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Fernwood Food Security calendar

>> Jesse Wallis

This time of year calls for patience & stillness; the garden beds are in deep freeze, the soil life paused and resting before the stirrings of warmer days ahead. The period between the Solstice and the lengthening of daylight in Spring can feel like eternity for us gardeners, especially once we start daydreaming […]

By |February 9th, 2024|Uncategorized|0 Comments

FCA envisions new mandate to strengthen neighbourhoods arts and culture

We heard you Fernwoodians and now we’re ready to party

>> Kathryn Juricic

Join us on February 25th as we share a vision for the future role of the Fernwood Community Association.

Two years ago we surveyed the community and learned more about what is needed to help ensure our work is responsive to existing and future neighbourhood […]

By |February 9th, 2024|Uncategorized|0 Comments

How birds help us garden

>> Zoe-Blue Coates

In the late spring and early summer of 2023, it felt like every plant and surface in the Compost Education Centre teaching gardens had a stink bug on it. The early warm and dry weather provided the perfect conditions for stink bugs to thrive. Stink bugs are a real nuisance because they suck […]

By |February 9th, 2024|Garden Gleanings|0 Comments

Seeding a new play

>> Mark Dusseault

As Above started with a thought-provoking podcast and a well-timed email. Vancouver-based playwright Christine Quintana, first heard about the science of how trees communicate via fungal networks after listening to an episode of NPR’s Radiolab, which featured an interview with UBC’s famed scientist Suzanne Simard. “I was immediately fascinated with the idea of […]

By |February 9th, 2024|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Dental Care is expanding

The Canada Dental Plan is here! 

>> Laurel Collins, Member of Parliament for Victoria

The Canada Dental Care Plan is here! This means free dental care will now be provided to seniors, people with disabilities and children under 18. This public healthcare expansion will be the largest Canadians have seen in half a century – with over […]

By |February 9th, 2024|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Healthy food for families who need it

In a time of ever rising costs, The Gift of Good Food offers relief for families

›› Mila Czemerys & Chantille Viaud

Food bank visits have skyrocketed 35% since 2019 across Canada.

Soaring food prices, combined with increases on most living expenses, means there are so many families struggling to make ends meet.

Most of us have experienced the […]

By |December 6th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Fernwood Holiday Meal – ­December 11, 2023

Join us for a very ­special holiday ­community dinner!

›› Danica Thompson

Fernwood NRG is delighted to host our annual Holiday Meal for community members on December 11, from 5:30 – 8:30pm. Join us to mingle, share some holiday cheer and a meal with your community. We’ll be serving the meal from 5:30 – 6:30pm. There will […]

By |December 6th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments