With thanks to Langley Main Street Association for its vision, the City of Langley for its support, the many volunteers who have contributed time, hard work, plants and expertise, and Log House Plants for their generous donations of purple tomatoes, sweet peas and so many of the other fragrant, edible, and pollinator plants that have helped to transform our seaside village into a garden town.
In order of appearance:
Tim Callison, Mayor of Langley
Janet Ploof, President, Langley Main Street Association
Emily Martin, Gardener/Intern for Langley Main Street Association
Des Rock, Useless Bay Coffee Company
Jody Starcevich, Gardener/Inn at Langley
Matt Costello, Chef/Inn at Langley
Ben Courteau, Flying Bear Farm
Melissa Brown, Flying Bear Farm
Ross Chapin, Ross Chapin Architects
Inspired by Pam Warhursts’s TED talk entitled “How We Can Eat Our Landscapes”, Langley set in to enliven its municipal landscapes with flowers, vegetables and fruit. The gardens harmonize with the town’s historic buildings; they’re similarly small-scale, eclectic, and colorful. Bounteous hanging flower baskets brighten First Street, a street-side rain garden educates passersby on how to deal with run-off in a pleasingly visual way. Second Street is lined with gardens that ebb and flow through the seasons, beginning with hundreds of daffodils in April, and ending with asters and ripening pumpkins in October. The gardens are planned and planted with the help of a dedicated band of volunteers, with the intent to please and engage Langley residents, as well as visitors, taking full advantage of the wide variety of plantings that thrive in our Northwest maritime climate.
Valerie Easton
Producer and Director
Robbie Cribbs of Sound Trap Studios
Camera work, editing, Direction, Music.
Background music collaborator Scott Shannon Davis on guitar.
