Jacquie and Dave Walsh

This property was part of a parcel homesteaded dating back to 1908 when  Dave’s great-grandparents Sarah and Jacob Dorman purchased it.  Jacquie and Dave’s new house was built in 2013/14.

The garden has been a work in progress since 2012 when clearing of many areas began.  Most of the ‘newer’ trees, mature shrubs, and perennials were transplanted into the existing framework of older trees and shrubs from Jacquie’s garden in West Van in 2013. Many other specimens were added over the years as gifts, divisions, and salvaged cast-offs from various sources.

In other words, the plant material dictated the design of the garden, not the other way around.

Depending on late summer and fall weather there should be various things of interest at this time of year. Foliage colour of deciduous trees will be the main one. There will be a range of them on various varieties of Japanese, Paperbark and Vine maples, Dawn Redwood, and Antarctic Beech among others. There should be some shrubs such as Euonymus alatus and Hibiscus colouring up as well and also grasses and possibly a few roses and perennials still in flower.