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Our Home & Native Bloom poster
Poster courtesy City of Richmond
Our Home and Native Bloom will feature spectacular colours
Native plants will form a myriad of
spectacular colours in Richmond City Hall’s plaza this summer.
A unique celebration of Canada’s 150th
anniversary, Our Home and Native Bloom will feature more than 4,500 plant
species native to Richmond and B.C. in an inspiring, pop-up floral arrangement
in June and early July.
“This will be a spectacular celebration of
Canada’s unique natural abundance,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “As the Child of
the Fraser, our island community is renowned for its rich and fertile
environment, so what better way to show what makes Richmond and Canada
distinct.”
The floral design will depict a “Fluvial Fan”
with floral “islands” that symbolically represent Richmond’s 17 islands and the
landforms that have been shaped over time by the Fraser River. Circulating,
moving slowly, standing or sitting, visitors will recreate the river’s flow.
The design was commissioned from landscape architecture students at the
University of British Columbia, including Nicole Alden, Patrick Beech,
Genevieve Depelteau, John Musil and Allison Tweedie.
The large floral display will compliment a
program of free lunch-time musical performances, educational talks and
family-oriented art activities from June 7 to July 6 at Richmond City Hall
Plaza. For a full schedule of events visit www.richmondcanada.150.com.
At the end of the exhibition, the city will
host a plant sale on Friday, July 7 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, July
8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Richmond City Hall.
Native plants on display will include
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow), Gaultheria shallon (Salal), Rosa nutkana (Nootka
rose), Armeria maritima (Sea Thrift), Allium cernuum (Nodding onion), Iris
setosa (Beachhead Iris), Lupinus polyphyllus (Bigleaf Lupine), Erigeron
speciosus (Aspen fleabane), Rubus parviflorus (Thimbleberry), Vaccinium ovatum
(Evergreen Huckleberry), Rosa woodsii (Woods Rose), Cornus sericea (Red Osier
Dogwood), Polystichum munitum (Sword Fern), Dryopteris expansa (Spreading Wood
Fern), and Dryopteris filixmas (Male Fern).
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