Tamara Bonnemaison MLA • BENDS Rest. Natl. Syst. DIPL
Landscape, ecology, and community. These are the words that best sum up the journey that I have taken to landscape architecture. As a graduate of UVic’s Restoration of Natural Systems program and an experienced restoration ecologist, I have had many opportunities to become amazed and humbled by the complexity of the ecological systems around us. As a member of a community farm, I have began to understand that human systems are just as complex, and just as important, as ecological ones. The last four years that I have spent obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design and master’s degree in Landscape Architecture have been a practice in integrating these two ways of thinking about the world. Throughout this portfolio, you will see my attempts at creating places that bring people together in healthy ways, while allowing ecologies to flourish.
Sincerely, Tamara Bonnemaison tamara.bonnemaison@gmail.com
CONTENTS 2
ARBUTUS WILDWAY
DESIGNED LOOSENESS AND POSSIBILITY
10 GRADING PLAN
STORMWATER AND ACCESS
12 MOCHI UCHI
BODY IN SPACE
14 SENSORY PLANTER
SENSORY STIMULATION FOR CHILDREN
16 WHITE RESIDENCE
PHASED RE-USE
SKETCHES 18
EXPLORING L.I.D. CONSTRUCTIONS
CULTIVATED 20
A GROWING BUILDING FOR GROWING
22 GROWING DUNE
DISSIPATE, ACCOMMODATE, ACCUMULATE
26 WILLOW WORKS
BEAUTIFUL BIOENGINEERING
WOODLANDS 28
PHASE 1
CONNECT! 30
BCIT PLAZA REDESIGN
32 BUTTERFLY GARDEN
PLANTING PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY STREET
34 BOTANY PHOTO
DAILY BOTANICAL WONDERINGS
ARBUTUS WILDWAY DESIGNED LOOSENESS AND POSSIBILITY Vancouver’s Arbutus Corridor is what one may call a ‘loose space’. It has had an ambiguous purpose and future for nearly two decades, and over that time period, enterprising urban pioneers have engaged creatively with the space, overlaying it with their own programs and ecologies. The lack of oversight over the Corridor has resulted in a place that is quite different from the rest of the city. Whereas much of the city is already allocated to a particu¬lar use that precludes thinking creatively about what else could be on the site, the Corridor presents itself as a blank canvas upon which anyone can become excited about the future possibilities that it holds. This graduate project proposes a framework of tactical interventions that allows people, plants and animals to continue to use the Arbutus Wildway in ‘loose’ ways, while also ensuring that people are able to move through and feel safe on the site.
ALDER UNDERPASS Squamish First Nations Hub
GRAVEL STUDIO ART GARDEN
Arts Umbrella Hub
Farm Folk City Folk Hub
FOREST SCHOOL St. Augustine Elem Hub
IVY MECHANIC Madrona School Hub
POWER LINE BC Cycling Coalition Hub
BEE MEADOW
Village Vancouver Hub
HOPS OVERLOOK
UBC Master’s of Landscape Architecture LARC 598: Graduate Project 8-Month Project, 2017
MARKET SQUARE Vancouver Farmer’s Market Hub
South Coast Conservation Hub
BLACKBERRY BOULEVARD Kerrisdale Community Centre Hub
TRELLIS GARDENS
Vancouver Urban Farming Society Hub
SUNFLOWER PASSAGE Marpole Public Arts Project Hub
COMMUNITY BACKYARD Vancouver Montessori Hub COYOTE HIGHWAY Fraser Riverkeeper Hub
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FORMAL SYSTEM OF ‘FRAMES’ A series of interventions, or ‘frames’, are placed along the wildway. These frames are formed through a simple system that allows a rectangular steel panel to scale, bend, stretch and combine with other materials to fullfill different functions. These frames guide people as they move through the wildway, enable activities on the wildway, and order a potentially messy space.
GUIDE
ENABLE
ORDER
WILDWAY + MOBILITY The Arbutus Corridor presents a fantastic opportunity to link neighbourhoods and civic ammenities, and to provide an active transportation spine for the west side of Vancouver. However, placing cycle paths, pedestrian walkways, and a streetcar on the Arbutus Corridor itself leaves little roof for wilder uses. The Arbutus Wildway proposal solves this problem by expanding the scope of the design space, using parallel adjacent roads to hold the streetcar and some of the cycling routes.
ARBUTUS CORRIDOR 20m
PROPOSED STREETCAR ROUTE
CYCLE LANE ON PARALLEL STREET CYCLE LANE ON CORRIDOR
ARBUTUS WILDWAY: BEE MEADOW
FRAMEWORK FOR GARDENING This long sunny stretch of the Arbutus Wildway enables and orders gardening and beekeeping through a series of evenly-spaced plot dividers, bee habitat walls, greenhouses, cold frames and garden sheds. A hub with posts for tensile canopies gives people a chance to get together for community events, and provides gardeners with some cover from the elements.
PLOT DIVIDER
BEE HABITAT
GREENHOUSE
COLD FRAME
GARDEN SHED
ARBUTUS WILDWAY: HOPS OVERLOOK The Arbutus Corridor follows the topography of Quilchena Crescent, creating a linear space with steep slopes on either side, stunning views, and thick lush vegetation. This area, the ‘Hops Overlook’, is designed with lookouts that double as wildlife habitat. People come to this space to observe and steward urban wildlife such as coyotes, bats, butterflies and birds.
GATEWAY BIRD HABITAT
BAT HABITAT
PLANT HABITAT
INSECT HABITAT
FRAMEWORK FOR URBAN WILDLIFE Whereas the Bee Meadow is dedicated to allowing people to appropriate the space, the Hops Overlook emphasizes the appropriation of the Wildway by plants and animals. The gateways and lookout structures provide habitat, while allowing most of the site to remain untouched by human hands.
GRADING PLAN STORMWATER AND ACCESS
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This project taught me the basics ofsite grading, including principles of stormwater management and access. I received the highest mark that my professor had ever given for this course. As this was a group project, I primarily worked on the south-west side of the river, while my partner focused on the north-east portion.
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MOCHI UCHI BODY IN SPACE Traditional mochi is formed by hand, molding itselt to the contours of the maker’s hand. Like a mochi, this building molds itslelf around its users, providing little nooks and pods that are perfectly fitted to the activity that goes on inside of them. A place to drink tea quietly on one’s own; a place to gather with a group of friends; a place to sleep; a place to make mochi: these, and other spaces, are created through a system of cross-laminated panels supported by a steel skeleton. Wooden slats interspersed with light strips form the floor, walls, and ceiling, creating flowing forms that fit to the human body.
Private ‘living pod’
Sitting pods
UBC Bachelor of Environmental Design ENDS 402: Settlements Studio 6-week project, 2015
People-watching deck
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TeaHouse alley entry
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TEA HOUSE ALLEY TeaHouse Alley is joined to Robson Street via a ramp and series of steps and platforms. TeaHouses situate themselves within the sunken alley and along the entryway platforms, while the bike carts are given extra storage and cooking space along the edge of a currently-underutilized building.
SENSORY PLANTER SENSORY STIMULATION FOR CHILDREN This small planter design project creates a sensory experience for children playing on a rooftop garden. In addition to being beautiful, this planter is touchable and smellable. Soft, ticklish Panicum virgatum ‘Rostrahlbusch’ and Artemisia frigida entice the children to run their fingers through the plantings, while the delightful roundness of Allium sphaerocephalon and intricate fleshiness of Sedum spurium ‘Voodoo’ entice closer tactile inspection. The planter also includes species with scented leaves, including Lavendula stoechas ‘Kew red’ with its typical lavender scent, Helichrysum petiolare with its licorice odor, and Achillea ‘desert eve red’ with its pungent, herbal smell. UBC Master’s of Landscape Architecture LARC 515: Planting Design 1-Day Project, 2016
Tamara Bonnemaison
SENSORY PLANTER Tamara Bonnemaison
WHITE RESIDENCE PHASED RE-USE
The White family needed a design for their yard which could be implemented easily over time, and made use of existing plantings and hardscaping elements. The final design unites the White’s established trees by planting the yard with an understory of woodland plants, and allows an occasional parking area - the only sunny area on the property - to do double duty as a pollinatorfriendly patio. Bonnemaison Landscape Design Private landscape design 1-week project, 2014
PRELIMINARY SKETCH
Compacted road base Compacted sub-grade
Scale 1”=1’0”
16” by 16“ aggregate patio pavers to match existing front yard pavers. Total needed: 48 1”
Flexible invisible lawn edging such as Sur-loc aluminum edging 1/4” crushed gravel under pavers to bring pavers to grade and swept into cracks 3
Compacted road base Front Lawn 388 ft2
Compacted sub-grade
varies
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FRONT YARD PATH
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PHASE 1
Date May 29, 2014
Scale 1”=1’0”
Drawn by Tamara Bonnemaison
Bouledard Lawn 239 ft2
Sheet number
PHASE 2 Remove existing retaining walls Build garden soil as per callout 4 Black mondo grass 12
PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 TOTAL 2 2 2 (in side 6 yard) 43 13 69
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Retain Japanese maple Sword fern X 5 Replant existing flowers
Replace hydrangea with amelanchier
Retain apple tree Black mondo grass X 31 Sword fern X 2 Amelanchier Snowberry X 5
PHASE 1
Replant existing flowers in any gaps and at in the front of beds
Install pathway: see callout 2
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Build garden soil: see callout 4 Retain pine
Remove pampas grass
Retain holly
Amelanchier
Snowberry X 8
Add driftwood pieces: diameter no less than 1’
Driftwood pieces: diameter no less than 1’
Retain existing shrubs
Coastal strawberry 7 Sword fern X 3
PHASE 3
Salal X 10
Build garden soil: see callout 4
Driftwood pieces: diameter no less than 1’
Salal X 7
Amelanchier X 2
Driftwood pieces: diametere no less than 1’
Sword fern X 6
Amelanchier
Sword fern X 7 Retain Japanese maple
Retain existing crabapple Sword fern X 7 Coastal strawberry X 10
Aerate Lime & fertilize Rake out buttercup Overseed
Rototill when dry Till in lime and compost Re-seed
OPTION 1: Option 1
Snowberry Red Flowering Currant Red Flowering Amelanchier Currant
Black mondo grass X 13
Leave as is. Coastal strawberries will start to fill in the edges of the parking area from the phase 2 garden. Occasional pulling of larger weeds will improve the appearance.
Option 2
Wooly thyme Greek yarrow
LAWN REJUVENATION
OPTION 1:
Scale 1”=1’0”
OPTION 2:
Recommended for front yard. Recommended for back yard. Every Year: •Aerate soil (spring or fall). •Rototill lawn (when dry). •Apply lime at a rate of 45 •Rototill again 2 weeks later, lb./1000ft2 yearly. incorporating 4” compost •Top-dress yearly with and 45lb/1000ft2 of lime. organic lawn fertilizer as per •Seed with lawn blend. directions. •Follow maintenance •Try raking buttercup to directions as per option 1. loosen and raise before mowing. •Overseed bare patches.
OPTION 2:
Broken patio stones to match back yard path 1/4” gravel to level site Soil pockets between pavers for planting
Plant small stock directly into new garden soil.
Mulch (recommend Got Dirt EnviroMulch).
6”
3”
For larger stock, cut through cardboard and mix new garden soil into planting hole.
Wet, ink and tape-free cardboard to suppress lawn re-growth. Overlap edges 12”.
Rototilled soil.
BUILDING SOIL
Scale 1”=1’0”
Improving the condition of your soil will result in more attractive, healthier plants. Mulch is particularly beneficial as it retains soil moisture and prevents weed growth.
wooly thyme Greek yarrow
Garden soil (recommend Got Dirt Compost Planter Garden Blend).
Optional layers of organic material such as lawn clippings, leaves, compost, manure.
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Weed parking area well, then plant with wooly thyme and Greek yarrow. These species will stay low, will survive occasional parking, and will create a blooming bee garden in the summer.
OPTION 3:
Irish MossSnowberry
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Spring
Project # 2014.001
Black mondo grass X 13
Remove gunnera
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
FRONT YARD PLANTING SCHEDULE
BONNEMAISON
FRONT YARD PLAN
L.1
White Residence
E. 20th Ave.
PLANT Amelanchier Amelanchier alnifolia Black mondo grass Ophiogon planiscapus Coastal strawberry Fragaria chiloensis Salal Gaultheria shallon Snowberry Symphocarpus albus Sword fern
Make the parking area do double-duty as a patio. Broken patio pavers are laid over the parking area and interplanted with wooly thyme and Greek Yarrow. Make sure to weed site well before spreading gravel.
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PARKING AREA
Amela
Project # 2014.001
2025 E 20th Ave Vancouver B.C. Landscape Plan
358 ft2
Scale: 1/16”=1’0”
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PHASE 2
Scale 1/8”=1’0” The parking area can be more or less ignore, planted with a traffic-resistant flowers, or do double-duty as a patio.
Black Mondo Grass Black MondoSword GrassFern
Arrange pavers in staggered pairs along path
Amelanchier
BACK YARD PATH
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Yarrow Amelanchier
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White Residence
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2025 E 20th Ave Vancouver B.C. Landscape Plan
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1/4” crushed gravel under pavers to bring pavers to grade and swept into cracks
Astilbe Yarrow
Building Soil Parking Area
me Wooly Thyme Astilbe
Lawn Rejuvenation
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN
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Flexible invisible lawn edging such as Sur-loc aluminum edging
Coastal Strawberry Coastal Strawberry Salal
PHASE 1
Back Yard Path Front Yard Path
2025 E 20th Ave Vancouver B.C. Landscape Plan
Back Lawn 462 ft2
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Arrange pavers with straight edge following curve of path
CALLOUT LEGEND
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BONNEMAISON
Existing patio pavers, broken into 3-5 pieces per paver
Alley
Summer
Sword Japanese Fern Berberis JapaneseAmelanchier Berberis
Amela Salal Japanese MapleJapaneseAmelanchier Maple
PHASE PLAN
Spring
SELECTED PLAN Summer
SELECTED PLAN Summer
SKETCHES
EXPLORING L.I.D. CONSTRUCTIONS
I first became interested in landscape architecture while learning about Low Impact Development methods that could positively impact stream restoration projects I was carrying out. Since then, I have been sketching L.I.D. examples whenever I come across them. This particular set of sketches was made while I was on a cycling tour of Portland’s stormwater features. Sustainable Stormwater Symposium Pencil and Ink 2015
CULTIVATED
A GROWING BUILDING FOR GROWING
Community gardens are places where the natural and the man-made coalesce, and this union results in beautiful and productive spaces This shed is composed of two halves; one is a functional, solid side designed to keep tools safe and dry. The other is a frame for vines, which keeps gardeners and visitors cool while working at the fold-down table. For this project, I worked in a team of 6 students to collaboratively design the shed, and I took a leadership role in managing the construction process. UBC Bachelor of Environmental Design ENDS 482F: City Studio Design/Build 8-week project, 2014
GROWING DUNE
DISSIPATE, ACCOMODATE, ACCUMULATE
This project proposes a new system of flood protection for Richmond’s low-density residential areas. Dynamic, vegetated dunes dissipate and accomodate floodwaters while trapping their sediment. These are not ordinary, sandy dunes, but rather a series of topographical interventions planted with rugged, dense species that can resist the toughest floods. UBC Master’s of Landscape Architecture LARC 503: River Studio 6-Week Project, 2016 UBC Master’s of Landscape Architecture LARC 504: Room VS Resistance Studio 8-week project, 2016
WILLOW & MARSH WAVEBREAKS
GROWING, SOFT DIKES
Living willow posts are planted on the river side, while the existing salt marsh on the ocean side is protected. These elements reduce wave heights, slow the water, capture sediment, and provide wildlife habitat.
The dike is raised to accomodate sea level rise. Rather than a typical ‘hard’ dike, soft methods are used that allow the dike to grow with the changing sea.
ROUGH LANDS, DENSE PLANTINGS
The land side of the dike is roughened - using topography and rugged plantings - in order to slow water and capture sediment spilling over the dike. These competitive, thicket-forming shrubs adapt to changing conditions.
WILLOWS GROW WITH DIKE
WAVES &WIND DISSIPATED
CUT AND FILLED ROUGH LANDS
Richmond’s Low-Density Residential
Phased Retreat
Soft Dike & Salt Marsh
Channels & Detention
Pedestrian Pathways
Growing Dunes, Retreating Homes
1.2m Sea Level Rise
2m Sea Level Rise
3m Sea Level Rise
4m Sea Level Rise
5m Sea Level Rise
DUNE-FORMING PATHS
ELEVATED BOARDWALKS
CHANNELS, DETENTION, PUMPS
A line of paths maintains use of the dunes for recreation, while capturing sediment and flood debris. The paths can be re-assembled to meet the level of the land as it is raised (through sediment capture and input of dredge material).
Paths that cross the dunes must not interfere with the movement of water and sediment, so these are constructed as elevated boardwalks. The piers are left long so that the boardwalk can be raised to meet increases in dune heights.
A channel forms the rear of each phase of dunes, conveying any water that makes it past the soft dike and dunes to detention ponds and pumping stations. Detention ponds can be pre-emptively emptied in anticipation of flooding events.
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LANDSCAPE FOR CHANGE This dune system is designed to be adaptive, and to change with a changing climate and sea level. the living dunes, growing pathways, and gradual retreat all acknowledge the temporal nature of this landscape.
GROWING THE DUNE ECOSYSTEM Symphoricarpos albus Rubus armeniacus Sambucus recemosa
Populus balsamifera Alnus rubra
Alnus rubra
Salix sitchensis
Craetagus douglasii
Salix spp.
Populus balsamifera Myrica gale Carex lyngbye
COPPICED SOFT DIKE
SHRUBLANDS + FOREST + MARSH MATRIX
Salix purpurea
Spiraea douglasii Symphoricarpos albus
Spiraea douglasii
Alnus rubra
1.2m Sea Level Rise
Carex lyngbye
Salix sitchensis
Alnus rubra
Symphoricarpos albus Spiraea douglasii
Symphoricarpos albus
Spiraea douglasii
Salix purpurea
SHRUBLANDS + COLONIZING TREES AND SEDGES
2m Sea Level Rise
DENSE SHRUBLANDS
3m Sea Level Rise
TIME SINCE ESTABLISHMENT
GROWING THE DUNE-FORMING PATHS RAISE THE WALKWAY
ADD SEDIMENTTRAPPING GABIONS ADD SEDIMENT (natural accumulation + dredge)
1.2m Sea Level Rise
2m Sea Level Rise
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GROWING THE SOFT DIKE
PLANT WILLOW CUTTINGS
1.2m Sea Level Rise
WILLOWS GROW
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2m evel Rise
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WILLOW WORKS BEAUTIFUL BIO-ENGINEERING
As a director of the Western Canadian chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration, I organized and participated in a series of bio-engineering workshops. During these workshops, students and members of a local stream restoration initiative first learned how to design and construct willow wattle fences, then installed these fences in order to create salmon habitat, add beauty and stability to a popular swimming hole, and filter stormwater. Society for Ecological Restoration, Western Canada Bio-Engineering Workshops 2-day workshops, 2012-2014
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Image Credit: Beverly Jones-Redekopp
WOODLANDS PHASE 1
During my summer internship at PFS Studio, I had the chance to work through a project from the building permit to the construction drawing stage. Although most of the big design moves had already been made, I was able to add to the planting and grading plans, and was able to get creative when drawing the details for the entire project. The tree pit details were a particularly good learning experience, as I had to coordinate with the rest of the consultant team and the Silva Cells manufacturers to devise a construction detail that would fit within the available slab depth. PFS Studio Project Managers: Laura McDonald & Nastaran Moradinejad, 2016 UBC Master’s of Landscape Architecture LARC 504: Room VS Resistance Studio 8-week project, 2016
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Comprehensive Studio teaches us to carry out a design project from large-scale concept all the way to fine detail. For this project, my partner and I proposed to re-design a plaza at the heart of the BCIT campu. The design created spaces that would connect the campus infrastructure, connect students to each other, and connect students to nature. We completed a full technical drawing set that turned this idea into a constructable landscape. I drew all technical drawings shown here, while my partner rendered the plan below.
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PLANTING PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY STREET
This planting re-design creates habitat for local butterfly species, while providing a restorative experience for students on the UBC campus. The design consists of four distinct spaces: A walkway lined with colourful flowering plants forms the central axis of the design, while providing butterfly nectar from early spring to late fall. A deciduous forest buffers the site from neighbouring buildings, while creating over-wintering shelter for mourning cloaks, tiger moths, and other creatures. A low-maintenance meadow offers a patch of warming sunshine for all occupants, human or otherwise. Finally, a deck and seating under an oak tree offers a quiet place to take a break from classes. This project was selected for publishing by the SEEDS Sustainability Program.
Aster novae-angliae ‘Harrington’s Pink New England aster
Echinacea ‘sensation pink’ pink coneflower
Sedum ‘Autumn joy’
Eupatorium purpureum joe pye weed
Monarda ‘Raspberry Wine’ ‘Raspberry wine’ beebalm
Epimedium x rubrum barrenwort
Phlox subulata ‘Scarlet flame’ creeping phlox
Ribes sanguineum red flowering currant
Cornus sericera ‘kelseyi’ Kelsey’s dwarf dogwood
Holodiscus discolor oceanspray
Gaultheria shallon salal Bonnemaison 9
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Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ dense blazing star
UBC Master’s of Landscape Architecture LARC 515: Planting Design Base Plan from Space 2 Place Design Inc. 6-Week Project, 2016
Salvia × sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ Violet meadow sage
Monarda ‘bradburniana Eastern beebalm
Phlox subulata ‘emerald blue’ creeping phlox
Helianthus ‘lemon queen’ perennial sunflower
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Alnus rubra / red alder Rhamnus purshiana / cascara Craetagus douglasii / black hawthorn Pinus contorta var. contorta / shore pine Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' / Autumn brilliance serviceberry
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Cornus sericera 'Kelseyi' / Kelsey's dwarf dogwood Abelia X grandiflora / glossy abelia Gaultheria shallon / salal Symphoricarpus albus / snowberry Symphoricarpus mollis / creeping snowberry
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Cornus sericera ‘kelseyi’ Kelsey’s dwarf dogwood
Lonicera ligustrina var pileata privet honeysuckle
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Lonicera fragrantissima / winter honeysuckle Lonicera ligustrina var. pileata / privet honeysuckle Apocynum cannabinum / hemp dogbane Ribes sanguineum / red flowering currant Salix purpurea 'nana' / dwarf arctic willlow Cornus stolonifera 'Farrow'/ arctic fire dogwood Salix alba 'Britzensis' / coral bark willow Ceanothus 'Victoria'/ Victoria California lilac Ceanothus 'Centennial' / prostrate california lilac
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Helianthus 'lemon queen' / perennial sunflower Asclepias speciosa / showy milkweed Eupatorium purpureum / joe pye weed Phlox subulata 'Scarlet flame' / scarlet creeping phlox Phlox subulata 'pink' / pink creeping flox Phlox subulata 'emerald blue' / blue creeping flox Epimedium x rubrum / barrenwort
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Salix purpurea ‘nana’ dwarf arctic willow
Salix alba ‘Britzensis’ Coral Bark Willow Bonnemaison 11
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Aster × frikartii ‘Jungfrau’ Frikart’s aster
Echinacea purpurea purple coneflower
Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ dense blazing star
Monarda ‘bradburniana Eastern beebalm
Eupatorium purpureum joe pye weed
Phlox subulata ‘Pink’ creeping phlox
Alcea rosea ‘halo blush’ halo blush Hollyhock
Ribes sanguineum red flowering currant
Lonicera fragrantissima winter honeysuckle
Cornus sericera ‘kelseyi’ Kelsey’s dwarf dogwood
ARA BONNEMAISON Cornus stolonifera ‘Farrow’ arctic fire dogwood
Gaultheria shallon salal
Salix purpurea ‘nana’ dwarf arctic willow
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Symphoricarpos mollis creeping snowberry
Epimedium x rubrum barrenwort
Rhamnus purshiana cascara
Lonicera fragrantissima winter honeysuckle
Salix alba ‘Britzensis’ Coral Bark Willow
crataegus douglasii black hawthorn
Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Autumn brilliance serviceberry
Alnus rubra red alder
Pinus contorta var. contorta (existing + 1)
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Achillea millefolia ‘lilac beauty’ lilac beauty yarrow
Hesperis matronalis Dame’s rocket
Daucus carrota Queen Anne’s lace
Plantago lanceolata ribwort plantain
Lupinus perrenis perennial lupin
Trifolium pratense red clover
Trifolium repens white clover
Centaurea cyanis bachellor’s buttons
Festuca idahoensis Idaho fescue
Stipa tennuisima Mexican feather grass Bonnemaison 13
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Ceanothus ‘Victoria’ ‘Victoria’ California lilac
Ceanothus ‘Centenniial’ ‘centennial’ california lilac
Salvia × sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ Violet meadow sage
Abelia X grandiflora glossy abelia
Urtica dioica stinging nettle
geranium macrorrhizum ‘spessart’ ‘spessart’ cranesbill
Cornus stolonifera ‘Farrow’ arctic fire dogwood
Existing oak
Salix alba ‘Britzensis’ Coral Bark Willow
late bloom
BOTANY PHOTO DAILY BOTANICAL WONDERINGS
I am fascinated by plants, and this love of all things growing led to my position as a student writer and photographer for the online publication ‘Botany Photo of the Day’. In these entries, I focused on the beauty and the science present in all plants. UBC Botanical Garden Botany Photo of the Day: Saxifraga paniculata 2014-2015
During a frosty morning a few weeks ago, the silvery-tipped leaves of this Saxifraga paniculata stood out among the many other beautiful specimens in UBC Botanical Garden’s Alpine Garden. Daniel has been patiently teaching me to use the BPotD camera, and despite my best efforts, I was not quite able to capture the glow of the morning sun playing across the surface of the saxifrage’s rosettes. This photo comes fairly close; for the rest, you’ll need to use your imagination.
Saxifraga paniculata, also known as lime-encrusted saxi-
frage and white-alpine saxifrage, is a circumboreal species that is found in calcareous boreal, subalpine, and alpine habitats in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, and Greenland. This species’ common name is a result of lime-secreting pores on the leaf edges, which give the toothed leaves a silvery or ‘encrusted’ appearance. What I had at first thought to be the work of a particularly hard frost was actually the combination of frost and secreted lime, both of which contributed to making this plant literally glow against the shaded ground.
Encrusted saxifrage is a stoloniferous perennial that is extremely hardy. Its stiff, leathery leaves form 3cm tall rosettes that close as they become desiccated, with the outer leaves acting as an evaporative and solar shield for the younger leaves in the centre of the rosette. During times of extreme drought, these outer leaves dry out completely, but the plant itself is protected and survives. The species is also able to survive a short growing season and long periods of cold-induced photoinhibition (meaning that it is so cold that very little photosynthetic activity can occur). On top of having to survive extreme cold, drought, and insolation, Saxifraga paniculata must contend with an irregular supply of pollinators. However, it can both reproduce vegetatively through its stolons and self-pollinate. The perfect flowers of lime-encrusted saxifrage are quite beautiful. I came across this species at the wrong time of year to capture the white, five petaled flowers, but thankfully these have been amply photographed by others. The Acta Plantorum website has many photos that show the curious purple-dotted white petals, as well as some images of lime-encrusted saxifrage growing in its alpine habitat.
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