›› Sarah Murray, NPNA
Summer has finally arrived in Victoria, and with it the heat warnings and hot days are changing how we spend time in our homes, our workplaces, and our neighbourhoods. Two online resources were unveiled this year about the impacts of heat islands on the neighbourhood level.
One of the resources from healthyplan.city/en uses […]
Free festival with a Fernwood state of mind
FernFest is a free, community-based, music, art, and family festival happening on June 24 & 25, 2022. We showcase local musicians and artists you may not have heard of but are bound to love. The beauty of this event is the combination of many people: the volunteers, dozens […]
Fernwood NRG invites you to join us to honour National Indigenous Peoples Month throughout June and National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21
›› Shonna Bell
Fernwood NRG and the Fernwood Community Center are on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen People, known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. As an organization and a team, we […]
›› Kelsey Singbeil and Alieda Blandford
Over the last few years, the distance between 1923 Fernwood Road and 1240 Gladstone Avenue has become shorter and shorter. While the buildings may not have actually moved closer together, the organizations that call them home, the Fernwood Community Association (FCA) and Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group (Fernwood NRG) have bridged […]
We have a lot to celebrate these days
›› Sarah Murray, NPNA
The first six months of 2022 has given us so much to celebrate! The Multicultural Festival at Royal Athletic Park on May 8 was a resounding success. Folks of all ages danced to the live music, shopped from a wide range of vendors, played games […]
›› Kayla Siefried, Compost Education Centre
Sometimes I reflect on the additional benefits of gardening, beyond the yummy foods my family and I get to eat, and the ecosystem services that are provided for pollinators and soil building.
Today, I’m reminded what a joy it is to connect with other humans in the garden, and what a […]
>> Jan Firstbrook
Significant changes are coming to Fernwood and we have a say in how we would like our neighbourhood to be developed in the next 30 years. The Draft Neighbourhood Plan and the Missing Middle Housing Initiative are being proposed by city council. These plans impact all aspects of our neighbourhood—our parks, green leafy […]
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