{"id":28905,"date":"2016-07-29T16:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T23:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=28905"},"modified":"2016-07-29T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T23:07:20","slug":"poppies-popping-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppies Popping Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow, thanks to the creative teamwork by <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/your-government\/vancouver-board-of-parks-and-recreation.aspx\">Park Board<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/\">City of Vancouver <\/a>Real Estate Facilities Management (REFM) department\u00a0staff.<\/p>\n<p>The old railway corridor behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/@49.267182,-123.115384,18z\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/@49.267182,-123.115384,18z&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1469919613863000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjiY4hfW_Jj0RwMTozIzn_tqfDiQ\">Olympic Station by Cambie Bridge<\/a> was recently remediated to remove contaminated soil. But, instead of re-seeding using a conventional grass mix, the site was hydro-seeded with a bee-enticing mix of meadow grasses and wildflowers. It\u2019s now bright with red and pink poppies, phacelia and other flowers, with a row of trees to buffer between the Canada Line station parking and the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow, thanks to the creative teamwork by Park Board and City of Vancouver Real Estate Facilities Management (REFM) department\u00a0staff. The old railway corridor behind Olympic Station by Cambie Bridge was recently remediated to remove contaminated<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Poppies Popping Up&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":28906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11231,22,28],"tags":[2362,562,11674],"class_list":["post-28905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosities","category-green-space","category-parks","tag-canada-line-olympic-village-station","tag-green-space-2","tag-tactical-urbanism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poppies Popping Up - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poppies Popping Up - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-29T23:30:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yuri Artibise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yuri Artibise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/\",\"name\":\"Poppies Popping Up - Spacing Vancouver\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-29T23:30:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9\"},\"description\":\"What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Poppies Popping Up\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Vancouver\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Vancouver Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9\",\"name\":\"Yuri Artibise\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Yuri Artibise\"},\"description\":\"Yuri Artibiseis an experienced public policy advisor and digital engagement specialist with a passion for urban planning and community participation. He is the Executive Director of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the principle of Yurbanism, an urban engagement and communications consultancy, and an elected director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/yuriartibise.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/author\/yuriartibise\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Poppies Popping Up - Spacing Vancouver","description":"What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Poppies Popping Up - Spacing Vancouver","og_description":"What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow.","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Vancouver","article_published_time":"2016-07-29T23:30:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Yuri Artibise","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Yuri Artibise","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/","name":"Poppies Popping Up - Spacing Vancouver","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png","datePublished":"2016-07-29T23:30:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9"},"description":"What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/false-creek-poppies.png","width":800,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/29\/poppies-popping-up\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Poppies Popping Up"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/","name":"Spacing Vancouver","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Vancouver Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/5b28f95b74f26de66992b19c937170f9","name":"Yuri Artibise","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e985757fba9daa86cf959353529df9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Yuri Artibise"},"description":"Yuri Artibiseis an experienced public policy advisor and digital engagement specialist with a passion for urban planning and community participation. He is the Executive Director of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the principle of Yurbanism, an urban engagement and communications consultancy, and an elected director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia.","sameAs":["http:\/\/yuriartibise.com"],"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/author\/yuriartibise\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28909,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28905\/revisions\/28909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}