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5 April 2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PDT
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IN-PERSON PROGRAM
Spring is here and the blossoms are beautiful! For a few weeks each year, over 40,000 individual cherry trees brighten the city’s neighbourhoods with stunning bursts of pastel pink petals, and Stanley Park has its own collection of stunning trees to enjoy this time of the season. Nina Shoroplova, author and photographer of Legacy of Trees: Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, is a Cherry Scout for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Join Nina as she shares what she has learned about cherry trees, as well as where you can go to enjoy cherry blossoms in Stanley Park in the spring season.
LEADER BIO
Nina Shoroplova is an author, photographer, researcher, and historian. In 2020, she published “Legacy of Trees: Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver’s Stanley Park,” an informative and beautiful book about the tree species, plantings, and histories in Stanley Park. As a graduate of the Master Gardeners Association of BC, Nina takes every opportunity to share what she has learned about her favourite plants: trees.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Accessibility notes: This program requires moving at a moderate pace with moderate inclines on some uneven surfaces (such as gravel, grass, and pavement) for up to 1.5 hours. If you have any questions about accessibility, please email publiced@stanleyparkecology.ca
Meeting location and route: This program will meet at the grove of Akebono cherry trees at the intersection of Alberni and Chilco; the walk will proceed through the Shakespeare Garden and end at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial. Click here to open map meeting location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MxnQgrQtdd9WuVbr7
Terms and Conditions
(1) Registration required - NO DROP-INS ARE ALLOWED. Fees for this program are based on a sliding scale – reduced fees are available for those with financial barriers.
(2) Cancellation policy – We offer partial refunds for program fees up to 7 days before the program. A 20% administration fee applies. Cancellations with less than the required notice are non-refundable. We do not refund fees for late or missed programs. Please request a refund by emailing publiced@stanleyparkecology.ca. You may also choose to support our public education programming by donating your registration fee.
(3) Weather – Our tours typically run rain or shine. Rarely, programs may be postponed or cancelled due extreme weather like high winds or extreme heat. We will alert you by email if the program needs to be rescheduled. If the program cannot be rescheduled, refunds will be offered with a 20% administration fee or you may choose to transfer your ticket to another program of the same value.
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The land on which we gather is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh), and Tsleil-Waututh (səlilwətaɬ) Peoples. Their stewardship and respect for this land has carried forward for thousands of years long before settlers named it “Stanley Park”.