Directions
Cut through the metal gates by the side of the magnolia to take you around the back of the swimming pool. You will pass the Kitsilano Showboat, an open-air amphitheatre. At the western end of the pool, the path will carry on through the trees and you will pass a boat club on your right. Keep going past a lookout area, then on to a smaller gravel path until you reach a pebbled beach at the end. Take the steps up on your left to the top. You are now at Point Grey Road. Walk past a couple of big trees on your right (give them a wave as you go by) and take Point Grey Road westward. When this road meets 1st Ave, cross over the road and enter Tatlow Park. Take the footpath to the right over one of the small bridges and pass through this little green grotto enjoying the trees within. Sitting either side of the pathway you will find two of our next featured tree: The English Holly.
English Holly
Proper Name: Ilex aquifolium ‘Variegata’
Common Name: English Holly
Description: This easily recognisable evergreen tree is thick with foliage. Leaves are shiny, waxy and prickly with 3-5 spines on both sides pointing up and down.The bark is smooth and grey. Red berries replace small white flowers in fall and stay until winter when they sweeten enough for the birds to take them away.
Defining feature:Variegated means having a variety of colour and this version of English Holly has white edging on the normally all green leaves.