Seed Starting Presentation at the Lake Country Library (March 2025)

Lake Country Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library #2-10150 Bottom Wood Lake Road, Lake Country, BC, Canada

The Okanagan Master Gardeners are hosting a Seed Starting Presentation at the Lake Country Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library. Master Gardeners Michele Wecels and Linda Trepanier will be presenting. The Lake Country Branch is located inside the Lake Country Municipal Hall. There are two external book returns located two meters to the right of […]

Free

Victoria Horticultural Society Special Presentation: The Secrets of Butchart Garden’s Container Displays

Garth Homer Centre 813 Darwin Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada

The Victoria Horticultural Society will meet on April 1, 2025, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. at the Garth Homer Centre (813 Darwin Ave).  Our speaker is Carlos Moniz, Director of Horticulture at The Butchart Gardens. He will speak on the topic “A behind-the-scenes look at creating Butchart Gardens’ amazing container displays.” The VHS Fruit and Veggie Group will […]

Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary Native Plant Sale – Last Day for Preorders!

Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary 3873 Swan Lake Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

Join us for our 30th annual Native Plant Sale! Introducing native plants to your garden supports biodiversity and the restoration of local ecosystems, creating habitat for native pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.  100% of the proceeds from the Native Plant Sale will support our mission to conserve and restore Nature Sanctuary lands and waters and […]

Designing Gardens for Pollinators with Emony Nicholls

505 Quayle Rd. 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, bc, Canada

During this workshop discover what all the buzz is about our pollinators — learn about native pollinators, their importance to ecosystems and our food supply, and the issues they are facing. Find out how these bees and butterflies and birds like to live and what they like to eat with practical information on creating a […]

Perennial Exchange

Dinter Nursery 2205 Phipps Rd, Duncan, BC, Canada

Join us for our annual perennial exchange. Bring your divisions or cuttings of perennial plants to trade with other enthusiastic gardeners. This is a free exchange of perennial divisions we facilitate for our community.

Free Online Workshop: Worm Composting

Compost Education Centre 1216 North Park St., Victoria

Everything you need to know about starting up and maintaining a worm bin compost system, also known as vermicomposting. Perfect for small space composting and apartment living, or in addition to other composting systems you already have started at your home. Vermicompost is every gardener’s dream as a finished soil amendment, and serves as a […]

Intro to Food Forests and Permaculture

Dinter Nursery 2205 Phipps Rd, Duncan, BC, Canada

Join Annie for this hour-long journey into the basics of using permaculture design principles to create your very own food forest. A food forest typically contains several levels of food-bearing and flowering plants, from ground covers to vines to shrubs to trees. Learning about food forest principles provides a great start to developing a productive […]

Urban Rainwater Harvesting

Compost Education Centre 1216 North Park St., Victoria

For most people on small lots, the idea of storing all the rainwater they need for their home or even their gardens is a challenging proposition. However, there are proven strategies and techniques we can use to slow, spread, sink, and store more rainwater than we are currently while ensuring safe and responsible drainage back […]

Rose Pruning Demo

Dinter Nursery 2205 Phipps Rd, Duncan, BC, Canada

Do you have a rose in your garden you would like to prune, but have no idea where to start? Join us for a free rose pruning demonstration by Nat, our resident Red Seal Landscape Horticulturalist! This demonstration is free of charge and no registration is required. It will take place outdoors or in an […]

Free Workshop: Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration

Esquimalt

In this workshop we will be learning about Garry Oak ecosystem restoration. These unique ecosystems are among the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystems in British Columbia, as well as some of the most threatened. Less than 5% of the total area that once contained these meadow ecosystems still remains, and what is left is degraded or […]