O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Your branches green delight us! If you’re gathering around the Christmas Tree on this Christmas Eve, I thought we’d take a look at the origins of the Holiday greenery. The origins of the classic Christmas Carol, O Christmas Tree come from the German folk song O Tannenbaum, which wasn’t originally…
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Discover the old growth Cathedral Grove
In the heart of Vancouver Island, visitors can walk amongst nearly a millennium of history. MacMillan Provincial Park, better known as Cathedral Grove, along Highway 4, is one of the most accessible stands of old growth forest anywhere in North America. Begun with 136 hectares donated by forester H.R. MacMillan in 1944, his namesake park is a…
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2015
While this spring seems to have come and gone already, there are still plenty of blossoms around the city to be tickled pink during the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The month-long Festival kicks off tomorrow, April 2nd with the free lunch time Cherry Jam concert at Burrard Station. Throughout the festival look for free community events, neighbourhood…
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival takes bloom
Every spring Vancouver streets and parks come alive with brilliant displays of Cherry Blossoms. From April 3rd to 28th, the annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, coinciding with Sakura Days Japan Fair, April 5 – 6 at Van Dusen Garden, fills the city with activities: talks, walks, concerts, fashions shows, tea ceremonies and special restaurant menus. Kicking of with…
Sutton Place – Home For The Holidays
Now in it’s 6th Year, Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver’s Home For The Holidays event is a fun and festive fundraiser. The hotel partners with local home designers, retailers and stagers who each create a signature tree to be showcased throughout the Sutton Place lobby. For a $5 donation, guests and Vancouverites can vote on their…
Let Greenscape Design & Decor bring the outside inside!
Many of you have probably been through Vancouver International Airport and experienced the beautiful, relaxing atmosphere in the international departures hall or meandered down the Pacific Passage in US arrivals, the West Coast seemingly brought to life inside the airport. Eating out around town, Brix, Browns, Chop Restaurants all have brought nature into their decor….