Category Archives: News

We have some guests for the summer. In addition to their regular pellets, they like to have fresh greens every day – especially kale – so if you have extra, please feel free to feed them. Photo credit: Amanda Muench

Here are two common Community Garden weeds: Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) – easy to pull out, try and get the roots too. and Goutweed (here are some more pictures)  – not easy to get rid of, and has all but … Continue reading →

Thanks, Martlet and Nathan Lowthner, for a great article! “Growing Local Food Produces Security”

In celebration of the harvest, the Community Garden Club is hosting a potluck this Saturday (October 16th) at noon, and it would be lovely if you could all join us! Chat with your fellow gardeners over lunch, then stay for … Continue reading →

Our Annual General Meeting is Tuesday, October 5th, 2010. It’ll be held at 5:00 in room B025 of the SUB. Come onout to hear what’s new and tell us what you’d like to see happen in the future!

We have been very fortunate to connect with Christian Barnard who has agreed to create a garden plan for our new location. If you would like to give a financial contribution to his efforts, contact us at ccgarden@uvic.ca. Here is … Continue reading →

We are making plans for the new garden site. Please join the forum discussion to contribute your thoughts and ideas. Here is the new site map. If you have any gardening experience, please contact Ada today!

A prism of present and future challenges for health promotion and sustainable development, by Ilona Kickbush on behalf of Health Promotion Switzerland, July 2010.  Download the paper from here

This is part of the report prepared for the Campus Planning Committee. If you would like to comment, please go to the Garden forum page on the above link. Prepared by the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability Re: Campus Community Garden … Continue reading →

As of May 1, the Province of BC lifted a 22 year old ban that restricted importing bees to Vancouver Island.  There are many diseases that affect bees that we do not have on Vancouver Island, and by lifting the … Continue reading →