Patty Johnston, Author at Creatively United Community

We’re More Powerful Than We Think

Reading this I was reminded of a dance protest that I was in a few weeks back in front of the Legislature protesting the Fairy Creek issue as well as old-growth forest logging in the province. Fifty people, all six feet apart and masked, danced a specific routine to... Read more

Tree Cycling Tour

Community Trees

Hop on your bike and learn about how trees and tree canopies help our cities to survive and thrive. Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, Community Trees Matter Network, City of Victoria Parks and District of Oak Bay Parks invite you to jump on your bicycle and take... Read more

Can You Imagine? – A Poem By Mary Oliver

Arts, Community, & Inclusivity, Community Trees

CAN YOU IMAGINE? by Mary Oliver For example, what the trees do not only in lightening storms or the watery dark of a summer’s night or under the white nets of winter but now, and now, and now – whenever we’re not looking. Surely you can’t imagine they don’t dance,... Read more

Presenting the Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society

Community Trees, Nature & Conservation

The Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society (GOMPS) was formed in 1992. Local citizens were concerned that native Garry oak woodlands and meadows were rapidly disappearing in the Capital Regional District. Development and human actions have caused and continue to be the... Read more

Native Deciduous Trees for your Garden

Community Trees, Toolkit

There are some lovely native deciduous trees that you can grow in your garden. The ones I will write about are fairly small and don’t take up a huge amount of space.

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