Pacific Horticulture College is Hiring: Permaculture Instructor
Position Title: Introduction to Permaculture Instructor – Part-time, Contract Department: Pacific Horticulture College Reports To: College Director Start Date: July 2021 Hours: ...
The Gardens at HCP is Hiring: Outdoor Learning Centre Assistant
Outdoor Learning Centre Assistant The Gardens at HCP is a public garden for learning in Saanich, BC. The Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (HCP) is a not-for-profit society focused on the provision of horticulture education and the development and maintenance of 103...
The Gardens at HCP are hiring – Events/Admin Assistant
Events/Admin Assistant The Gardens at HCP (https://hcp.ca/) is a public garden and place of learning in Saanich. The HCP is a not-for-profit society focused on the provision of horticulture education and the development and maintenance of 103 acres of educational...
Special Topics in Horticulture: Mushrooms
Special Topics in Horticulture: Mushrooms - Amanita muscaria by Sage Guyon (2020 Pacific Horticulture College student) Fall is the mushroom season. If you go out for a walk in fall you may notice all of the little toad-stools popping up everywhere. Brown ones, white...
The Gardens at HCP is hiring: Gardens Assistant
The Gardens at HCP (https://hcp.ca/) is a public garden and place of learning in Saanich. The HCP is a not-for-profit society focused on the provision of horticulture education and the development and maintenance of 103 acres of educational gardens and conservation...
Special topics in Horticulture: Garden Tours
Special topics in Horticulture: Garden Tours by Michael (2020 Pacific Horticulture College student) Thank you so much to our instructors, Jane and Tony, for the interesting Garden Tour our class went on Thursday October 29, 2020. Our tour started at the Victoria...
Dig into history: exploring the W̱SÁNEĆ Ethnobotany Trail
By Susannah (2020 Pacific Horticulture College student) Ethnobotany is a funny word. Defined as the plant lore of indigenous cultures, it fails miserably at capturing the heart and living essence of its subject matter: how indigenous peoples connect to and cultivate...
Fruit Culture
Blog from Dana Lee, Pacific Horticulture College Student I was very excited to learn that I was selected to write my blog posting on Fruit Culture with Gordan Mackay. I have a strong passion for food growing and look forward to the day I can have my own food forest or...
Youth Programs 2020
Moving outdoors during the pandemic has been a natural choice for family and children’s activities. The range of activities includes; walks to hikes, bike rides to paddle boarding, beach combing to kayaking. Many people have taken on garden and yard renovations, even...
