Wednesday, March 27: Pruning the willow, tidying up the accessible beds, and harvesting overwintered greens

Sunday, March 24: Harvesting overwintered greens, weeding out rooty plants, saying hello to some avian visitors

Gardeners pruned and singed the pruned branch edges on one row of blueberry bushes as described by Nancy Turner in her book, The Earth’s Blanket: Traditional Teaching for Sustainable Living, to increase berry production. Indigenous land stewards practice controlled burning or allow natural fires to burn the berry bushes.

Sunday, March 20: Vancouver Master Gardener Coordinators gathered at the garden on March 10 to learn about composting and fruit tree pruning