Thanks to Brittany Staddon for sharing these beautiful photos and words about our neighbourhood. Check out her blog for more of her handy work.
‘Victoria is like therapy. Just being there, nestled near the water, in a quirky little neighbourhood with fascinating people, good food, and a ridiculous number of retirees. My favourite book of all […]
The Art of Building Community: Reflections on the Fernwood Pole Painting Project
‘Lee Herrin is the Executive Director of Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group which recently organized the Fernwood Pole Painting Project. The successful event saw over 300 neighbourhood residents turn out on a Saturday morning in May to paint more than 100 telephone and hydro poles […]
Pumpkin Carving Party
The third annual pumpkin carving party will be happening at the Paint Box School of Art on Saturday, October 29th from 2:00-5:00pm at 1284 D1 Gladstone Avenue, Fernwood Square.
Bring your own pumpkin, knife and design and we will help you carve the most beautiful pumpkin on your block! There will be hot apple […]
Medlar- Mespilus germanica
This fruit will be ready to harvest once the first frost occurs, around the beginning of November. Before they are ready to eat, medlars must go through the ‘bletting’ process. What is bletting you ask?
‘[Medlars] become edible after being softened, ‘bletted’, by frost, or naturally in storage given sufficient time. Once softening begins […]
The 2nd Annual Monster Bash is back by popular demand. This Community Centre Network event brings youth ages 9-13 years together from all over Victoria for a Halloween party like no other. The entire James Bay Community School Centre is transformed into a youth space with different activities: bouncy castles, boffer battles, dj, fear factor, […]
Join National Geographic explorer and author Douglas Chadwick and Fernwood resident Sarah Cox from Sierra Club BC for an engaging evening of storytelling about the wild, feisty and fierce wolverine!
Chadwick, an acclaimed speaker, will describe his close encounters with the elusive wolverine during his October tour to promote Sierra Club BC’s Flathead River Valley […]
On October 20th at 10:20am, the Fernwood Community Centre staff and clients will be participating in the second Great British Columbia ShakeOut. This is a province wide event to educate the public, businesses, and organizations about how to prepare and protect themselves during an earthquake. The first ShakeOut was held earlier this year on January […]