There are 66 homes at Mountain Terrace, and behind every door there is a story.
We may see each other walking our dogs, wave across the garden, or exchange a quick “How are you?” in the hallway, but how much do we really know about the people who live around us?
The Neighbours section is a chance to change that, one profile at a time. Here, residents can share a little about themselves, their work, hobbies, creative pursuits, passions, or perhaps a small business or service they’d like their neighbours to know about.
Whether you have lived here for decades or just moved in, we hope these profiles will help us discover the people, talents, and stories that make Mountain Terrace more than just a building.
Neighbours
Johnny Bennet
I joined the Vancouver Rose Society and became a Board member. We met once a month at Van Dusen Gardens. Five years into growing roses I started exhibiting at our local Vancouver Rose Show every June. I was mentored by an amazing gentleman who taught me everything I know today about growing roses, including his secret recipe for feeding them. In June 2009 the Vancouver Rose Society hosted the World Rose Show at Vancouver’s brand new convention centre. Hundreds of rosarians from around the world came to Vancouver to exhibit their roses. In addition to hundreds of World category awards, Canada had five world championship category awards. I was honoured to take home two of the Canadian World first place awards as well as a second place award. That would be my last time exhibiting my roses.
After I stopped exhibiting, my relationship with roses took a new direction. In 2018, I was invited to create the rose garden at Mountain Terrace, where it remains today. The middle two red climbers on the arched trellis (Corsaire) came from the Rose Farm in Langley. Most of the rest of the roses came from England and were planted as bare root roses.
I hope you all enjoy the beauty and fragrance of our Mountain Terrace Rose Garden!
One final note: my favourite Old Garden Rose is Madame Isaac Péreire, a Bourbon rose growing in the sixth-floor garden. Its fragrance is the strongest I have ever experienced, and it has won me many fragrance awards. The next time you pass by while it is blooming, pause for a moment and enjoy its extraordinary perfume.
Johnny Bennett
A lifelong passion for roses
The Mountain Terrace Rose Garden is the result of a lifelong love of roses.
I’m Johnny and I live in unit 203 with my husband Will. We have lived here for about 10 years. Prior to this, I lived in a home on half an acre. This allowed me to grow lots of wonderful plants, including roses.
I started with 8 rose bushes and within 4 years I had 250 different varieties of roses! As my collection of roses grew, I added a greenhouse and began hybridizing roses of my own. I became fascinated by the possibility of combining colour, form, fragrance and durability in a single new plant.
Cunningham Connie
I have been decorating for our community BBQs and potlucks for about 25 years. Decorating is a hobby for me rather than something I have formal training in, and I enjoy the creativity of working with different themes and reusing relevant decor.
Outside of this, I teach pottery, make my own ceramic pieces, and arrange the front glass display cabinets at Parkgate Rec Centre. (I also work as a bookkeeper, though that is less relevant to decorating!)
As for my involvement in our community, I served as Vice President on the strata council for two years shortly after moving into the building in 1995.
Since then, I have continued to assist with various committees, including the Emergency Preparedness Committee and organizing our yearly community gatherings.
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