According to the agenda of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Parks Committee meeting coming up next week, the Bowen Agriculture Alliance (BAA) has been informed that its plan for a proposed Pollinator and Demonstration Garden in Killarney Meadows did not receive enough public support to move forward.
The report to the Parks Committee states that while the idea of a Pollinator Garden has attracted the interest of a broad spectrum of the local community, the Killarney Meadows location did not receieve general community support. Metro Parks received a total of 181 written submissions on the proposal; approximately 30 percent of these supported the proposed location of the Pollinator Garden.
“Through the public information process, regional parks staff gained valuable insights into the environmental, social, recreational and aesthetic values held by regional park visitors. While the Meadows is categorized as a low sensitive ecosystem, this open area surrounded by forest is highly prized in its existing condition,” says the report. It continues, “The local community is well qualified to evaluate the various public, institutional and private sites that have been identified in the feedback, and to bring forward a concept and location proposal.”
The Regional Parks Committee will advise the Bowen Agriculture Alliance to find a more supportable location for its Pollinator Initiative and Demonstration Garden.
