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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,...

An Autumn Golden Weeping Willow tree created with pen, ink and watercolours.   What’s your tree sign? I’m a Willow (The Observer)! Google...

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...

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...

Rejoice at one of the first signs of Spring: Magnolia Campbellii’s vibrant, fuschia flowers open up on bare branches in early March. Oh,...

The beautiful Spring flowers on the Horse Chestnut trees are an important source of pollen for bees. As I write this, the Horse Chestnut...

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...

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...