where to find wild herbs and flowers in Coquitlam, PoCo or Port Moody

Hello,
I have just started studying herbalism and would love some help finding some wild herbs/flowers in around the tri cities area, some examples that interest me are:

- chickweed
- nettles
- st john's worth
- motherworth
- Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)
- dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
- valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
echinacea
watercress
burdock
Milkweed
Thistles
wild leeks
lamb's quarters

Sorry if some of these are absolutely NOT found in our area, I am new to this. I know that dandelions are everywhere, but I'd NOT like to pick those that are by the roads.
Thank you so much for all your help!

 

I grow valerian in my garden. It's a rather pretty, tall perennial that has pink blooms in early May, and the flowers are a bit fragrant. I got the seeds from West Coast a few years ago.

Lemon balm is easy to grow -- in fact, it will attempt to take over the world if you let it. I got some by mistake in a pot from my mother-in-law and it is now duking it out with the oregano for supremacy in one of my raised beds. If you want some, send me a private message. I can either dig some up or let you have the stems and leaves to dry. I keep a completely organic garden so you should have no concerns. I also have feverfew, which grows as a weed in my veggie garden and perennial beds!

Chickweed, nettles and St John's wort grow wild just about everywhere., especially in disturbed ground. I know there are completely organic nettles at Colony Farms along the walking trails. Milkweed, burdock and thistles I haven't seen much in the Lower Mainland. Lots in Ontario, but not here.
Hope that helps.
Keke

 

thanks, Keke. I'd love to have whatever you are willing to give me. I'd like to prepare my tinctures from fresh, instead of dried leaves. Keeping the dry ones for tea.
I will try to figure out how to PM you, I am new to this :0)
Thanks again!

 

Burdock and thistle are common weeds in the Lower Mainland; but I've never seen milkweed, a non-native plant, around here.

 

Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) is native to North America, but I don't believe it is native on this side of the Coast Mountains. I grow butterfly weed, which is an Asclepias, in my garden as an ornamental.
keke

 

Thanks, Vitog, I went online to try to figure out how it looks and got a pretty good idea, I even think that I have seen a burdock around my house.
Thanks again!

 

Do you grow your Lemon Balm outside or inside your house? Thanks!

 

In re-reading this post I didn't see comfrey listed. Given these types of plants I would have expected to see it. Per Wikipedia:

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening. It is used as a fertilizer and as an herbal medicine. The main species used now is Symphytum × uplandicum or Russian comfrey, a hybrid between Symphytum officinale (common comfrey) and Symphytum asperum (rough comfrey).

I was wondering why? ;)) barb

 

Outside! Unfortunately... It'd be a lot easier to control if it was inside.
keke

 

Hi, Keke:

I am very interested in your garden growing botanical herb, especially "Feverfew", I am looking for the garden in Vancouver area which have grown feverfew herb or if I can get some plant or seeds from you. I am really appreciated if you could reply me to by private message, could you let me know your garden address so that I can visit you some time.

Thank you & Best regards,

Iva

 

I'm sorry, I no longer live there so I don't have the herb anymore. But doesn't West Coast Seeds have feverfew, or Richter's? Both can be accessed online.
keke