For the past few years, Yong Fei Guan has been tracking down the descendants of goji plants brought to Edmonton by our Chinese settler community, interviewing gardeners, and creating a book about the history of goji in Edmonton.

Join local artist Yong Fei and the Shrubscriber Community for an online conversation about Edmonton’s heritage goji plants. Learn from Yong Fei about the history of Edmonton goji, how to grow them, and their edible and medicinal uses.

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“Yong Fei Guan is a Chinese-Canadian artist and illustrator with a degree in Fine Arts from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Guan explores multicultural identity, politics and their relationship to environmental issues in her work. She has been involved in public and community art projects, which include 塑胶狮 Su Jiao Shi YEGmidautumn2017 (Milk jug lantern workshops and milk jug contest during Mid-autumn Festival), YEGCANVAS 2015, The Postcard Project 2013 (engaging neighbours with environmental conversations). Her recent exhibition, 金猪 Golden Pig is a seven-foot-tall public art installation made from 2000 six pack rings diverted from the landfill.

Guan received the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award from the Edmonton Arts Council in 2018 and 2021.” – yongfeiguan.com