A webinar from the Invasive Species Council of BC, shared here as an embed.
More webinars and videos will be shared on this website.
I hike almost every day and will continue to do so for as long as I can, but there will also be some dedicated nature hikes. Some are listed here. The Bitterroot bloom – a site near Ashcroft – Red … Continue reading →
Megan Blackmore and the Master Gardeners of Kamloops have now produced a brochure on this topic. We have a number of native plants in our garden and we hope to add more in the future.
Continue reading →Just before the first frosts I hiked up the Tranquille River Trail and spotted a few flowers, leaves, and seedheads that caught my attention. A few images are provided here. Can you name the plants without clicking the image (for … Continue reading →
I started A Wildflower Journal in 2019 . I had been providing observations and posts to Kamloops Trails, but it got to the point where there was nowhere to fit those posts in. I had some choices: stop sharing posts … Continue reading →
A video is now available on YouTube: Click the YouTube link for more WildflowerJournal or KamloopsTrails videos.
Continue reading →In April flowering trees and shrubs, flowering plants, and the first vegetables appear. As the weather warms and the days lengthen, we see more each day. A few photos are shared here today. Early flowers include rockcress, burro’s tail, lamium … Continue reading →
I stopped to examine some pixie cup lichens (Caldonia pleurota) while scrambling on a north-facing rocky slope and took some photos. With yellowish clubs and reddish apothecia, these are probably Cladonia borealis. The clubs have a warty surface and the … Continue reading →
In early May fruit trees were in blossom. First were the apricots, then the cherries, followed by the pears, plums, and apples. Leaf rollers started to appear too so I squish their rolled up leave nurseries. Candytuft has an elegant … Continue reading →
I photographed a few of the flowering plants in the garden in mid-late May. Click an image for a larger view and a caption.
Continue reading →From time to time, we will walk the home garden to enjoy the flowers of shrubs and perennials. Near the end of April, spring was underway and the flowering almond shrub was developing many blossoms. Fruit trees were developing leaves … Continue reading →
A quick tour of the garden to see what was starting to bloom… Vinca started to bloom about a week ago in a protected border. Snowdrops came out about 2 weeks ago and are now almost finished flowering: I collected … Continue reading →