Clive Lionel Justice, Landscape Architect, Planner, Author and Garden Historian, died in his sleep at his home in Vancouver on December 21, 2020. Son of Clive Charles Maberly Justice and Irene Adelaide (Beddis) Justice, Clive was born on August 14, 1926 at Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC. Predeceased by his wife Wanda and brothers David, Rodney and Beverly, Clive is survived by his sons Clive Michael (Elke), Charles (Candace), David (Dana) and Douglas (Karen), grandchildren Matthew, James, Michael, Andrew, Isaac, Moni and Carla, and great-grandchildren Sasha and Zoé, as well as many other family members, friends, and associates. Clive used his WWII veteran's education allowance to study Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, where he met Wanda Peckinpah. Clive blazed a trail in his professional life in BC as one of the first registered landscape architects in the province, mentoring a number of enthusiastic interns. Among the firm's notable projects were Park & Tilford Gardens and UBC Botanical Garden. Clive was a founding member of the Vancouver Rhododendron Society and active in protecting local parks and Vancouver's heritage trees. A volunteer with Canadian Executive Services Organization, he spent several years after retirement working with park planners in a number of developing countries. Clive was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and was an American Rhododendron Society Gold Medal recipient. Ever up for a challenge, Clive entered a PhD program at SFU to study garden history, receiving his doctorate in 2002 at the age of 76. He was a creative builder and designer and gifted communicator. He will be remembered for his insatiable appetite for knowledge, sartorial flair (Stetson, western suit, and boots, then Scottish kilt and kit), and irrepressible energy, but especially for his service to the community and indomitable force of personality. The family extends deep gratitude to Dr. Margaret McGregor and the Home ViVE program, Kafiyeh Khader, and Clive's home care workers, for their superb care and attention.
Due to COVID, the family of Clive Justice was unable to hold an in-person event following his death in December 2020. A celebration of Clive’s life is now planned for Saturday, OCTOBER 16, 2021, to be held at 1:00 PM at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49th Avenue (at Oak Street), Vancouver, BC.
Please contact karenjustice@shaw.ca if you wish further information.