adult community education | Horticulture | 3-hour workshop
with Bethany Couture
Learn how permaculture can specifically be applied to ornamental gardens and how it will help you become a more eco-friendly gardener. You'll learn how to create lower maintenance, lower input and extra beautiful outdoor spaces through a variety of innovative techniques, valuable tips, and expert advice shared by horticulturist and permaculturist Bethany Couture.
Whether you're a novice or an experienced gardener, this class will inspire you to look at your garden more holistically and will help you cultivate a more harmonious relationship between you, your garden and the environment. Don't miss this unique opportunity to enhance your gardening skills and contribute to a greener future. This class includes a guided walk through the beautiful gardens at the Horticulture Center of the Pacific to see some of these practices in action.
Bethany's Blog: A Gardener's Guide to Embracing Permaculture
Date & Location
Saturday March 8, 2025 - 9:00 am - Noon
The CLASSROOM at the Gardens at HCP, 505 Quayle Road
Fees & Registration
$55 HCP Members
$60 Non-Members
REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
Instructor Bio
Bethany Couture
Bethany Couture is a holistic horticulturalist from Victoria BC. Through her studies, she realized there must be more sustainable ways to cultivate sustenance from the land, which led her down the path of permaculture and wove together her passions for horticulture, herbalism, mycology, self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability. She is the lead steward of the permaculture garden at the Horticulture Center of the Pacific and is the permaculture instructor at the Pacific Horticulture College. She also runs her own horticulture business, Garden Alchemist, which designs landscapes abundant with edible, medicinal, and native plants.