Vancouver Fruit Tree Histories and Communities profiles the unique story of fruit trees in the City of Vancouver which have shaped the City’s urban growth and residential green spaces and importantly reflecting the diverse community Indigenous and settler histories which have been integral to this narrative.

Vancouver Fruit Tree Histories and Communities also represents a multi-community collaboration of the Vancouver Fruit Tree Project and the Coast Salish Plant Nursery, writers, Sylvia Grace Borda, Catherine Friesen and Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram, knowledge holder, Senaqwila Wyss, and many supporting community organisations. It is hoped that through this publication on the history of fruit trees in Vancouver and through learning about the Pacific Northwest’s only native fruit, the Pacific crabapple (Malus fusca), the Indigenous histories interwoven with the City of Vancouver’s planning and settlement can offer an important place from which to start to become aware of shared connections and opportunities for knowledge sharing.