There were a lot of native plants, including salal, maples and willow trees. The old cedar trees were mostly gone but smaller trees flourished.

Now there are invasive species such as Himalayan Blackberry, Morning Glory, Clematis and English Ivy all over the park. Many of the smaller maples have been strangled almost to the point of collapsing under ivy and smaller trees can't start growing amidst the blackberries.

He used to walk through the park and look at birds. He also used to fight blackberries and ivy to keep our hillside (which borders the park) stable.

He still walks through it and watches birds, but he spends less time fighting the invasive species.