Funding for garden projects, educational signage, and improvements to the facilities and grounds is provided by many generous donors and contributors. Contributors include; retired educators, master gardeners, ethnobotanists, landscapers, horticulturists, arborists, and foresters, as well as equipment operators, carpenters, metal fabricators and graphic design artists. Special thanks to:
- The Powell River Salmon Society,
- The Powell River Garden Club,
- The Powell River and BC Retired Teachers
and The RR Smith Memorial Fund Foundation, - qathet Regional District,
- Exemplar Horticulture,
- Tla’amin Nation Elders and Language Department,
- Powell River Community Forest, and
- The Friends of the Garden Volunteers.
All fundraising activities and promotions are the ongoing responsibility of The Lang Creek Native Plant Garden Steering Committee Volunteers.
Gifts to the Garden from Donors & Contributors
Student Benches
School District No. 47 PAC’s (Parent Advisory Councils) – funds for the materials for 8
Student Benches, 2009 – 2010
Sustainable Schools Committee – funds for 1 student bench
School District No.47 – bench storage and transportation
Goat Lake Forest Products – discounts for lumber
Rob Cable – wood burning labels for benches
Joyce Bredo – funds for signage and installation
Artisan Bench
gifted by John Phillpot, a long time Salmon Society volunteer and Friend of the Garden, as a memorial tribute to his wife Margaret, an avid gardener.
The Seniors’ Bench
sponsored by the First Credit Union of Powell River
The Trillium Bench
gifted to all visitors and volunteers by Joyce Bredo, a long time Friend of the Garden and Garden Steering Committee member
Salmon Garden Installation
Peter Elvy Wolfworks Blacksmith and Metal Arts – designed, fabricated, and installed 13 salmon sculptures
Ewen MacKenzie Exemplar Horticulture – designed and donated labour, ornamental
grasses, and perennials
Dave Williams Backhoe – machine work, design and placement of large rocks
Barb and Dave Rees – Lois Lake Driftwood
Bruce Anderson –funds for landscaping materials
Garden Logo
Gerry Scholefield – Lang Creek Native Plant Garden – logo design
Signage Sponsors
Betty Wilson oshiel – Sliammon Traditions : Western Red Cedar – “The Tree of Life”
poster
Italia Winters – memorial tributes for Shirley Maedel , June Bloxham, and Norah McNair
Len and Muriel Carriere – memorial tribute for Honey D’Angio
Gerry and Gail Scholefield – memorial tribute for Bob Miller
Photographic Images
Wendy Cocksedge
Maria Glaze
Rod Innes
Liz Kennedy
Walter and Sally Kubany
Ken and Kathie Pritchard
Gail Scholefield
Donors for Garden Enhancement
John and Joanne Bufton – Wildwood Garden Service –consultation, design, and labour
Rob and Michael Stewart – donation of Vine Maple
Rena Large – hand printed specimen markers
Fahey Perry – funds for perennials
Joyce Wolfe – funds for perennials
Family Tree Clinic – Dr Hocking and Dr. Morwood – funds for irrigation
Jackie Durling –funds for perennials
Lloyd Maedel – donation for Garden expenses
Bonnie Robinson – T&R Contracting – discounts on soil, mulch, and crush rock
Liz Kennedy – assorted perennials
Wendy Cocksedge – assorted perennials
Shirley Cole – assorted perennials and fertilizer
Michael Stewart – contribution to irrigation maintenance costs
Bob and Laura Johnson – truck transportation and delivery of mulch
Stephen Carroll –additional hours of labour for weeding and mulching
Gill Christjansen – grounds and grasses care
Johnathan Van Wiltenburg and family – horticultural services
Rose Marie Williams – funds for garden waste removal,
Judy Wilson – funds for perennials
Gifts to the Alex Dobler Centre
(Co-ordination by the Powell River Salmon Society Directors)
Mike Brown – chain saw carving The Life Cycle of the Salmon
Ed Oldfield
- Lang Creek Chinook Raku
- River Rock Cairns
- Gazebo – design and construction
- Salmon Preservation Pathway – design and installation
Other Amenities
Loghouse Toilet facilities
Parking Lot
Cement Walkways
