I know that Salal picking is a problem elsewhere on the island, though I've never seen anyone taking it out through Joyce Lockwood Park. Have similar signs gone up elsewhere on the island I wonder?
Monday 25 January 2010
Sign of the times
One of our favourite walks is through the Government of Canada lands off Joyce Lockwood Park at the far end of Whalebone Drive. On a recent visit, we noticed a sign that we hadn't previously seen - banning the picking of Salal in the woods.
I know that Salal picking is a problem elsewhere on the island, though I've never seen anyone taking it out through Joyce Lockwood Park. Have similar signs gone up elsewhere on the island I wonder?
I know that Salal picking is a problem elsewhere on the island, though I've never seen anyone taking it out through Joyce Lockwood Park. Have similar signs gone up elsewhere on the island I wonder?
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Is salal used for anything other than flower arranging? If not, however many obsessive flower arrangers are there on Gabriola to merit such a warning?
Salal is regularly gathered on Gabriola - legitimately or otherwise - for sale to florists. I cannot comment on the level of obsession in flower arranging on Gabriola, but have witnessed truckloads of salal being shipped off the island, destined - presumably - for Nanaimo, Victoria or Vancouver. The suspicion is that most is gathered illicity - often under cover of darkness.
Ah, that would explain it. I had this vision of cutlasses (or at least florist's scissors) at dawn at the community hall every Saturday and in church every Sunday.
These signs have been up for years. You'll see similar ones along North Road.
I haven't noticed salal pickers taking salal out through Joyce Lockwood, though I don't live in that area, so it's not like I'd be around to notice much. I have seen many salal thieves picking on private property in the Wild Cherry area, and on federal government property along North Road, and in the Elder Cedars Nature Reserve.
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