›› Lee Herrin
We have some bittersweet news to share with our neighbours. We have sold the Cornerstone Café to the good people from the Parsonage Café, who are losing their space on North Park. The Cornerstone Café is now closed, but the Parsonage crew hopes to reopen in Fernwood as early as February 1st.
It has […]
›› Alex Harned & Jenna Lang
Now offering the option to prepay for weekly or bi-weekly Good Food Boxes
We all know how easy it is to miss deadlines with the hustle and bustle of a busy life. We’ve made life a little easier for you every Wednesday with our new Buy-a-Bunch prepay option for the Good […]
The numbers are in… hundreds have come together to support 160 families
>> Mila Czemerys & Kathryn Juricic
Seven events, twenty-one fundraising teams, nine business supporters, ten donation boxes, eight fundraising videos, seven media outlets, two very tired organizers, fifteen amazing volunteers and five hundred and eight donors later, The Gift of Good Food surpassed its fundraising […]
›› Ruben Anderson
Old streetlights are being replaced around the CRD with Victoria’s final phase being the downtown core, to be finished in early 2018. Contractors recently rolled through Fernwood replacing the old orange lights with warm white LEDs that use about half the electricity.
Across the whole city this really adds up. Streetlights use about a […]
›› Kathryn Juricic
Fernwood NRG is creating a Youth Leadership Program that will run out of the Fernwood Community Centre. Youth will have the opportunity to gain leadership skills through the Fernwood Student Dinner, a weekly meal aimed at increasing food security for post-secondary students, middle and high school aged students are also very welcome!
This program […]
The 11th Annual Fernwood Art Stroll is being organized now
›› Margaret Hantiuk
This fun community event is a tour of neighbourhood artist and artisan—craftspeople, makers of things—studios for a show and sale. It will be held this year on Saturday, June 9th and Sunday June 10th from 11am to 4pm.
To participate you must have a studio […]
›› Alysha Punnett
Cover crops provide the same benefits as other mulches like straw, but are extra beneficial because they are living (see our Factsheet #7). The active root zone of the plant cycles nutrients and minerals, keeping them in the planting zone of your soil instead of washing away with the winter rains. The roots […]
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