Special Topics in Horticulture: Environmental Stewardship and Ethnobotany
Special Topics in Horticulture: Environmental Stewardship and Ethnobotany Student Blog Post by Michael Connacher and Dayton Ordano Our morning Special Topics in Horticulture class was on Environmental Stewardship with Kristen Miskelly from Saanich Native Plants...
PHC is Hiring: College Assistant
Position Title: College Assistant Department: Pacific Horticulture College Reports to: College Director, Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (HCP) Start Date: Week of August 16, 2021 Hours: Part-Time; 20 hours per week (Tuesdays to Saturdays) Rate of Pay: Starting at...
HCP is Hiring: Financial Administrator
Background: The Gardens at HCP is a public garden and place of learning in Saanich, BC. HCP (Horticulture Centre of the Pacific) is a not-for-profit society focused on the provision of horticulture education and the development and maintenance of 103 acres of...
Special Topics in Horticulture: Fruit Tree Culture
Special Topics in Horticulture: Fruit Tree Culture Student Blog Post by Cecilia Cun As a student at PHC we get to attend many amazing special topics and one of the topics was fruit tree culture by guest instructor Noah Alexander! Everyone at one point has wanted a...
Garden of the Month: July 2021
The Garden of the Month for July 2021 is the upper Veggie Garden! Welcome to the Upper Veggie Garden. Please come through our newly constructed gate into a space of new and old, give and take, try and see. For the past few years, we have been encouraging flowers...
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2021
The Gardens at HCP is delighted to host the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival for their 2021 production: Cymbeline! “A father cruel, and a step-dame false….” When Imogen’s father – Cymbeline, King of Britain – wrongfully banishes her soulmate, the princess must...
Special Topics in Horticulture: Introduction to Cannabis Growing
Special Topics in Horticulture: Introduction to Cannabis Growing Student Blog Post by Andrew Hogg and Brittany Lemieux On June 14th 2021 our class had the pleasure of learning all about Cannabis: basics for the home grower, presented by instructor Jo Wyld. The...
Special Topics in Horticulture: Medicinal Plants
Special Topics in Horticulture: Medicinal Plants Student Blog Post by Maria Peddle and Jack Young Yet another wonderfully intriguing special topic at the HCP. The lovely Stephanie Jacobs of Fireweed Farms (www.fireweedfarms.ca) led the morning bringing much desired...
Special Topics in Horticulture: Cut Flower Gardening & Arranging
Special Topics in Horticulture: Cut Flower Gardening & Arranging Student Blog Post by Nola Honeywell and Adam Jones Have you ever dreamt of becoming a florist or cultivating a flower garden? We certainly have & we were lucky enough to have an entire morning...
