden had to be my favourite. The photo above shows the scene just inside the main gate to that garden and the tunnel to the moon garden proper. To follow are a number of photos that resulted from this trip.

Cardoons are related to the artichoke. The ribs are edible in the case of the cardoon and the flowers (unopened) in the case of artichokes. The cardoon flower above has visitors: bees!

Then there are fruit trees on half barrels or on tied up as espalier fruit, both good for small spaces.

As I have mentioned, the moon garden has to be my favourite at the UBC Botanical Gardens. The centre focal point is the garden plantings of fruit, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers. The the African garden outside this centre point is another favourite. Brad and I plan to visit later when the autumn colour is at its best. Oh, and can you imagine the scene in the moon garden on a full moon? Have a look at the gardens when you're up this way. Every season has something to offer. Have a great weekend! - Volker