Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden – Plants of the Pacific Northwest

Fall Hours

Friday: 11am – 4pm
Saturday: 11am – 4pm
Sunday: 11am – 4pm
Monday: 11am – 4pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: Closed

Location

5941 Mason Rd
Sechelt, BC V7Z 0N4
604-740-3969
info@coastbotanicalgarden.org

Birds this month

Small finch. Sharply pointed bill is pink in summer, grayish-brown in winter. Small head, long wings, and short, notched tail. Adult males in spring and summer are bright yellow with black forehead and wings

The male American Goldfinch is easy to spot with its bold yellow body, pointed pink, conical bill and black forehead. Goldfinches fly with a bouncy, undulating pattern and often call in flight, drawing attention to themselves.

What’s in Bloom

A photo of a trout lily in a mixed garden bed with sword ferns, mosses, and soil covered i leaf mould mulch. Its deep green, glossy leaves, which begin in a unique rosebud-like cluster. Each stem can grow to 12" and produces 3-5 lily-like flowers which hang facing down. The yellow blooms have pointed petals that curve upwards to reveal long, yellow stamens.

Erythonium ‘Pagoda’

Erythonium ‘Pagoda’ is an early-spring perennial that can be found...

Trench Composting

A lot of what we do at the Veggie Garden when we start up in spring is weeding. Taking advantage of all this green material, we do trench composting, burying the weeds deep below our veggie beds. Trench composting is simple: You dig a trench – or any shape hole – 18...