Haley Healey Livres

An inspiring and eye-opening collection of true stories about fourteen women who blazed their own trails in life and contributed in a fundamental way to the history of Vancouver Island and the surrounding islands. In this fascinating follow-up to On Their Own Terms , author Haley Healey chronicles the lives of a whole new crop of resilient, hard-working, rule-breaking, diverse women who lived on and around Vancouver Island. Flourishing and Free introduces readers to Sylvia Stark (1839–1944), who was born into slavery in Missouri and went on to become a homesteader on Salt Spring Island; Mary Ann Croft (1865–1935), the first female lighthouse keeper in all of Canada; Victoria Chung (1897–1966), the first Asian-Canadian person to earn a medical degree, who provided urgent care during the Second World War; Dr. Ellen White (1922–2018), a renowned Coast Salish educator, author, and storyteller; and Isabel Kimoto (1921–), a cook, who was sent to a Japanese-Canadian internment camp in 1942 with her three-month-old baby; and many more. Uplifting, empowering, and entertaining, this concise collection of stories will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the unsung heroines of the West Coast.

The unlikely true story of JennieButchart, who saw the possibility of beauty in a hole in the ground andbuilt a public garden that attracts millions of visitors from aroundthe world. There was a time when Jennie Butchart(1806-1950) knew nothing about gardening. She knew about chemistry and alittle about business, which came in handy when she and her husband rana cement plant on Vancouver Island. But their business venture turnedinto an eyesore when the quarry near their house ran out of limestone,leaving a huge, ugly pit in the ground. Every day, Jennie stared at thepit in frustration. She wished there was a way to make it beautiful.Then one day, she had an idea. Little by little, Jennie workedto make her vision a reality. She read books about gardening, gatheredseeds from around the world, and hired the best plant experts she couldfind. Jennie and her team slowly transformed the barren hole into anenchanting public garden, bursting with colour and life! The story ofJennie's brilliant idea to transform a barren pit into the world-famousButchart Gardens is beautifully illustrated for children. Jennie Butchart: Gardener of Dreams inspires young readers to see the potential in the most unlikely of places.