30th Anniversary Saturday June 9, 2018 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the bylaw establishing the Green Timbers Urban Forest (and Sunnyside Acres too). It's also the Surrey Nature Centre's 10th anniversary. We marked the occasion with walking tours and partnering with the SNAP team and the Surrey Nature Centre. The day was beautiful [...]
2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the bylaw that created the Green Timbers Urban Forest. The Green Timbers Heritage Society will be at the lake with the Surrey Natural Areas Partnership team and lead tours of Green Timbers and trips past the inaugural plantation (the beginning of replanting in B.C.) to the Surrey Nature Centre [...]
With great sadness we must say farewell to Susan Lois Lehmann of Surrey BC. Born in New Westminster on April 14, 1951, Susan passed of natural causes suddenly and quietly, on December 1, 2017. Susan was a passionate individual who distinguished herself in various aspects of theatre, including Dance (Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Charlottetown Festival), and [...]
Susan Lehmann memorial service Susan's memorial has been set for April 14th, 2:00 pm, at First Memorial Funeral Services Fraser Heights Chapel, 14835 Fraser Highway, Surrey, BC For those not familiar with her, Susan was involved with saving Green Timbers from the very beginning, helping her father, Wady Lehmann, with getting signatures on the petition. She [...]
November Road through Hawthorne Park approved via Alternative Approval Process Construction will begin in January despite public pressure to drop the project (December 4, 2017) "He [Pettigrew] speculates that the City of Surrey will likely use the same process with Green Timbers Park, where another road has been slated for construction." http://runnermag.ca/2017/12/road-through-hawthorne-park-approved-via-alternative-approval-process/ COLUMN: [...]
Annual General Meeting: Monday, November 27 at Ricky's Restaurant in Fleetwood, Evergreen Mall, 8958 152 Street. We'll start to gather at 5:30, get the meeting going by 6:30 and wrap up around 8:00 pm. All are welcome, but you'll have to be a member ($5) to vote. We'll be putting forward new bylaws for [...]
The SNAP team on opening day in May. The team has wrapped things up for this year. Hi everyone, Our next GTHS meeting is Wednesday, September 6 at the Surrey Nature Centre. We'll gather at 6:30 pm, start the meeting by 7:00 pm and wrap things up at 8:30 pm. You are invited, [...]
First row: Njeri Kontulahti (Branch Manager), Nathan (SNAP), Donna Rowand (Assistant Branch Manager), Mimi Murray (Account Manager), Danica Gill (Account Manager); back row: Jasbir Sidhu (Account Manager), Rose Dhillon (Account Manager), Jasbinder Dhami (Financial Service Rep), Adarsh Grewal (Wealth Advisor) Vancity’s Surrey City Centre Community Branch presented Nathan Ross, program coordinator of [...]
John Tompson turning a post on his home-made lathe. John was a tree planter at the nursery and involved with the preservation of the forest in the 1980s The bowl was turned from wood of a downed tree in the inaugural plantation John Tompson (1914 – 2003) was always [...]
It’s winter in Green Timbers, It’s quiet here today. The birds have stopped their chirping And the squirrels have ceased their play. The leaves have fallen from the trees, The wind blows them aside. But still I’m here a walkin’ Not a thing disturbs my stride. The trail goes on and on ahead, A very [...]
by Ellen Edwards It’s September 1956, and we shall observe a teenager, coming home from school. She is beginning classes in Grade 11 at Princess Margaret High School, and never misses a day. The school bus took her to the corner of Newton and Archibald, a mile south, uphill from her home. Then she picked [...]
Note from Wady Lehmann about the origin of the bowl The base of the bowl has a dedication to Wady Lehmann from John Tompson The bowl was turned from wood of a downed tree in the inaugural plantation Ellen Edwards (daughter of John Tompson) and Kristin Hardie, archivist, [...]
SNAP 2017From left to right: Shenae (ORTL), Madeline (ORTM), Rosha (ORTM), Nate (PC), Rachel (HRTL), Ellen (GTHS),Kris (HRTL), Cass (TCTM), Ryan (HRTM), Paige (ORTM), Tori (HRTM), Jeanette (HRTM), Sara (TCTL), Bilal (ORTM), Sabrina (HRTM)Toggle Spring is in the air and that means boots on the ground for the 14-member SNAP team. The [...]
Here are the current threats (and one opportunity) to the Green Timbers Urban Forest City Council contact information is at the bottom of this article. Council needs your feedback so they can give proper direction to city planners. Green Timbers needs to be seen as a valuable asset to the City, and not something in the [...]
The City of Surrey is planning to widen Fraser Highway through the Green Timbers Urban Forest, starting in 2017. The nine-page Corporate Report from Engineering and Parks to City Council is here: http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/CR_2015-R085.pdf Here are a few articles online: From the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-to-cut-down-hundreds-of-green-timbers-trees-to-make-way-for-lrt-1.3089323 The Surrey Leader: Protecting Paradise: http://www.surreyleader.com/news/306164021.html The Surrey Now: http://www.thenownewspaper.com/news/unknown-number-of-trees-in-green-timbers-will-fall-to-make-way-for-lrt-in-surrey-1.1957484 (on the [...]
