No eco-tours of the Garden City Lands are currently scheduled. However, if you have a group that wishes to go on an eco-tour, guide Michael Wolfe may be willing to lead it. Contact him at bogberry@gmail.com or 778-887-9341.

The following eco-tours were part of the recent series of biodiversity tours.

Tour 1, Richmond Nature Park

Michael Wolfe led a highly informative and entertaining tour from the Richmond Nature Park parking lot, 11851 Westminster Highway.

The flat trail in Richmond's largest park is on boardwalk and mulch.

This was the first day of Biodiversity Month, an Aussie event worth adopting.
 

Tour 2, Delta Nature Reserve

Michael Wolfe met the group at the Planet Ice parking lot, at 10388 Nordel Court  for a walk into the only accessible part of Burns Bog on a trail of boardwalk, gravel, and mulch. Michael says this day marked 2009 Sustainable House Day.

Tour 3,  Lulu Island Bog

Starting at the Richmond Nature Park , 11851 Westminster Highway,  the group headed toward the Garden City lands through boglands the public rarely sees. Michael said it was the 2009 National Neighbourhood Day and the Clean Up the World Weekend. The group did a bit of cleanup on the way while celebrating biodiversity! The participants loved the tour, and Michael will plan a similar one, although no two eco-tours are the same.

Guide: Michael Wolfe, coordinator of eco-tours for the Garden City Lands Coalition, is a conservation biologist and teacher. He is the foremost expert on Garden City Lands ecology.

Weather: Check the Richmond weather as a date approaches, but our eco-tours are "rain or shine." Weather conditions are one fun aspect of the different experience on every eco-tour.

Ability to participate: The tours are suitable for reasonably fit people from pre-teens up to late seventies.

What to wear and bring: Wear casual clothes, including water-resistant hiking boots and gloves, long pants, and suitable headwear. Consider bringing a bottle of water, energy snack, sunscreen and sunglasses, and a disposable bag for litter you may pick up along the way.

Benefits: Gain experiential knowledge and share in a fun time. And celebrate!