Leading Tree Walks

Nina and an ‘Akebono’ cherry tree in David Lam Park on April 1, 2023
at Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s Big Picnic

With the oldest tree walks at the bottom and the newest at the top, here are the tree walks I have already led or am going to be leading.

2023 Upcoming Walks

Planning for other walks is in process with Nature Vancouver and Stanley Park Ecology Society.

2023 Walks that Are Over

On August 4, 2023, I led a tree identification walk in the southern half of Shaughnessy Park, previously known as the Crescent. In spring I will lead a tree ID walk in the northern half.

Admiring the blossoms on the sourwood tree in Shaughnessy Park. Photo is the property of Caroline Penn.

On July 7, 2023, I led a tree identification walk in Stanley Park for Nature Vancouver members from Lord Stanley statue to South Creek Trail in Shakespeare Garden. Caroline Penn continued the walk around Beaver Lake, returning to the Shakespeare Garden.

June 9, 2023, a second tree-identification walk at 10:30 a.m. in Kitsilano Park and Kitsilano Beach Park to see how much easier it is to identify trees once they have leafed out. We walked this route previously in February 2023. This is for members of Nature Vancouver and others who sign a waiver for the walk. The walk is free but participants needed to register.

Nina Shoroplova pointing out that honeylocust grows both pinnately compound and bipinnately compound leaves. Photo is the property of Caroline Penn.

May 5, 2023, a Cherry Blossom Walk from a ‘Kanzan’ to a grove of ‘Shiro-fugen’ in Stanley Park. On behalf of Stanley Park Ecology Society. There is a fee and registration is required. Sign up with SPES was through the link on this page.

April 8, 2023, a Cherry Tree Talk and Walk in Stanley Park, as part of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The walk is free but participants were required to register online here.

April 1, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at The Big Picnic, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s opening event at David Lam Park.

February 10, 2023, a tree identification walk in Kitsilano Park and Kitsilano Beach Park, for members of Nature Vancouver.

2022

June 16, 2022, a native and ornamental tree walk in Stanley Park from the Information Booth to Brockton Point, for members of Stanley Park Ecology Society.

April 8, 2022, a Cherry Tree Talk and Walk in Stanley Park, as part of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.

Wendy Cutler, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Scout Coordinator, took this photo.

2021

With Covid still keeping us masked and isolated from each other, I described the ornamental cherry trees growing in Stanley Park in a video organized by Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.

2020

Taking friends through the Shakespeare Garden in Stanley Park on June 24. They are standing inside the cool canopy of the Fagus sylvatica ‘Aspleniifolia’.
I led four friends on a tree walk and talk through Stanley Park on June 27. Photograph taken by Silmara Emde.