NPSG Talk: Transformation: Climate Change and a new Ecology for BC with Richard Hebda
Schedule
Thu Nov 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary Society | Victoria, BC
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🌿 Native Plant Study Group Presents 🌿Transformation: Climate Change and a new Ecology for BC with Richard Hebda
🗓 Thursday, November 20
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Swan Lake Nature House and Online
Online Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ee2aA_inShG3qx7a5rwuqQ
Climate change is intensifying, with record-high temperatures, more extreme events, and waning commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The response of ecosystems, ecological processes and species is now evident and will only become clearer. Climates in the upcoming decades will be unlike those seen for millions of years, in times preceding the Ice Age. Join Richard Hebda as he explores BC’s rapidly approaching ecological future and how we might adapt
Speaker Bio:
Richard Hebda is Curator Emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) and adjunct faculty at the University of Victoria (UVIC). He was the first faculty coordinator of the Restoration of Natural Systems Program at UVic, where he still teaches. Richard Hebda is (co)author of 135+ scientific papers 300+ popular articles on native plants and climate change; (co) author/editor of several books and reports (grasses, ethnobotany). He received the Queen’s Jubilee medal for his work in palaeontology and the national Bruce Naylor award for natural history curatorship. Richard is the past president of the BC Iris Society and editor of the Society’s Rainbow Goddess.
🌱 By donation admission (free for members)
🌱 All are welcome
🌱 Bring your questions and curiosity!
Location:
3873 Swan Lake Road at the Nature House, unceded Lekwungen territory.
What to expect:
A short welcome and intro, then sit down talk by speaker for about an hour, then after tea and treats, and chatting. Followed by a native plant raffle!
6:30-7:00: Volunteer setup inside and socializing (everyone welcome to help for 3 free raffle tickets!)
7:00-7:15 Introductions and Welcome
7:15-8:15 Presentation by Speaker, Q&A
8:15-8:30 Treats and Tea break
8:30-8:45 Famous Native Plant Raffle!!
8:45-9:00 Clean up together
What to bring:
🍵A mug for herbal tea or decaf coffee
🔆A headlamp or flashlight
💰🍪Some small change for cookies, tea, or raffle tickets
🌿Native plants or native seeds if you have extra to share
No RSVP needed. More info at www.npsg.ca
The Native Plant Study Group respectfully acknowledges that we meet on the unceded territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen Peoples. We are a garden group with a strong interest in gardening with native plants for their aesthetic, intrinsic, and conservation values. We gratefully recognize the longstanding stewards of these plants and ecosystems, as well as their cultural significance.
We encourage a safe and respectful space for everyone to learn along with us in our individual and collective pathways of decolonization.
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Where is it happening?
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary Society, 3873 Swan Lake Rd, Saanich, BC V8X 3W1, Canada, VictoriaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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