RockGardener.ca: June 2012

Sunday 24 June 2012

Open-pollinated Opuntia seedlings

Seedlings being readied for a winter trial in the garden.

Monday 18 June 2012

The Rock Garden, June 18, 2012

Thursday 14 June 2012

Surrey Greenhouse

The current state of affairs in my greenhouse.

Wednesday 13 June 2012

The "BC 2012 Uppsala/Kew Opuntia Expedition"

We had a great 4 day trip on the weekend of June 2, 2012, looking at Opuntiads and other plants in BC's Thompson Region. From left, Andrew Gdaniec, Diploma Student at Royal Botanic Garden, Kew; Mats Hjertson, Curator, Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Sweden; me; and Brent Hine, Curator, E.H.Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, University of British Columbia.

ABOUT ME

My name is Jay Akerley. I have always been interested in replicating landscapes with carefully chosen and skillfully grown plants in the garden. In 2000, my parents relocated from a condominium in downtown Vancouver to a 6 acre wilderness setting near Chain Lake, British Columbia, Canada (click here for historical climate data). I became interested in the native plants that grow in the interior of the province and in similar mountainous areas around the world. I built a rock garden at the new family home, named "Inukshuk", and have even begun trying my hand with rock garden plants at my house in rainy Vancouver. In my search for new plants, I spend a lot of time collecting wildflower seeds in the mountains of Western North America - and I've made a few friends along the way! Here are our stories.

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