Have you noticed our pollinator garden located outside of the Ecology Centre front doors? Our garden is part of the David Suzuki Butterflyway Project, which is a volunteer-led movement with the goal of increasing native butterfly habitat. Interested in creating a Butterflyway in your own yard, school or place of work? Check out the resources below and get planting!

Coast Salish Plant Nursery – Wild Bird Trust of BC. Native plants and seeds for North Vancouver.

How to create a butterfly garden and create habitat for local butterflies! Resources from the Living Green blog.

Langley native plant nursery that aims to educate the community and help stop the decline of pollinator populations.

Gardening with Native Plants Guide in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. A complete digital guide with planting lists and tips.

Downloadable lessons about energy, ecosystems, plants, animals, habitats, and water environments.

Educator resources by topics including ecology, climate change, water and more.

Lesson plans, activities, quizzes about all kinds of Canadian ecosystems. Some resources available in French.

Webpage specific to coastal rainforests and the animals that live there.

Citizen science projects for kids and adults.

Temperate forest habitat webpage.

Activities to explore environmental learning for elementary and high school teachers.

Elementary and Secondary curriculum used to explore the connection to both land and sea, through Indigenous Knowledge, science, sustainable resource management and much more.

Education programs about energy, climate change and green economy that engage and empower students to create positive change for our evolving world.

Monthly free webinars for K-12 educators about new and relevant educational resources. Online courses, including Citizen Science and eBird Essentials.

Free education program with BC curriculum-linked, K-12 lesson plans and resources to use in the classroom, at home, and outdoors in the schoolyard or local greenspaces.

Thrive Outside: Tips and Tricks for educators, parents, caregivers and more! Learn the first steps of how to lead kids outdoors, or learn more about unstructured play and learning.

Join Cassie, an Ecology Centre Naturalist, to discover the wonders of the temperate rainforest.

Beautiful Banana Slugs

The Invertebrates of Lynn Canyon

The Trees of Lynn Canyon

Help the Birds with Window Decals!

Seed Paper

Nature Art

Join an Ecology Centre Naturalist to hear a story about our forest creatures.

Antina the Anteater has a Long Nose

Woody the Woodbug Takes a Holiday

Here is a Slug