The Vancouver Plant and Seed Exchange Network (VPSEN) aims to connect local gardeners with an enthusiasm for plant diversity. While one might ask what gardener, be it someone who has a yard, a community garden plot, a small balcony, or a sidewalk strip wouldn’t appreciate having a variety of plants in his or her garden, a number of barriers may exist: cost, access to suppliers, and lack of plant and gardening knowledge, to name a few. This project seeks to help alleviate these challenges by providing a space in which easy access to information will hopefully translate to tangible results (of the green kind). In addition to sharing their plants and seeds, we hope that members of this network will contribute to an open and respectful dialogue on the state of food in our city, biodiversity, urban land use, and to a collective knowledge which is only too vital for sustaining a healthy community. The VPSEN is an initiative of the Environmental Youth Alliance.
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About 35 people showed up for an evening with Robin Wheeler (EdibleLandscapes) to hear about how people living on Vancouver’s densely populated downtown peninsula can turn their community into an edible landscape and grow more food for themselves. There was an active discussion and many ideas arose. A report and short video will be available soon. E-mail FoodWestEnd@-gmail.com if you’d like to follow future discussions.