News from the Gardens

Community Education has long been a staple of offerings at the Gardens at HCP. Our mission is to 'connect people with plants' and while this is always our focus Community […]

A Pacific Horticulture College Student Blog Post by: Chris Head This August, our horticulture class visited Salt Spring Island where we toured Salt Springs Seeds and listened and learned from […]

Fruit Culture - a blog post in two parts by Pacific Horticulture College Students   Part 1: By Ian Silbernagel I won't lie, when I first saw the list of […]

This blog post has been written by Pacific Horticulture Student: Rachel Lavrisa The Fireweed Farm & School, located on the Saanich Peninsula, traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, is dedicated […]

The Gardens at HCP is a pretty special place year-round. The changing maple trees in the Takata Garden in fall, the hellebores gently blooming in winter, and the colours dazzling […]

A blog from our Pacific Horticulture College in two parts: Part One: Environmental Stewardship by: Alexandra Spalding On June 27, Kirsten Miskelly from Saanich Native Plants spoke to the PHC […]

Part Two of our Pacific Horticulture College Student Blog Series on Organic Land Care. Find Part One here. We reap What We Sow by Darlene Rice This past month at […]

by Maddy Pauls (Part one of our two part blog posts on Organic Land Care - Find Part Two Here) We had the pleasure of having three classes on organic […]

Position Title:              Plant Identification Instructor – Part-time, Contract Department:               Pacific Horticulture College Reports To:                 College Director Start Date:                  January 2020 Hours:                         Varies; classes are 3 hours in length, typically one […]

Student Blog post by: Amelia Barbin and Gareth Richards The art of constructing dry-stone walls first began as a method to separate farmers' fields from their neighbours' in north-western Europe. […]

The Gardens at HCP has been part of the horticulture community, a tourist destination, a local favourite and a centre of plant education since 1979. It's fair to say over […]

This is a blog post in two parts - please enjoy all the great rhododendron information from our students at Pacific Horticulture College! Part 1: Rhododendrons by: Riley Kenler Having […]