Alpine Gardeners of Central Vancouver Island

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Monday, October 26th, 2015
12:30 PM to 3:01 PM

Alpine vegetation in the Rockies is subject to a climatic regimen different from what we have on the coast, with summers earlier, but sometimes also lasting longer than what we experience on the island, especially this year. In the Rockies we see alpine communities stretch over large areas.

Dr. Roemer’s recent impressions are from areas near the northern and southeastern boundaries of the province. Despite the great distance, they have many floral elements in common, even though they are combined in different plant communities, many of them of spectacular beauty. Born and raised in southern Germany, Hans apprenticed in horticulture and studied landscape architecture & landscape ecology. He earned a PhD in plant ecology from the University of Victoria in 1972. He worked in conservation with the provincial Ecological Reserves Program & Provincial Park System. Since retiring in 2002, he has been working as a botanical consultant, mainly in rare plant inventories and monitoring. A member of the Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society for over 30 years, he has led many club outings to the mountains of Vancouver Island & northern Washington State.

Most of his gardening is with bulbs and other drought-tolerant plants. He is a contributor to a book on alpine plants of the Pacific Northwest (Pojar & MacKinnon 2013).