The Garry Oak Gardener's Handbook

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The      Garry Oak Gardener’s
handbook
nUrTUrInG naTIVe PLanT haBITaT In Garry Oak COMMUnITIes
seCOnd edITIOn
WINNER 
• National Citation Award •
  
Canadian Society of 
Landscape 
Architects

Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team www.goert.ca
THE GARRY OAK GARDENER’S HANDBOOK
Acknowledgements
The first edition of The Garry Oak Gardener’s Handbook was developed by the 
Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team Society (GOERT) with financial support from 
Parks Canada, the Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society (GOMPS) and the Habitat 
Stewardship Program of the Government of Canada; and with administrative support 
from the Nature Conservancy of Canada. 
For financial support in re-printing the second edition in 2011, GOERT thanks Parks 
Canada and the Capital Regional District.
In addition to the project team, many people were involved in developing and reviewing 
this publication. We appreciate the suggestions and ideas contributed by those who 
attended our workshop in June 2006, and we are grateful for the expertise of our 
advisors and reviewers including: Louise Blight, Pat Boyle, Todd Carnahan, Brenda 
Costanzo, Nathalie Dechaine, Elizabeth Elle, Tim Ennis, John Farquharson, Jean 
Forrest, Hal Gibbard, Lynda Grant, Rob Hagel, Jenny Heron, Pat Johnston, Nicole 
Kroeker, Angela Lougheed, Willie MacGillivray, Michael Meagher, Moralea Milne, 
James Miskelly, Sylvia Pincott, Dave Polster, Brian Reader, Betsy Rose, Pam Sinclair, 
Shyanne Smith, Morgan Wilde, Kersti Vaino and the Native Plant Propagation Steering 
Committee of GOERT.
We are grateful to the many photographers who generously donated their pictures. 
The Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team is a non-profit 
organization dedicated to the recovery of Garry oak and associated 
ecosystems in Canada and the species at risk that inhabit them. The 
team was formed in 1999 as a comprehensive partnership of experts 
from all levels of government, non-governmental organizations, 
academic institutions, First Nations, volunteers and consultants, 
and was incorporated in B.C. as a non-profit society in 2007. 
In 2009, GOERT became a Registered Charity in Canada: 
Charitable Number 84300 7816 RR0001. 
GOERT’s Recovery Implementation Groups (RIGs) 
are working to complete the science-based information 
necessary for ecosystem and species recovery, minimize 
ongoing site and species losses, and motivate public and private 
protection and stewardship activities.
Parks Canada is one of the federal agencies responsible for the 
federal Species at Risk Act, including many species at risk found 
in Garry oak ecosystems. With recent acquisitions in the Gulf 
Islands National Park Reserve, Parks Canada is responsible for the 
management of significant Garry oak habitats.

Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team www.goert.ca
THE GARRY OAK GARDENER’S HANDBOOK
Project Team: 
Judith Cullington, Katherine Dunster, Louise Goulet, 
Chris Junck, Gaileen Irwin, Carolyn Masson
Garden Designs, Illustrations and Writing: 
Katherine D

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