FireSmart BC launches program to promote fire-resistant plants

The online FireSmart landscaping hub provides a place for learning about fire-resistant vegetation and landscaping practices, featuring an interactive fire-resistant plants tool, downloadable landscaping guide, as well as a list of the participating Garden Centres. The in-store plant program visually shows gardeners which plants are considered more fire-resistant at the point of purchase through visible tags and signage.

"We need to take a second look at plants that can become fire hazards," says Brian Minter, Master Gardner and BC's go-to garden expert. "With great resources like the FireSmart landscaping guide and local experts, all of us have the resources to be able to make our landscapes much more FireSmart. You don't need to be an expert."

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Source: Greenhouse Canada