These stellar berries can be found at the Monteith St gardens. Black elderberries contain Vitamin C, dietary fiber, flavonols, phelonic acids, anthocyanins, and antioxidants. They also can help prevent colds and flu, and have some heart benefits. Even though you can't eat them raw, elderberry syrup allows you to take advantage of all these nutrients. (recipe next entry)

A short summary of the effects pollutants have on the Bowker Creek ecosystem.

Elderberry syrup provides lots of nutritional value, including Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B, and antioxidants. As well as this, elderberry syrup is great for fighting colds and flu. Instead of buying the syrup at grocery store, you can make it yourself with the elderberries at Bowker Creek.

Most assume that we must preserve native species from their invasive counterparts, I ask, why? Is it because not doing so would endanger biodiversity? Because we brought these species here, is it somehow our moral duty to protect these creatures that cannot help themselves? We shall find out.

Most of Bowker Creek's watershed is composed of impervious surfaces, which causes water to travel straight into storm drains, instead of being soaked up by vegetated areas. Storm drains are connected to bodies of water, becoming contaminated by surrounding surfaces such as automotive oil runoff that find their way to the watershed, polluting water.