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Christmas Tree Recycling (2009/2010)
Christmas Tree Recycling at UBC Botanical Garden
Dates: Saturday December 26, 2009 to Sunday January 10, 2010
Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm daily
Location: UBC Botanical Garden parking lot, at 6804 South West Marine Dr. (first left after 16th Ave. when driving north on SW Marine Dr)
Event Description: Beginning this year, all donations raised through the UBC Botanical Garden's Christmas tree recycling program will be directed to support educational projects at local schools. This year we are supporting the development of a heritage food garden for SPG Childcare / Quilchena Elementary. Gardens provide children with hands-on learning opportunities, and nurture an understanding and respect for the environment, food, health and the cycles of life.
Be sustainable and drop off your Christmas tree to be chipped into mulch that will be used on UBC Botanical Garden trails. Please remove all decorations, tree stands, lights and tinsel. Christmas trees only please (no yard trimmings, as potential invasive plants can harm the Garden). Submit your donations in the drop box when you drop off your tree (suggested donation $5).
Do you have suggestions for next year's project? Please contact the Garden. For information call 604-822-4208.
Bonus reading from the Recycling Council of British Columbia:
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:41 PM on December 10, 2009