As a kid, I remember riding my bicycle along the Galloping Goose trail in Victoria and seeing Scotch broom plants densely packed along the sides of the trail. Their brilliant yellow flowers caught my eye as their aromatic scent filled the hot summer air. To me their blooming marked the Read more…
Henderson Hill Community Park is a place of great natural diversity. Vulture Ridge faces south into the unrelenting summer sun, plants clinging to thin soils subjected to an extended drought each year. A short distance downslope, conditions are very different. Here a small wetland is home to plants rooted in Read more…
A History of Habitat Restoration at Henderson Park 2004: Henderson Hill logged along with the other properties in the Beechwood Drive property subdivision. 2006: Henderson Hill Park designated as a Community Park. Community Parks are managed by the local volunteer run Mayne Island Parks and Recreation Commission. 2006: Habitat restoration Read more…
Henderson Park has been a prime focus of the Mayne Island Conservancy Society over the past 10 years. This video is meant to showcase the hard work, dedication and fruits of our volunteers’ labour.