Summer 2023

A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Pacific Northwest: Presentation and Activity with Philippa Joly
Thursday, July 20th, 11:00 am
Nature games for kids ages 8 to 11! Join author, herbalist, naturalist and educator Philippa Joly as she presents games and facts from her new book, A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Play a game of Plant Tag, learn about edible local plants and hear a story of how the “Fir Cone” mice came to be. Copies of her new book will be available for signing!

Water Conservation with Darren Bond
Thursday, July 20th from 1:30 – 2:30 pm at New Horizons 1765 Sollans Road
Info coming soon.
Cost: $10 for adults. Children attend free.

Crow Watching Talk with June Hunter
Thursday, July 27th from 1:30 – 2:30 pm at New Horizons 1765 Sollans Road
June Hunter has been a photographer of crows for many years and, in the course of creating hundreds of crow portraits, she has come to know her subjects very well. 
Becoming acquainted with several crow families in her East Vancouver neighbourhood has led to insights into crow personality, nesting habits, family ties, seasonal behaviour and individual quirks.
June’s talk, accompanied by her photographs, will pull back the curtain on the crow world and help you understand some of that seemingly inexplicable crow behaviour. 
You will also get some tips on how to tell one crow from another, and how to start following the fascinating crow stories going on all around you.
Born in the north of England, June grew up in an extremely urban environment of rusting docklands and fragments of Roman Wall. After studying Anglo-Saxon poetry at Bangor University in North Wales she moved to a remote part of central BC. There, she hand-built a cabin and worked as a tree planter for several years. By the 1980’s she’d found a happy medium between extremes of urban and wilderness, living in Vancouver with her family, studying art and working in graphic design.
For the past decade and a half she has been a full-time artist. Most of her bird photographs are taken in the few blocks around her urban home. 
June is a great believer in seeing the beauty wherever you find yourself and in celebrating the epic within the ordinary. 
Her work has been exhibited in the UK and Canada and is sold around the world via her web site: www.junehunter.com
She records some of her insights into urban nature on her popular blog: www.urbannature.blog
Cost: $10 for adults. Children attend free.

Presentation with Heidi van Vliet
Thursday, August 3rd, 1:30 – 2:30 pm at New Horizons 1765 Sollans Road
Info coming soon.
Cost: $10 for adults. Children attend free.

Pictured above: Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly by Gerry Ambury.