>> Jan Firstbrook
At the corner of Fernwood Road and Pembroke Street, there is a neglected park that is part of a busy thoroughfare. The Fernwood Land Use Committee (LUC) is planning on applying for a My Great Neighbourhood Grant this summer.
Our goal for the grant is to transform a section of Gower Park into a […]
Visit the Art Stroll on Saturday, June 10 & Sunday, June 11
›› Margaret Hantiuk
The 2023 Fernwood Art Stroll will be taking place on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11 from 11am to 4pm.
This free, fun, family focused event is an opportunity for everyone to visit the participating Fernwood artist and artisans in their home […]
Join our team of volunteers and help make this community festival happen.
>> Nada Saad
I’m happy to say that I am back for another year to help organize FernFest, and this year I am coordinating all our wonderful FernFest volunteers. It was amazing to meet so many of you last year, and I am thrilled to […]
New name will replace ‘George Jay,’ who was a segregationist school board member
›› Mila Czemerys
Fernwood’s elementary school will have a new name in the coming years and it will be a Lekwungen name—in the language of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
In 2019, the Parents Advisory Committee of George Jay Elementary School created a petition to […]
›› Jesse Wallis
Hi, I’m Jesse (she/they), the new Food Security Coordinator at Fernwood NRG! I am a queer white settler living as an uninvited guest on Lekwungen territory. You can find me stewarding the community gardens and orchards, coordinating work parties and events, and juggling vegetables while I oversee the operations of the Good Food […]
›› Kayla Siefried
Recently I was reading a newsletter from a gardening teacher, author, and writer that I’ve been following for years, and I found his tips about “small space gardening hacks” really useful. Perhaps you are a renter like me and have a limited ability to modify the landscape around you or maybe you have […]
Let’s be friends!
›› Stacey Nowark
We are CREAM, your local corner shop nestled in the heart of Fernwood Square and we just celebrated our 2-year birthday! CREAM was born out of a deep appreciation for all things vintage and locally made. We are a small two-women team working hard to curate beautiful vintage and locally made […]
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