The Langley City Parks Foundation was founded in 1979 by Langley City as a non-profit society to allow people and organizations to donate funds, purchase equipment such as benches and picnic tables, and purchase trees to enhance parks in our community.
Not to complicate things, but there is also the Langley Foundation, which is a non-profit with a broader manadate which also supports parks, trees, and trails projects in both the City and the Township. For example, they partnered with Langley City to enable people to donate money to support purchasing trees and benches along the Fraser Highway Oneway.
Back to the Langley City Parks Foundation, the society had its annual general meeting on Monday night. All members of Langley City Council are members of the society. Anyone can also apply to be a member of the society. Currently, there are two other members in addition to Council.
In 2025, the Foundation received three donations to plant two trees at Sendall Gardens and one at Douglas Park.
Unfortunately, the cost of everything is rising, and donations no longer cover the City's costs to install and maintain trees, benches, or picnic tables donated through the Foundation.
For example, it costs the City $3,290 to plant a tree and maintain it for 10 years, while the Foundation suggests a donation of $1,000. A wooden bench cost $5,030 for the City to install and maintain for 10 years, while the Foundation suggests a donation of $2,220.
At the meeting, it was discussed that the Foundation's donation price list will need to increase, though by how much was up for further discussion. The thought was that the City should continue to subsidize some of the costs rather than pursue full cost recovery. A proposed new pricing structure will be presented at a future meeting of the Foundation and is likely to come into effect in 2027.
If you would like to learn more about the Langley City Parks Foundation and how to support our parks, please visit its webpage.
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