Legacy of trees : purposeful wandering in Vancouver's Stanley Park / Nina Shoroplova.

Cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Purposeful Wandering -- The Trees in My Life -- I Set Myself a Challenge -- How This Book Is Organized -- What Stanley Park's Legacy Trees Tell Us -- Part I: The Trees Were Always There -- 1. The Creation of Stanley Park -- "The Most Beautiful Park in the World" -- The City's First Item of Business -- 2. Beginnings -- A Tree Begins Life as a Sapling -- A Human Begins Life as a Baby -- 3. Native Trees -- I Feel Calm and Centred -- What's That Tree? -- Western Hemlock -- More Evergreens -- Deciduous or Angiosperm

4. Timber! -- 5. The First Primitive Crossing -- 6. Fire! -- 7. The Big Fir -- 8. Growing Together -- Similarities and Differences -- Crown Shyness -- Living and Dying -- 9. The Hollow Tree -- 10. Trail Trees -- 11. Siwash Rock -- 12. One of the Seven Sisters -- Part II: The First Trees Are Planted -- 13. Martha Smith's Lilac Bushes -- 14. An Oak at Brockton Oval -- 15. Around the Oppenheimer Bust -- 16. Gardens at the Pavilion -- 17. English Oaks for Shakespeare -- 18. Trees around Lost Lagoon -- 19. Trees along the Seawall -- 20. Growing Together -- A Thick Skin Comes with Age

Wisdom Comes with Age -- Communities of People -- 21. Lumberman's Arch Avenue -- 22. Ornamental Cherry Trees -- 23. A Putting Green and a Sports Pavilion -- 24. Trees on the Promenade -- 25. Salmon Stream Valley -- 26. Totem Poles Were Once Trees -- 27. Shakespeare Garden Trees -- Part III: The Park Grows Up -- 28. Trees around Lord Stanley's Statue -- 29. The Grounds of Vancouver Park Board's Offices -- 30. Ted and Mary Greig Rhododendron Garden -- Map and Walking Order of Azaleas and Rhododendrons -- Trees Other Than Rhododendrons in the Rhododendron Garden

31. Second Beach and Ceperley Field and Meadow -- 32. The Holly and the Ivy and the Monkey Puzzle Trees -- 33. Two Trees at Chaythoos -- Epilogue: The Roots of the Matter -- A Rugged, Ragged, and Craggy History -- My Research Journey -- I Am Grateful -- Appendix -- List of the Legacy Trees -- Trees that are Merely a Memory and are No Longer Around -- Trees that are Special for Some Reason but without a Plaque -- Trees and Shrubs Growing in the Park and/or Mentioned -- Notes -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index

"An engaging, informative, and visually stunning tour of the numerous native, introduced, and ornamental tree species found in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, combining a wealth of botanical knowledge with a fascinating social history of the city’s most celebrated landmark"--

Issued also in electronic format.