Green Streets Boulevard Champion Wanted

The City of Vancouver Green Streets program has been flourishing for over a dozen years.  General Wolfe Elementary has a unique configuration with so many in one place.

 The size of the boulevards is too big for us to tend to (as many of the volunteer gardening parents have 'older' kids now).  Libby has done a good job of removing lots of prickly Nootka Rose from the east side of Ontario street - thanks Libby!

Be on the lookout for this spring anenome which is an early bloomer by the bench on Ontario Street.
If you would like to garden on the boulevards (or pick one), or know a neighbour interested in caretaking one of the boulevards, or become the Wolfe PAC liase with the City of Vancouver, contact Tarmara at tamaraelke@me.com

Master Gardener Project Closed

Parent Volunteers Wanted

Spring is already pushing up the bulbs on the Green Street Boulevards!
Before we know it, its time to get the seedlings started.

This year we need parent volunteers, interested teachers to take on a Garden Bed.
If a parent wants to participate in the Friday after school garden club, let us know.

In 2016 , we have an opportunity to join with SPEC (Society for the Preservation of Enviornental Conservation) who has worked with numerous VSB Schools for years. 

Despite heroic efforts of Dawn Dunkerly, Libby Taylor, Laura McCann, Julia Steward and a few others, we did not have enough parent involvement to keep the  Master Gardener project growing.  Thanks to everyone who helped out - the gardens were full last summer.

Wood gone to a good home

Recently, the Wolfe Girl Guides went to Tupper and made amazing Insect Hostels.

Tupper is taking the wood for garden construction - they made our planters in the teachers parking lot and were installing at Carnarvon last week.  Thanks, Russ Evans, you are amazing!

Blooming Indigenous Species!

The native Oregon grape is pushing out beautiful yellow blooms.  It's found from California to our own southwest coast.  It is a known food source - no poisonous berries here - just good, tart jam making materials come the spring.  It's also known as a favourite 'house' for the younger students to play underneath.  Located in the naturalized area behind the annex, a unique feature at Wolfe.

This garden is for the birds...

Birds ...  and the worms!

This morning about a dozen chickadees were happily moving their way through the food garden and trees.  When you create habitat, you create the opportunity for life to flourish in 'our neck of the woods'.

Wood available

Sadly, we've had lots of vandalism this past year.  Grade 8 and 9's have been breaking glass, starting fires, and generally leaving the place a mess.  We have leftover wood from our recent build and have removed it.  If you have a use for it, please let us know.  Tamara

Raking Leaves

The Wolfe PAC is the official care taker of the City of Vancouver Green Street Boulevards.
The annual party in October invites over 500 community gardeners.  Anyone is welcome to volunteer and help rake, prune, plant, sweep gravel or tidy up garbage on any day (since we all walk by it regularly :-)  Rakes are kept in the maintenance room and we have plenty to go around.  Even snowshovels work to keep the streets safe and teachers are welcome to bring their classes outside