Dear Editor,
Re: “Bog meets farm in unique design,” Front Feature, Aug. 12.
Your story regarding Richmond’s Garden City Lands is a good news story (great news, in fact) and a fascinating read.
It’s too bad that the caption on one of the pictures identifies sphagnum moss, while the plant being assessed appears to be heather (Calluna vulgaris), a locally invasive species on the Garden City Lands.
This is a not only a disservice to Sharon MacGougan, the environmentalist pictured (who I’m certain knows the difference), but to the public, who would presumably benefit from recognizing the difference between an aggressive invasive weed and a beneficial native plant.
Douglas Justice
Associate director
Horticulture & Collections
UBC Botanical Garden
Faculty of Science
University of British Columbia
