2025-06-14 / A Wildflower Journal

Flowering Plants of the Kamloops Area

A PDF document written by Paul Handford can be found at a page on this website: Flowering Plants of the...
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2025-06-13 / A Wildflower Journal

Interior Daisies

A guide to Erigerons in the Interior was written by Paul Handford and is shared here as link to a...
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2025-05-15 / A Wildflower Journal

Gattling Gorge Nature Hike

We hiked from Helmcken Falls along the Rim and down to the Clearwater River and back up.    The rivers...
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2025-04-28 / A Wildflower Journal

Barnes Lake Nature Hike Video

A video is now published on Youtube featuring a nature hike on the Barnes Lake Trails:      
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2025-04-01 / A Wildflower Journal

Uplands Trails

On a 6.25 km hike on the Uplands Trails I spotted meadowlarks, bluebirds, woodpeckers, and crows.    There were hundreds...
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2025-03-23 / A Wildflower Journal

Full-Time Gardening

From mid-March to mid-November, the pattern each day is usually the same: Hike, paddle, run, tennis, etc. in the morning...
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2025-03-12 / A Wildflower Journal

Battle Bluff Hike

I hiked Battle Bluff on a cool and windy day.    No wildflowers were out, but there were a few...
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2025-03-10 / A Wildflower Journal

First Wildflowers Spotted

The first wildflowers of the year were spotted in the Deep Lake.   Two drifts of sagebrush buttercups were in bloom...
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2025-03-04 / Site News

Coming Soon

New posts are in draft or planned. Cutleaf Anemone First wildflowers and emerging plants Gardening - native species in the...
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2025-02-23 / A Wildflower Journal

Cooney Bay Hike

A hike down the Estuary to Cooney Bay, around the bay, and over the bluff, then back.   Still ice on...
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