category Free Inquiry

This week I have chosen to look at a Nootka Rose, or a wild rose. I was thinking about how some people drink wild rose tea and I wanted to know if it was used for anything else. The word… Continue Reading →

As I was looking through my pictures of flowers, I came across a picture of an Okanagan Sunflower (otherwise known as Arrowleaf Balsamroot). This plant is not native to the coastal regions of BC, but it is abundant in the… Continue Reading →

Recently, I read the book “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer and in the book the author talks about her experience of combining her indigenous and scientific knowledge as a University professor. In one of the beginning chapters she talks… Continue Reading →

This week I chose to look at False Lily of the Valley. I was curious to explore this plant because I know a lot about Lily of the Valley because it is my birth flower, but I was curious why… Continue Reading →

Red Huckleberries are shrubs that can grow up to 4 metres tall. They have bright green branches and small oval leaves that closely ressemble spearmint leaves. These bushes are found in coastal coniferous forests in shaded areas and they are… Continue Reading →

The other day in my french Immersion class we had an indigenous speaker come in who works at a school in Victoria to speak with us about the plants around the area. She talked about how we can incorporate learning… Continue Reading →

This week I have taken an interest in learning about salal berries. During the weekend, I went for a walk and noticed that there are tons around the area. It is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that is well known to… Continue Reading →

This past week I have taken an interest in learning about Western Red Cedar. I was talking to a teacher at my link2practice school and he mentioned that it was known as the “tree of life” for indigenous groups along… Continue Reading →

This past week, during Link2Practice, I observed an environmental science 11 class and we went on a nature walk along Bowker Creek. Along the way, the teacher explained certain indigenous plants and what they are useful for. One plant that… Continue Reading →