🥕 Looking for something nourishing to do this week? Check out Sustenance Festival 2025 — a city-wide celebration of land, food, and diasporic stories in public spaces across Vancouver. 👉 RSPV or learn more: https://t.co/sHtwsFLe9s

Detailed design is expected to start in 2026. Construction would begin in 2027, subject to funding availability in the 2027-30 Capital Plan and 2027 Capital Budget. 3/3

The work is anticipated to include: 🛝 A new, nature-play playground 💺 Accessibility improvements, including a new paved pathway and seating 🍃 Improved opportunities to support local biodiversity and habitat 2/3

Last night, Park Board commissioners directed staff to begin detailed design work on improvements to Alexandra Park in the West End, the first implementation phase of the Imagine West End Waterfront Vision. 1/3

Caught the last of the sunset at Siwash Rock. A legend among the Indigenous Squamish people surrounds the rock. #Vancouver #StanleyPark

Vancouver’s favourite tree sale is in full swing! 🌳 For just $15, you can bring home a tree (up to 3 per household) Swipe for the glow-up your yard's been waiting for. 🌿 Limited supply. 👉 https://t.co/RVX9uSx3uC

Vancouver’s tree sale is LIVE! ✅ 19 varieties (maple, magnolia, apple + more) ✅ $15 each, limit 3 per household ✅ Buy now at https://t.co/RVX9uSx3uC Swipe to see some of the trees available this year. Don’t miss out – these go fast! 🌳

Our $15 tree sale launches Monday! 🌳 From maples to magnolias, Vancouver residents will have 19 varieties to choose from. Online tree sale starts Monday at 9am https://t.co/nZqSQQYsol ✨

Good news, Vancouver! 🌳 Our much-loved tree sale for Vancouver residents is back this Monday! 19 varieties, just $15 each. Online sales will go live on Monday. 🌿

On the agenda for Mon's #ParkBoard mtg: ▪️ Think Home Run ▪️ Potential Disqualification of Comm'r Howard ▪️Imagine WE Waterfront Vision: Alt. Phase 1 - Report Back ▪️ Procurement Policy Update - Report Back ▪️ T1000 Van Multisport Festival Triathlon https://t.co/7NrvUPEBq0

To learn more about the Park Board’s commitment to Reconciliation, visit: https://t.co/5EX17EDBNI 10/10

• Donate to, and/or offer to volunteer with, Indigenous-led organizations that support residential school Survivors and their families • Support local Indigenous artists, events and businesses all year long 9/10

• Learn more about the local Nations, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), their histories, cultures and goals for the future (a good place to start is their respective websites) 8/10

• Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and reflect on how you can carry them forward into your own work and day-to-day life • Attend one of the many local gatherings happening in our parks and community centres 7/10

• Learn about the history and ongoing impacts of the residential school system. Read, watch, or listen to the voices of Survivors (warning: content may be disturbing) 6/10

Each year on September 30th, we gather in orange to reaffirm that Every Child Matters, but we also know that Reconciliation must be more than a colour we wear. On top of wearing orange, we invite those who have not been impacted by residential schools to: 5/10

We are committed to learning, truth-telling and implementing UNDRIP, in partnership with the local Nations and urban Indigenous peoples, as we continue to work towards meaningful Reconciliation. 4/10

We acknowledge that our role as caretakers of many of the city’s last remaining green spaces is a direct result of colonial violence that displaced the local Nations from their lands. 3/10

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation operates on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). 2/10

Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities, and remember the children who never returned home. 1/10