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Helga Strauss Stevens
Feb 53 min read
Glorious Trees in Our Neighborhood: Fun, Year - End Review
Helga with a Dawn Redwood tree in Beacon Hill Park. This tree is considered a “living fossil.” And wow, it has such an amazing history,...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Feb 53 min read
Glorious Trees in Our Neighborhood: Wonderful Willows
An Autumn Golden Weeping Willow tree created with pen, ink and watercolours. What’s your tree sign? I’m a Willow (The Observer)! Google...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Jan 304 min read
Glorious Trees in Our Neighborhood: Majestic Maples
Leaves as big as your head?! Yep, that’s our Bigleaf Maple, native to BC and growing mostly on Vancouver Island. Oh, how I adore this...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Jan 304 min read
Glorious Trees in Our Neighborhood: Garry Oaks
I designed a set of Tree Advice Cards with drawings of trees in Beacon Hill Park and included messages they have for us. I believe that...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Jan 104 min read
Glorious Trees in our Neighborhood: Magnificent Magnolias
Rejoice at one of the first signs of Spring: Magnolia Campbellii’s vibrant, fuschia flowers open up on bare branches in early March. Oh,...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Dec 5, 20244 min read
Glorious Trees in Our Neighborhood: Horse Chestnut
The beautiful Spring flowers on the Horse Chestnut trees are an important source of pollen for bees. As I write this, the Horse Chestnut...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Glorious Trees in Our Neighborhood: Gingko Biloba
Helga’s pressed Gingko leaves from Summer to Autumn, currently on display at Carr House. I first fell in love with the Gingko Biloba tree...
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Helga Strauss Stevens
Dec 5, 20243 min read
My Year of Trees
Helga Strauss with Giant Sequoia in Beacon Hill Park As an artist, I like to pick a theme for each year. It fuels my creative imagination...
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