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One-hundred thousand dollar investment in Fernwood Community Centre

Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced ­support towards rehabilitating infrastructure at the Fernwood Community Centre on January 22nd, 2013. Photo: Mila Czemerys
 

Fernwood Community Centre to receive new heating system which will improve air ­quality and increase energy savings

Jonathan Hill
Published February 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper 

In 2012, the City of Victoria applied […]

By |February 7th, 2013|News|0 Comments
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garden gleanings: Resources for Gardeners

>> Margaret Hantiuk

Checking through past columns, I ­realized that we are starting the sixth year of the ­Village Vibe newspaper and my Garden Gleanings column. To celebrate, here is a list of local ­gardening resources:
Retail Stores

Art Knapp Plantland Victoria Garden Center: 5325 Cordova Bay Road, 250-658-1013
Borden Mercantile: 3960 Borden Street, ­250-479-2084 (garden tools, […]

By |February 7th, 2013|Garden Gleanings, News, Village Vibe|0 Comments
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mark your calendar: Skills Workshops

All workshops will be held at the Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre. Photo: Mila Czemerys 
Want to learn more hands-on skills for growing food, keeping bees, seed ­saving and canning?

Hannah Roessler
Published February 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper The Greater Victoria ­Compost Education Center (GVCEC) is offering their annual workshop ­series and it’s ­bigger and better than ever. We […]

By |February 6th, 2013|News|0 Comments
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February Fox Fair

 

A fabulous designer craft fair featuring the work of 30+ local, independent artists and makers! Join us for a great opportunity to pick up a little something vanlentiney (or not-so-valentiney) for your sweetie (and kids and other loved ones and yourself…). Snacks and drinks, to fuel your shopping, will be available onsite for purchase from Entree […]

By |January 1st, 2013|News|4 Comments
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Food Forester Jenny Pell

 

Fernwood NRG and the Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre are excited to announce that we are partnering to bring Seattle’s Food Forester Jenny Pell to town. She will be providing two great learning opportunities for anyone interested in sustainability, food security, urban planning, and permaculture…

 

Presentation – Food Forests in the City: Lessons from North America’s […]

By |December 12th, 2012|News|1 Comment
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Two Community Orchards and a Kitchen Garden Pilot Are Sprouting up in Victoria

 

An appetite for local, healthy, sustainable food is bringing two new City of Victoria urban food production pilot projects to life this fall.  The City is partnering with two neighbourhoods on the Community Orchard Pilot Program and a community centre-based Kitchen Garden Pilot. Both will demonstrate new ways of growing food in the City of […]

By |November 21st, 2012|News|1 Comment
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We heard you at the Neighbourhood Visioning Forum

 

 

Now it’s time for some action!

 

By |November 15th, 2012|News|0 Comments
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