Botanical Sanctuary
This artwork celebrates the indigenous botany of the South Surrey ecology.
Artist: Edward Fu-Chen Juan
Location: Edgewood Park
Category: Civic collection
Year: 2024
About Botanical Sanctuary
This artwork celebrates the indigenous botany of the South Surrey ecology. Represented on the gate panel are four native plants that continue to thrive in the South Surrey environment: Creeping dogwood, goatsbeard, pacific goldenrod, and pacific aster. Each plant is essential to the pollinators and has historical medicinal usage in Coastal Salish culture. On the wall panel, is an illustration of the marsh and forest view of the coastal mountain range. It acts as a reminder of the nature that binds the urban and the parkland of the South Surrey neighborhoods.
About the Artist
Edward Fu-Chen Juan is contemporary visual artist based in Vancouver, BC. He identifies as a queer Taiwanese Canadian with ethnic roots from the Hakka and the Plains First Nation People of Taiwan. Edward’s art practice focuses primarily on printmaking and papermaking with plant-based material of significant cultural importance. He has previously completed public art projects and residencies with the Vancouver Pride Society, the City of Richmond, and the City of Vancouver.
