When: Sunday, December 6, 2015 – 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Where: 1240 Gladstone Ave (Fernwood Community Center)
This workshop will discuss the theory behind how fungi break down chemical pollutants – including oil and pesticides – extract or bind heavy metals and radiation; filter water; and initiate and support many lifecycles that help regenerate ecosystems. We will talk […]
Calling all vinyl junkies, CD collectors and music memorabilia maniacs!
Vancouver Island’s largest record fair is back in Fernwood this month. Look forward to 50 tables full of records; all musical genres will be represented. You can’t even imagine what treasures you may behold in these stacks of vinyl. There will be collections from all over […]
›› Lee Herrin
Ten years ago on August 1st, 2005 Fernwood NRG (then the Fernwood Community Centre Society) took possession of the Cornerstone Building (1301-1313 Gladstone Avenue). Although it is hard to believe, things were very different in Fernwood then. The Cornerstone Building had been boarded up for over a year, neighbourhood businesses were struggling, the […]
›› Margaret Hantiuk
I recently chatted with master composter, certified organic land care professional, and certified horticultural therapist David Greig, who has been “farming” red wriggler composting worms for over 25 years, in addition to teaching at Camosun College. These little workers (also called “tiger worms,” “brandling worms,” or more properly, Eisenia foetida) digest organic matter […]
›› Mike Parolini
When I walk into 1726 Stanley Avenue, there are only fifteen or twenty people in the living room, conversing quietly with one another as Eric Harper perches on a stool, tuning his guitar. The evening’s performance is an intimate one, a small group who know each other well, laughing and joking amongst themselves […]
›› Jillian Player
Gazing at the large abstract paintings that recline against Jane Francis’s studio walls, I am intrigued by the tender graphite marks that reside in the spaces between an explosion of paint strokes. Her inspiration from nature, and her walks around our Fernwood neighbourhood, trigger Jane’s imagination to produce complex yet pleasing abstracts. Layers […]
›› Tania Wegwitz
September usually brings with it the return to old routines after the summer. But for families and staff at George Jay Elementary, this September has also brought many new things as they returned to the newly renovated and seismically upgraded school.
The refurbished school looks amazing inside, with fresh paint, whiteboards, and blinds, as […]
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