The City of Victoria is creating a Welcoming City Strategy that will serve as a roadmap to guide Victoria towards becoming a stronger, more inclusive community where all residents, including newcomers, immigrants and refugees, are accepted, respected and feel like they belong.
From now until May 30, visit Have Your Say, our online engagement platform to share your […]
In 2013, Fernwood NRG purchased a small white house and lot at 1310 Gladstone Avenue. We dreamed of adding more affordable residential space and local employment in the heart of Fernwood. Our goal was to build a new mixed-use building with ground floor commercial space and rental apartments above.
This purchase started us on a journey […]
“What’s happening?”
A group of Fernwood neighbours are giving out 100 bird house kits for free.
“What’s the catch?”
No catch. The group applied and received an Everyday Creativity Grant from the City of Victoria to host a free bird house building event at Harris Green Park. We wanted to bring the Fernwood community together and highlight […]
“Art Paper Scissors” is an art show and fundraiser for the Good Food Box. The art will be on display at Koffi (1141 Haultain St.) from May 10 to May 23, 2021. Please drop by, buy a coffee, and check out the pieces for sale. All proceeds go directly to the Gift of Good Food […]
›› Lizz Brooks & Shae Zamardi
Today, we are seeing a vast number of Indigenous Peoples reclaiming their spaces, calling for action, and building each other up. Similarly, non-Indigenous people are beginning to regularly acknowledge these calls and look for ways to support Indigenous Nations. But what does support look like? To discover how to support, […]
›› Laura Benoit
When it came to setting up shop at 2000 Fernwood Road, formerly the home of Luna Collective, vintage curator Stacey Novak knew there was one thing she needed to keep in the space: local vendors. “I’ve loved that shop space since the beginning of time,” Novak laughs. “I loved what Luna was doing […]
The Spring Equinox has passed and things are truly waking up in the garden. April showers do in fact promise May flowers!
›› Kayla Siefried
What to do in the garden this month? Amend your soil, direct seed some vegetable seeds, and prepare a bed to transplant seedlings into. This year, the Compost Education Centre has ya […]
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