News from the Gardens

Fruit Culture

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 […]

Medicinal Plants

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 […]

Organic Land Care Part 2

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 […]

Plant Identification Instructor

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 […]

Dry-Stone Walling Techniques

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 Empress Fig

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 […]