›› Jeremy Caradonna
Fernwood is a state of mind. This is a neighbourhood for people who believe in sustainable living and self-reliance. It’s a place full of “neo-locals”—folks who care about local organic food, a low-consumption lifestyle, and artistic creativity. So when my wife and I bought a house in Fernwood last year, we got into […]
Thanks so much to the Amy Becker & the CRD Community Green Map for this story on the Cornerstone Café
The Cornerstone Café in Victoria, BC, is not your regular coffee shop. Sure, people go there to sit, drink coffee, socialize, and read; maybe they work, and maybe they study. It looks just like any other […]
SPARK Festival starts Sunday, March 16—great new work and many free events
This year the Belfry’s festival features new work from Halifax, Toronto, Calgary, Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Fernwood. From March 16 – 30, 2014 the Belfry Theatre presents its sixth annual SPARK Festival of new plays and new ideas.
SPARK features over 40 free events and […]
Richard Walker Food Forestry Level 1
With 26 years of Food Forestry experience, Richard Walker brings the most experience in cold climate edible forests to Victoria. This two and half day workshop is everything you need to know to start creating forests of food. Called, “The best course I’ve ever taken” by more students then trees […]
The Fernwood Community Centre’s new Kitchen Garden was installed over the weekend.
Thanks to the incredible volunteers who came out in the rain to make this project happen! Big thank you to Hatchet & Seed Contracting (Solara Goldwynn, Alysha Punnett and Tayler Krawczyk) for your design and permablitz coordination. Thanks to Island Waterwise Irrigation for your help with […]
by Madison Kolla R.Ac., Christina Chan R.Ac.
At Heart & Hands Health Collective, day in and out, we relieve the aches and pains of the 60-120 clients who come see us each week. The intention of acupuncture is to facilitate the body’s own inherent ability to heal. But, in addition to acupuncture, we constantly educate clients […]
At the January Community Association Land Use Committee meeting held to discuss Fernwood NRG’s proposed new building at 1310 Gladstone Avenue (see What’s proposed at 1310 Gladstone Avenue?), one of the participants asked “What were you thinking when you bought these properties?” We did answer that question on the cover of the October 2013 edition […]
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