Urban Forest Edge
This planting palette is adapted to sandy loam to loamy soils with moderate moisture and good drainage, reflecting the ecological conditions of coast forest-edge and meadow transition zones in British Columbia.
- Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hairgrass)
- Aquilegia formosa (Red Columbine)
- Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
- Fragaria vesca (Wild Strawberry)
- Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry)
- Gaultheria shallon (Salal)
Urban Rain Garden
This planting palette is adapted to moist to wet loamy soils, including sandy loam with high organic content, that experience periodic saturation and slow drainage, reflecting the ecological conditions of coastal rain gardens, riparian edges, and wet meadow systems in British Columbia.
- Carex obnupta (Slough Sedge)
- Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hairgrass)
- Iris douglasiana (Douglas Iris)
- Mimulus guttatus (Yellow Monkeyflower)
- Spiraea douglasii (Douglas Spirea)
- Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
Dry Meadow Oasis
This planting palette is adapted to well-drained sandy or gravelly loam soils with low to moderate moisture, reflecting the ecological conditions of coastal dry meadows and Garry Oak ecosystems in British Columbia.
- Festuca roemeri (Roemer’s Fescue)
- Koeleria macrantha (Prairie Junegrass)
- Eriophyllum lanatum (Woolly Sunflower)
- Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
- Camassia quamash (Camas)
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)