| “I brought my kids here when they were growing up” | | “I brought my kids here when they were growing up” | <div class="ExternalClass9D5D88633F024D5BAA4566F05DA77BC8"><p>“We are aunt and niece. I brought my kids here when they were growing up, came here on school picnics. The dogs love it here. The park is so huge and diverse. It has short loops and long loops, picnic areas, forest and of course this view!”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-aldergrove-2.jpg, “I brought my kids here when they were growing up”
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| “The best of all the parks in my books.” | | “The best of all the parks in my books.” | <div class="ExternalClassC30F18655ED34A79BBA94E6038DEA0F2"><p>Woman on right: “It's an amazing park. I think the best of all the parks in my books. You can see the mountains, you have open spaces, you have hills. Most people are pretty respectful around here and understand the horses need a little space.”</p><p>Boy: “I’ve been riding for two or three years.” Woman on left: “He's been leasing a horse and we just bought him this one. So, this is his very first horse and this is her first trip to the park!”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-aldergrove-3.jpg, “The best of all the parks in my books.”
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| “It's made around the nature.” | | “It's made around the nature.” | <div class="ExternalClassABFED421BEA04DF08ED9A1623F6A8704"><p>Her: “I live here and come to this park quite a bit. You find as you go closer to the city, there's more and more parks that are built up, but Aldergrove Regional Park, it's made around the nature. Like you're not destroying it, you're making it so that everyone can enjoy it.”
<br></p><p>Him: “I’m from New York City, this is my first trip to Canada since the pandemic began. It's really beautiful to be able to see Canada with such thriving nature everywhere I go. Around here, you have owls, you can see the mountains, and you can see all different kinds of creatures. It's much different from New York.” </p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-aldergrove-4.jpg, “It's made around the nature.”
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| “A great place to explore.” | | “A great place to explore.” | <div class="ExternalClassFDA11B1476744C3BB4D95660F3C01F9C"><p>Mom: “It’s been a great place to explore. We actually spent a ton of time here during COVID. Also, my sons, both of them, love to climb trees and they love to jump. And on this tree structure (in the Nature Discovery Area), they jump and see how far they can land. They really get to explore their own natural instincts here. A lot of the hollowed out tree trunks can be spaceships or pirate ships. And so, it's been really imaginative.” </p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-aldergrove-5.jpg, “A great place to explore.”
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| “A break from our daily life.” | | “A break from our daily life.” | <div class="ExternalClass9337C952B9E14428ABD845581AA5C42B"><p>Her: “Coming here, it's a break from our daily life of office, buses, cars. This is where it's quiet.”
</p><p>Him: “What do I like about regional parks? I'd say the open space and the trails especially. I moved to Canada in 2019. I lived in a huge city close to Mumbai. So I'm not used to wildlife, I’m afraid of coyotes and bears and whatnot. So having these nice trails, you can be close to nature which is something that I like, while being in kind of a secure environment.” </p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-aldergrove-6.jpg, “A break from our daily life.”
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| Quiet and peaceful | | Quiet and peaceful | <div class="ExternalClass5490E1D1A685430C9BABC6C7D00BC266"><p>“We like this park a lot because it’s very quiet and peaceful. Also, it has many different areas where kids can explore things. As a family with kids we try to spend time outdoors as much as we can. This park is our favourite. We have been going here since 2013. In the pandemic we used to go 3 times in a week, which was our only outing.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-aldergrove-7.jpg, We like this park
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| “Helping the environment is really important.” | | “Helping the environment is really important.” | <div class="ExternalClass906881CF41CD438D9B671839D404D3D9"><p>Girl Guides:<br></p><p>I just like tree planting because I feel like it's really fun to just dig holes and put plants in.”</p><p>“I love seeing all the trees and all the animals that are here. It’s really fun to birdwatch.”</p><p>“I've seen finches and chickadees, a couple eagles. I think I saw a hawk once and some hummingbirds. It's pretty cool.”</p><p>“Helping the environment is really important and helping out at a park near you is a good way to do that.”</p><p>Girl Guide leader (not pictured): “We have been helping plant trees here since 2013. With COVID, we had to move meetings outside and we've used Aldergrove Regional Park a lot to keep the girls connected, getting that nature aspect, going for hikes, everything. I think the girls have realized the value in having nature and getting to go out and experience it firsthand. And then we get to come back and we can also see the work that they've done.”<br></p>
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