›› Alex Harned
Fernwood’s Student Dinner Night will wrap up the year with a Winter Solstice Celebration on Wednesday, December 13th! Join us for a hot and delicious holiday meal, live music and a pop-up holiday market with a handful of local artisans and vendors. At this dark time of the year, we would like to shine […]
›› Mark Dusseault
As humans, we are drawn to stories of redemption. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the world’s most affecting and enduring stories. It is a story of the human heart, and our potential for goodness, compassion and charity.
Ebenezer Scrooge, a “tight-fisted old sinner”, is the perfect character to take us on […]
Fresh fundraiser provides a twist on holiday giving & people are taking note
›› Mila Czemerys
The Gift of Good Food is a Fernwood-based, Greater Victoria wide food access fundraiser. Every $500 we raise supports a family facing poverty with fresh fruit and veggies every two weeks for a year.
We are in our third year of partnering […]
>> Ross Currie
Those of you who passed through the intersection of North Park Street and Cook Street in October might have been pleasantly surprised to see the beginning stages of an expansive mural encompassing the Women In Need Resale Shop (WIN) and Logan’s Pub buildings. Now that we’ve seen the finished product, it’s quite a […]
Vic High builds Vancouver Island’s first school farm
›› Aaren Topley
Fernwood’s landscape is changing with a brand new operational learning farm at Victoria High School. Located on the field between Gladstone Avenue and the school’s automotive shop, Fernwood can now enjoy its own urban agriculture farm.
This project will be operated by Jesse Brown from the Mason […]
>> Mila Czemerys
Philosopher Thomas Browne wrote, “One should never approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer,”—but perhaps the inverse could be said too. Scientists aren’t known for their inclination towards business but three Victoria scientists are trying it anyway.
“We’ve given away almost every penny we’ve made so far,” laughs Hannah Charnock, […]
Local music for an awesome cause
›› Kathryn Juricic
Vinyl Envy and Fernwood NRG are partnering, once again, to present Good Food Grooves: a fundraiser concert for The Gift of Good Food. It’s a true Fernwood Family production.
Building on a blossoming relationship from FernFest, a shared love for the local music scene and awesome causes, we are […]
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