Besides these events, EPIC, the sustainable living expo is being held over the weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Buy your tickets online here.


Friday, May 11, 2012

3rd Annual Burnaby Lake BioBlitz - Nighttime Activities


Saturday, May 12, 2012

Trout Lake Farmers Market
9:00am - 2:00pm, every Saturday from May 12 - October 20 
North Parking Lot of John Hendry Park at Trout Lake Between Templeton and Lakewood south of the 13th Avenue Alley 
It's the first Trout Lake Farmers Market of the season! Buy produce from local farmers. Please note: There is no parking in the North Lot and no parking on 13th Avenue. Please park away from the area & walk in. Or better yet: walk, cycle or take transit if you can!

World Migratory Bird Day + Bird Walks
9:30 am Proclamation of World Migratory Bird Day in Vancouver at the Heron colony in Stanley Park, 2099 Beach Avenue 
10:00 am Bird Walks Around Town Bird experts will lead bird walks in five different Vancouver parks 

• Stanley Park (leave Heron colony at 10:00; three walks, one in Punjabi)    
• Everett Crowley Park (meet in Kerr Street parking lot at 9:45 am)     
• The Sanctuary at Hastings Park (meet on the N.E. corner of Hastings and Renfrew at 9:45 am)     
• Jericho Park (meet in east side parking lot at 9:45 am)     
• Queen Elizabeth Park (meet in front of Bloedel Conservatory at 9:45 am; two walks, one in Mandarin)  

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Open Bird House with exhibits and activities for all ages. Alice MacKay Room, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street
2:00 Feature Presentation: "Super-tweet-tastic"by Russell Cannings, the young Bird Biologist whose Big Birding Year in 2010 set a British Columbia record of sighting 373 different species of birds in one year.


3rd Annual Burnaby Lake BioBlitz
9:00am - 4:00pm
Burnaby Lake Regional Park - 4519 Piper Avenue Burnaby
Join Scientists and Naturalists as they try and figure out what is living at Burnaby Lake Regional Park in 24 hours.  Help them out by learning about the biodiversity of this backyard park. Visit for just a little while, or explore for the entire event, there will be lots going on all the time.  Pond dipping, bug hunting and ID walks are just some of the great ways to try your hand at identification and learn just what it out there.

A Growing Affair
10:00am - 4:00pm
UBC Botanical Garden - 6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
A Growing Affair, which replaces the popular and long-running annual “Perennial Plant Sale”, is an updated event that includes plants for sale and also features fun, demonstrations for both new and experienced gardeners. The event is designed to inform and empower plant lovers of all ages to do more with their gardens, patios and balconies, large or small, and to engage children with a deeper appreciation for all things growing.

1st Annual NCIX Tech Fair
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Aberdeen Centre Mall - 4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond BC V6X 3R8
This Saturday and Sunday, browse through and watch demos of a huge variety of the latest and greatest technology. Chance to win a ton of prizes every hour. Exclusive show deals, meet & greet with Linus and Esther, complimentary flowers for moms to celebrate Mother's Day weekend, key note speakers from each of our vendors, and much, much more!


Sunday, May 13, 2012 - Happy Mother's Day!