Saturday, February 22nd from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Fernwood Community Orchard
›› Alex Harned
The City of Victoria is offering a series of free, monthly workshops on tree planting and maintenance as a part of the UNECE global campaign, Trees in Cities Challenge wherein cities around the world are working to catalyze nature-based solutions to climate […]
Restoring civil society, reweaving our common stories
›› Chet Phillips
Whether we’re talking neighborhoods or nations, it’s hard to believe we participate in a common story unless we also feel invited to play a meaningful role in the telling, in the dialogues and decisions that weave together a sense of shared meaning in the world.
Greater Victoria Acting […]
›› Andrew Kerr
I choose to live in Fernwood because so many of its values align with my own. We are a neighbourhood with a strong sense of community, a passion for civic engagement and a deep desire to care for all of our neighbours, including across socioeconomic divides.
As our city grapples with a worsening affordability […]
Monday, November 18, 2019—Victoria BC. From Nov. 18 through Dec. 31, 2019 Fernwood NRG launches the annual Gift of Good Food Fundraiser for the fifth year in a row. The Gift of Good Food fundraiser aims to raise $100,000 which will provide fresh produce to 200 families facing poverty in the Capital Regional District for […]
After a decade of art and community building, BC Hydro asks Fernwood NRG to stop pole painting
›› Beth Threlfall
How to start a neighbourhood art project? Everything begins with a spark: mine was attending a community-building lecture hosted by Fernwood NRG back in 2008. Walking home afterwards, I knew I could do something for our neighbourhood, […]
›› Mila Czemerys
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. This day marks the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of winter and months of darkness. Celts believe that on this one night of the year, the boundary between worlds of the living and the dead becomes blurry.
On October […]
›› Scott Fox & David Maxwell
School District 61 is considering granting a 60-year lease to the Capital Region Housing Corporation, resulting in two 3-story townhouse complexes, one 4-story apartment building and two 5-story apartment buildings to be constructed on school grounds. At the same time, the scheduled enlargement of the school will bring the population […]
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