Oak Bay’s Active Living Guide features FOUP’s Fall Program – [2015]

If you have not already seen Oak Bay’s Fall 2015 Active Living Guide, FOUP’s 2015 Fall events & programs are featured on page 86. And.. on page 1, the Mayor’s Message acknowledges the work and accomplishments of all the many FOUP volunteers. See: https://www.oakbay.ca/parks-recreation/programs/active-living-guide. PDFs attached. 3program-guide-f2015-mayors-message and 3program-guide-f2015-parks [FOUP Fall Program]

Also, the original watercolour by Briony Penn, of the Uplands Park Seasonal Wheel that highlights the new Uplands Park Kiosk, is now hanging in the lobby of Oak Bay’s Municipal Hall.

Blooming Fawn Lilies Nature Walk in Uplands Park – Such a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon (April 28, 2013)

What can be more wonderful than a walk in Uplands Park: a Bald Eagle, Common and Great Camas in bloom along with abundant Spring Gold and Western Buttercup, a rare Yellow Violet, White Fawn Lilies, Shooting Stars, new Garry Oak leaves, the rare Water Plantain Buttercup, and even a Chocolate Lily. A wonderful turnout for our first Friends of Uplands Park Nature Walk themed “Blooming Fawn Lilies”.

FOUP at Creatively United for the Planet April 2013

Friends of Uplands Park participated in Creatively United for the Planet on April 20-21, 2013. A windy day on Saturday posed a number of challenges, but sunshine welcomed lots of visitors to our tent. A rainy day for most of Sunday, so not so many visitors, but lots of chats with our wonderful volunteers. Thank you to all our volunteers who braved weather, carted exhibit materials, helped with the tent, painted faces, made owls and blue birds, made us laugh, and, created a lovely spirit of community.  Here are some photos:

Friends of Uplands Park – Participating at Creatively United for the Planet

Please drop by our Friends of Uplands Park display and activity table at Creatively United for the Planet on Saturday and Sunday (April 20 -21, 2013)

St. Ann’s Academy
Enter off Humboldt Street.
We will be located to the left in the Orchard area… tent # O12

The displays will be open from 10:30am to about 7:30pm on Saturday and from 11am  to 6pm on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

Hope to see you there.

Heritage of Uplands Park Panel Event – A Wonderful Evening (April 16-2013)

Excerpts of email from Margaret Lidkey to the Friends Of Uplands Park “Friends”.

Uplands Park CONGRATULATIONS!
April 17, 2013

Congratulations Kathleen on a wonderfully organized presentation last night on the Heritage of Uplands Park. Thank you to the Oak Bay Heritage Committee for partnering with us.

I enjoyed the diverse types of presentation of the 5 experts on the panel, from scientific research to spiritual and activity-based human connections to the “biotheatrical performances” of the ecology over the last 15,000 years. The evening projected Uplands Park as an extremely important part of the long-term heritage of Oak Bay.
This definitely supports the Friends of Uplands Park call to the OB Official Community Plan to include natural areas like Uplands Park in the visioning discussions of the Advisory Panel.

Thank you to the 5 panel presenters: Marion Cumming, Darcy Mathews, Ben Clinton-Baker, Dr. Larry McCann and Dr. Richard Hebda.
Thank you to the volunteers at the welcoming table, helping with food and to those who brought food.
Thank you to Mayor Nils Jensen for his opening comments….. Thank you to the 75 people who attended and for their kind donations ….. which will be split with the Heritage Committee.

I hope this presentation helped to foster the belief that people can learn to “live IN Uplands Park and not ON Uplands Park”… and to become part of that natural community. We all need to belong.

In appreciation and gratitude,
Margaret Lidkea, Co-Chair of the Friends of Uplands Park
Creating opportunities for stewardship, education and inspiration
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Uplands Park Display at Oak Bay Public Library for month of April 2013

A beautiful display, featuring Uplands Park, is in the display cabinet at the entrance to the Oak Bay Public Library, for the month of April.

Oak Bay Heritage always does a display to feature each of their speaker events and because the upcoming April 16th Heritage of Uplands Park panel session is a joint Friends of Uplands Park and Oak Bay Heritage event, this month’s display features Uplands Park.

Margaret Lidkea (Friends of Uplands Park) and Marion Cumming (Oak Bay Heritage) have done a beautiful job setting up the display. Thanks to both of them for contributing books and artifacts and posters and their creative magic. Thanks also to Louise Goulet for providing live Garrow Oak Meadow plants that add so much to the enchantment of the display. Thanks also to Kathleen Matthews for her photos and maps.

Here is a photo of the display. Try and stop by, when the Oak Bay Public Library is open, and see the real thing. Attached is also the poster for the April 16th Heritage of Uplands Park event.

Friends of Uplands Park – 2012 Annual Report

The Friends of Uplands Park is pleased to present our 2012 Annual Report, documenting the major activities and accomplishments during the time period March 2012 – March 2013. The PDF is attached to this posting. The 2012 Annual Report was submitted to Oak Bay Council on March 21, 2013, and accompanies our application for a grant for the forthcoming year.

Thank you to the members of our Steering Committee and to our membership. The activities of the Friends of Uplands Park is a reflection of the participation and support of our membership.

FOUP 2012 Annual Report_REVISED3-KM-ML_March23-2013