Legacy of trees purposeful wandering in Vancouver's Stanley Park


Title Cover Image: Legacy of trees

"An engaging, informative, and visually stunning tour of the numerous native, introduced, and ornamental tree species found in Vancouver's Stanley Park, combining a wealth of botanical knowledge with a fascinating social history of the city's most celebrated landmark"-- Provided by publisher

Author(s): Nina Shoroplova
Document: Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 0 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 2020
Physical Description: x, 278 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 23 cm
Genre: Guidebooks
Contents:

Cover Dedication Contents List of Maps Foreword Introduction Purposeful Wandering The Trees in My Life I Set Myself a Challenge How This Book Is Organized What Stanley Park's Legacy Trees Tell Us Part I: The Trees Were Always There

  1. The Creation of Stanley Park "The Most Beautiful Park in the World" The City's First Item of Business
  2. Beginnings A Tree Begins Life as a Sapling A Human Begins Life as a Baby
  3. Native Trees I Feel Calm and Centred What's That Tree? Western Hemlock More Evergreens Deciduous or Angiosperm 4. Timber!
  4. The First Primitive Crossing
  5. Fire!
  6. The Big Fir
  7. Growing Together Similarities and Differences Crown Shyness Living and Dying
  8. The Hollow Tree
  9. Trail Trees
  10. Siwash Rock
  11. One of the Seven Sisters Part II: The First Trees Are Planted
  12. Martha Smith's Lilac Bushes
  13. An Oak at Brockton Oval
  14. Around the Oppenheimer Bust
  15. Gardens at the Pavilion
  16. English Oaks for Shakespeare
  17. Trees around Lost Lagoon
  18. Trees along the Seawall
  19. Growing Together A Thick Skin Comes with Age Wisdom Comes with Age Communities of People
  20. Lumberman's Arch Avenue
  21. Ornamental Cherry Trees
  22. A Putting Green and a Sports Pavilion
  23. Trees on the Promenade
  24. Salmon Stream Valley
  25. Totem Poles Were Once Trees
  26. Shakespeare Garden Trees Part III: The Park Grows Up
  27. Trees around Lord Stanley's Statue
  28. The Grounds of Vancouver Park Board's Offices
  29. Ted and Mary Greig Rhododendron Garden Map and Walking Order of Azaleas and Rhododendrons Trees Other Than Rhododendrons in the Rhododendron Garden 31. Second Beach and Ceperley Field and Meadow
  30. The Holly and the Ivy and the Monkey Puzzle Trees
  31. Two Trees at Chaythoos Epilogue: The Roots of the Matter A Rugged, Ragged, and Craggy History My Research Journey I Am Grateful Appendix List of the Legacy Trees Trees that are Merely a Memory and are No Longer Around Trees that are Special for Some Reason but without a Plaque Trees and Shrubs Growing in the Park and/or Mentioned Notes Sources and Recommended Reading Index
Subjects:

Arbres Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Stanley Park, Guidebooks, History, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.) Guidebooks, Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.) History, Stanley Park (Vancouver, C.-B.) Guides, Stanley Park (Vancouver, C.-B.) Histoire, Trees, Trees British Columbia Vancouver

 

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