Plant Nursery

EYA youth pour kindness, curiosity, and love into growing thousands of native plants in our Downtown Eastside nursery each year. These plants are gifted to schools and community groups and support our annual spring fundraiser.

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Plant Gifts to Community

Native plants grown by EYA youth are gifted to local schools and community groups in East Vancouver and Indigenous- and Black-led groups across the Lower Mainland to support wildlife habitat and plant medicine projects. To be notified when requests open in the spring, please contact us.

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Native Plant Fundraiser

Our youth-grown plants are also offered to the community through an annual spring fundraiser. Take home a bundle of youth-grown native plants for your backyard or balcony while supporting our land-based education youth programs. To be notified about the fundraiser, sign up for our email list.

Some of our Youth-Grown Plants

Plant Relative: Yarrow

Yarrow has a long history of being used medicinally around the world, including by many First Nations and the ancient Greeks. This plant relative is one of our favourites to grow in our youth programs.

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Plant Relative: Nodding Onion

Nodding Onion is an edible native plant with a similar taste to onion and chives. This plant relative can be found in many of our garden beds and meadows.

Closeup of a wild strawberry plant including the flower and fruit.

Plant Relative: Woodland Strawberry

Strawberries aren't just delicious, the whole plant has many medicinal uses too.

Plant Relative: Big Leaf Lupine

Lupine is often grown in our youth programs! They’re easy to grow from seed and germinating lupine seeds is an excellent learning experience.

Closeup of a salmonberry plant including the fruit.

Plant Relative: Salmonberry

We love to snack on salmonberry in our programs, but always remember to leave plenty for the birds and other wildlife that rely on this foodsource.

EYA youth grow thousands of native plants each year.

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