Diagonal Plaited Baskets with Willow Bark Workshop
2023-05-05 09:30 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific, 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, V9E 2J7, Canada
NOTE: MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR IN PERSON WORKSHOPS WITH JOAN CARRIGAN.
In this workshop, participants will explore two types of diagonal plaiting and weave both a square basket and a flat pouch. Diagonal Plaiting is super fun to weave and always feels like you are performing a magic trick. We will be using willow bark for each project. Discussion and demonstration will cover how to grow willow and how to harvest and prepare the bark in the springtime.
Tools: sharp scissors, 12” ruler, an old towel, spray bottle, household string.
HCP Members $120 / Non-Members $140

REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162

Instructor Bio: Joan Carrigan
Joan Carrigan is a full time basketmaker and basketry teacher living on Salt Spring Island, BC. Over the past 25 years, her passion for baskets has led her to study, travel and explore many different techniques and materials within the medium. Joan studied Fine Art and Art History at the University of Guelph and her love of history prompted her research in traditional techniques. Her background in fine art has encouraged her enthusiasm for the sculptural and creative potentials that the medium offers. Her inspiration comes from the plant materials she respectfully harvests from nature. Joan's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Joan teaches extensively both close to home and in Europe and finds this to be a very rewarding aspect of her career.

If you would like to receive email updates when new basketry classes with Joan open for registration, please sign up to be on our Basketry Enthusiast List below:
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Willow Bark Pouches and Vases Workshop
2023-05-06 10:00 - 15:00
NOTE: MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR IN PERSON WORKSHOPS WITH JOAN CARRIGAN.
Participants will be working with sheets of bark to form, stitch and bind it into pouches and vases. This is a creative workshop that uses and highlights the beauty of willow bark – Joan's Carrigan's favourite basket material. Come with an open mind and creative spirit. Sample baskets will be on hand for inspiration. Each piece will be unique and offers an opportunity for creative exploration.
Tools: sharp scissors, an old towel, a small glass vase or bottle, spray bottle.
HCP Members $120 / Non-Members $140

REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162

Instructor Bio: Joan Carrigan
Joan Carrigan is a full time basketmaker and basketry teacher living on Salt Spring Island, BC. Over the past 25 years, her passion for baskets has led her to study, travel and explore many different techniques and materials within the medium. Joan studied Fine Art and Art History at the University of Guelph and her love of history prompted her research in traditional techniques. Her background in fine art has encouraged her enthusiasm for the sculptural and creative potentials that the medium offers. Her inspiration comes from the plant materials she respectfully harvests from nature. Joan's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Joan teaches extensively both close to home and in Europe and finds this to be a very rewarding aspect of her career.

If you would like to receive email updates when new basketry classes with Joan open for registration, please sign up to be on our Basketry Enthusiast List below:
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Stories in the Garden
2023-05-09 11:00
Imagine a gentle nature walk with your child to calm and inspire you both! This rain or shine outdoor program on our endless pathways provides us with many social and nature connections. This is followed by a story time that encourages the development of listening skills and small group interactions. Plan to bring along your favourite story blanket and snack to enjoy during the story with your child and invite a friend. Pre-registration is required to determine if this program will run.

Dates: Tuesdays, May 9, 16, 23, 30 & June 6, 13, 2023
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 am
Age: 3 - 6
Fee: $75.00/6 sessions (for 1 or more children) or $60.00 for Family Memberships

Register: HERE or call 250 479 6162

Fairy Gardens Spring 2023
2023-05-13 13:30 - 15:00
Fairy Garden Workshop
Join us for some fun and creative time as we enter the world of fairy garden making! Your child will be introduced to garden design as we visit various gardens looking for inspiration, collecting items in nature to create furnishings with. and followed by a hands-on lesson to make their own garden to take home. These miniature gardens offer hours of play potential for children of all ages. Plant care, planting techniques, and furnishing making will all be featured. Consider signing up with your child and making one of your own! For ages 4 and up (6 and under must be accompanied by an adult)

Date: May 13 - Blossom Lane
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Fee: $30 for 1 garden/ $55 for 2 gardens
Register: Here or Call 250-479-6162

Garden Creatures - May 2023
2023-05-17 09:30 - 11:30
Join us for a fun morning in the gardens! Exploring the various species of creatures that make up our gardens, wetlands and forests provides us with many lessons. Each day we will deepen our understanding of these creatures through observations, hands-on activities and garden explorations. Gaining a better understanding of how every garden creature is essential to their habit allows us to better understand how we can support them. Ages: 5 - 14 yrs

Dates: May 17, 24 & 31
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am
Fee: $75.00
Register: online or call 250-479-6162

Pansies - Watercolour on Canvas with Richard Wong
2023-05-18 13:00 - 16:00
New & Exciting! Capture the brilliance of watercolour on canvas (instead of traditional watercolour paper). Learn, step-by-step how to create a vibrant watercolour with wildlife artist Richard Wong. Richard will guide you through painting these beautiful Spring Pansies on a 6x6" canvas. This is a great class to take with a friend and beginners are welcome.
$90 Participant Fee which includes supplies
Register ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
Richard Wong, Artist Statement & Biography
“How I Became A Wildlife Artist”

This great adventure of mine started fairly innocently.
I spent a glorious 25 years with the provincial government of British Columbia working in finance and policy (Ministry of Environment). During that time, I came to appreciate our wildlife and natural environment, all so delicately balanced! Then it came time to retire. So I did.
My life as a wildlife artist started soon thereafter. With time on my hands, and a Christmas gift of art supplies (from my wonderful spouse), I enrolled in art classes (2010). First it was traditional watercolor classes. Then it was Chinese brush lessons. I soon discovered Japanese art paper, and my career (second) as a professional wildlife artist began. Learning to paint, especially watercolor, allows me to capture the very essence of wildlife and nature like no other medium. Much of our wildlife is affected to the point where we are losing them rapidly. So I do what I can to spread this message of awareness: to paint and capture our wildlife in beautiful, vibrant watercolors; to teach others how to do this; and along the way, to engage and connect people and communities through my love of art. This love has taken me to Australia and the United States, where I've taught, presented and shown my work (Watercolor on Japanese Art Paper). I now paint (professionally), teach and sell from my lovely home base in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Wishing everyone a very lovely journey as we embark on yet another wildlife/art adventure full of wonder, excitement and discovery!
Sincerely,
Richard Wong
Professional Wildlife Artist
Watercolor on Japanese Art Paper

Tomato Day
2023-05-20 09:00 - 12:00
The May long weekend is traditionally the time to plant your veggie starts.
We will have several varieties of tomato starts as well as other veggies and herbs.
Our plant sale area is open and fully stocked and the Victoria Master Gardeners are on site to answer your questions.
Below is a list of tomato varieties we will have for you this year:
sweet million
sunrise bumblebee
pink bumblebee
red zebra
scotia
manitoba
speckled roman
early girl
sweetie
roma supremo
cosmonaut volkov
black krim
alaska
black cherry
sungold
also veggie starts and herbs

Willow Chair Workshop with Andrew Kent
2023-05-21 09:00 - 17:00
Join artisan Andrew Kent from The Willow Way for this full day workshop. In one day, with Andrew Kent's expert instruction, you can make and take home your own Bent Willow Rustic Chair. This is a great introduction to rustic building techniques. Learn how to make a square frame from pieces of alder & work with different sizes of willow to create your chair. This is recommended as it is ideal to have a helper for this class. Registration is for up to 2 participants making one chair together.
HCP Members $285 / Non-Members $305
Register ONLINE or by calling 250 479 6162
Cancellations:
Note that this class required a minimum of 2 registrants in order to run. If the minimum is not met, the class will be canceled or postponed. Please contact communityed@hcp.ca if you would like to cancel your registration. Note that registrations less than one week prior to the class date may not be eligible for a refund if registration minimums are not met.

Instructor Bio: Andrew Kent
The Willow Way's roots go back all the way to 1993 when I made my first willow chair in a workshop with Kate Lawes. Over the next five years, Kate and I opened and ran a store in downtown Nanaimo, attended many large and small shows, and hosted numerous willow furniture workshops. Many of the designs I use are traditional, coming from Kentucky by way of Pemberton, BC. Some are then updated with design ideas suggested by the materials themselves.
I grew up on a rural island and have always felt at home in the woods. A keen mountain biker, I am passionate about the outdoors and Vancouver Island. Many of my days are spent hunting for materials, foraging local species of willow and alder, and finding the best shoots and whips for each piece, which directs the creative construction.
From forest to finished product, the entire willow furniture process is an adventure and ever-evolving, which to me is the real beauty of this work. Most of the materials are natural and not milled, which means not one project is the same and it's always a new experience.
I think people respond to my work because it is more than just your average rustic furniture – it is handmade with materials that are otherwise not utilized. My passion for nature and for the creative process comes through in each piece.
Andrew Kent

Landscape Design for Home Gardeners
2023-05-24 18:30 - 20:30
with Heidi Hitchcock
6 part series on wednesdays, 6:30pm - 8:30pm: May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28
Learn the fundamentals of how to create a design for your space with landscape designer, Heidi Hitchcock. Heidi is a third generation horticulturist. She has over 15 years of experience in the industry and loves bringing people and gardens together.
Heidi will take participants through the various steps in the design process with a series of lectures and hands-on exercises. Participants will get an opportunity to apply what they learn to their own garden design during this series. We always receive excellent participant feedback on this engaging class. All materials are included, beginners welcome.
HCP Members $245 / Non-Members $295
Register ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
Instructor Bio: Heidi Hitchcock
I have grown up with two generations of horticulturists before me. I have over 15 years experience in the industry, from garden maintenance and installation, crew and project management, garden coaching and design and instruction in various areas of Horticulture. A keen curiosity and love of horticulture runs deep in my family. I am inspired by those who loved it before I did, and by those who are learning to love it now. Bringing people and gardens together is my passion, and I feel grateful to be able to share this as an instructor!

Papermaking with Wild, Invasive and Garden Plants
2023-05-27 10:00 - 15:00
with Frances Hunter
Participants will learn about local examples of plants suitable for preparation by hand beating, or by using a kitchen blender. Following this they will hand-beat pre-cooked invasive Daphne/Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola)* fibers to a fine pulp. There will also be smaller quantities of prepared pulp from common wild and cultivated plants for experimentation. Each participant will have their own station with supplied equipment to make Western style paper. Papers will be dried and pressed in the days following the workshop and be ready for pickup up at HCP.
Papermaking is a wet process. If you have one, bring a waterproof apron, and wear shoes that can get wet.
This workshop is at a beginner level. There will be a handout with a list of resources.
HCP Members $45/Non-Members $55
SOLD OUT!
*Note that Daphne is a toxic plant whose bark, sap and berries can cause skin irritation. For this class berried plants are not used. The bark is removed and the inner plant stems are boiled to remove any sap. Participants will be using the already processed substance during the class. Participants should participate at their own risk.

Papermaking with Wild, Invasive and Garden Plants
2023-05-27 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-28 10:00 - 15:00
with Frances Hunter
Participants will learn about local examples of plants suitable for preparation by hand beating, or by using a kitchen blender. Following this they will hand-beat pre-cooked invasive Daphne/Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola)* fibers to a fine pulp. There will also be smaller quantities of prepared pulp from common wild and cultivated plants for experimentation. Each participant will have their own station with supplied equipment to make Western style paper. Papers will be dried and pressed in the days following the workshop and be ready for pickup up at HCP.
Papermaking is a wet process. If you have one, bring a waterproof apron, and wear shoes that can get wet.
This workshop is at a beginner level. There will be a handout with a list of resources.
HCP Members $45/Non-Members $55
REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
*Note that Daphne is a toxic plant whose bark, sap and berries can cause skin irritation. For this class berried plants are not used. The bark is removed and the inner plant stems are boiled to remove any sap. Participants will be using the already processed substance during the class. Participants should participate at their own risk.

Fairy Gardens Spring 2023
2023-05-27 13:30 - 15:00
Fairy Garden Workshop
Join us for some fun and creative time as we enter the world of fairy garden making! Your child will be introduced to garden design as we visit various gardens looking for inspiration, collecting items in nature to create furnishings with. and followed by a hands-on lesson to make their own garden to take home. These miniature gardens offer hours of play potential for children of all ages. Plant care, planting techniques, and furnishing making will all be featured. Consider signing up with your child and making one of your own! For ages 4 and up (6 and under must be accompanied by an adult)

Date: May 27 - Sweets Retreat
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Fee: $30 for 1 garden/ $55 for 2 gardens
Register: Here or Call 250-479-6162

Watercolor Meditations on Place: Pacific Dogwood
2023-05-31 18:00 - 19:30
with Marisa Pahl
Join us for an evening of meditative painting, inspired by the Pacific Dogwood. Let's practice the art of noticing and explore painting as a way to tune into the present moment. This live online workshop offers guided watercolor painting prompts and an introduction to this tree through an artist's lens.
Marisa Pahl is an artist living in East Vancouver whose work is grounded in human relationships with place. This workshop is part of a year-long series, where each month a different coastal tree of the Salish Sea is featured.
Participant Fee: $38
Register ONLINE or call 250 479 6162.
Participants will have the opportunity to:

Explore some short mark-making + color mixing prompts
Listen to a nature-based poetry reading
Look at some visual inspiration of the Cedar tree
Be introduced briefly to the Cedar tree through an artist + plant enthusiast's lens
Participate in one longer guided meditative painting prompt
Be provided with some reflection questions relating to the tree
Be invited to continue learning about the Cedar tree directly from host nations here in Coast Salish territory – through recommendations of poetry, books, films, websites etc by local Indigenous authors.

What to bring:

watercolor paints, any kind
brushes

2-3 sizes, at least one pointy tip
I use a number 6 round for most demos

water container

a heavy vessel like glass or ceramic is nice for this as it won't tip over as easily as plastic

tissue or rag
1-2 pieces of scrap paper or printer paper (bigger the better)
2-3 pieces of paper (5x7 or bigger if you like)

Any sketchbook or mixed media paper that is slightly heavier than printer paper will do
If you have watercolor paper, use it for this.
If you aren't familiar with watercolor paper and you'd like to get some, I recommend 140 lb CP (any brand.)

Optional:

Black fine tipped permanent marker like a Sharpie
Washi tape

How to Prepare:

You'll need a flat surface like a table or the floor. If you're working on your lap, you might want to use a book or other hard surface.
Make sure you have a light source that feels good for your eyes, that allows you to see the paper.
Find a spot for your computer or device that won't get in the way of your painting area, where you can see comfortably.
Pour yourself a cup of tea or ice water.
Extras: slippers, a blanket, a cushion to sit on, a candle, a playlist you like
Music is not provided so feel free to have your own cued up!

Weaving with Willow – Rattle Weave Variations Workshop
2023-06-03 10:00 - 16:00
NOTE: MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR IN PERSON WORKSHOPS WITH JOAN CARRIGAN.
This is a great introduction to weaving with willow. Participants will be making several projects employing what is called Rattle Weave. Joan will provide the lovely fine willow for each project which she has grown and harvested. We will start with making several napkin rings, followed by a bird feeder and then a basket with a wood base. Discussion and demonstration will cover how to grow, harvest, sort and prepare willow for weaving.
HCP Members $120 / Non-Members $140

REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162

Instructor Bio: Joan Carrigan
Joan Carrigan is a full time basketmaker and basketry teacher living on Salt Spring Island, BC. Over the past 25 years, her passion for baskets has led her to study, travel and explore many different techniques and materials within the medium. Joan studied Fine Art and Art History at the University of Guelph and her love of history prompted her research in traditional techniques. Her background in fine art has encouraged her enthusiasm for the sculptural and creative potentials that the medium offers. Her inspiration comes from the plant materials she respectfully harvests from nature. Joan's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Joan teaches extensively both close to home and in Europe and finds this to be a very rewarding aspect of her career.

If you would like to receive email updates when new basketry classes with Joan open for registration, please sign up to be on our Basketry Enthusiast List below:
Basketry Enthusiast List

Pocket Flower Press Workshop
2023-06-05 10:00 - 12:00
Come and capture the fleeting days of spring in this two hour workshop with horticulture therapist, Sheila Weitman. Participants will each make a pocket press, then explore a section of the HCP gardens to find just the right leaves and flowers for pressing.
Please bring a pair of scissors.
HCP Members $45/Non-Members $50
Register ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
Instructor Bio: Sheila Weitman
Sheila has over 3 decades of experience working in the horticulture trade. She completed the Horticulture Technician Certificate from Camosun College in 1991 and from that time has designed, installed
and maintained gardens throughout southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, in private and public settings. Sheila completed Ecological Landscape Design from Gaia College in 2008 which provided a solid foundation for creating ecologically focused landscapes and gardens. Since receiving a certificate in Horticulture Therapy in 2017 Sheila has provided Horticulture Therapy (HT) and Therapeutic Horticulture(TH) to individuals and groups in Long Term Care and Mental Health and Addictions programs. She is a member of the Canadian Horticulture Therapy Association(CHTA) and a volunteer with Feeding Ourselves and Others at Serenity Farm. www.feedingourselvesandothers.com
In 2022, Sheila became a Morning Altars Practitioner after completing Day Schildkret's certificate program which celebrates the melding of nature, art and ritual. https://www.morningaltars.com Through nature based creating Sheila

Rustic Building - Small Table Workshop with Andrew Kent
2023-06-10 09:00 - 15:00
If you have attended a Willow Chair Workshop with Andrew Kent and are keen to try another project, this is the workshop for you. Anyone interested in exploring rustic building while making something functional and useful would enjoy this opportunity. In one day, participants build one Cedar top tripod table and one small or medium sized Slate top table with rustic builder Andrew Kent. All tools and materials provided.
HCP Members $200 / Non-Members $230
Register ONLINE or by calling 250 479 6162
Cancellations:
Note that this class required a minimum of 3 registrants in order to run. If the minimum is not met, the class will be canceled or postponed. Please contact communityed@hcp.ca if you would like to cancel your registration. Note that registrations less than one week prior to the class date may not be eligible for a refund if registration minimums are not met.

Instructor Bio: Andrew Kent
The Willow Way's roots go back all the way to 1993 when I made my first willow chair in a workshop with Kate Lawes. Over the next five years, Kate and I opened and ran a store in downtown Nanaimo, attended many large and small shows, and hosted numerous willow furniture workshops. Many of the designs I use are traditional, coming from Kentucky by way of Pemberton, BC. Some are then updated with design ideas suggested by the materials themselves.
I grew up on a rural island and have always felt at home in the woods. A keen mountain biker, I am passionate about the outdoors and Vancouver Island. Many of my days are spent hunting for materials, foraging local species of willow and alder, and finding the best shoots and whips for each piece, which directs the creative construction.
From forest to finished product, the entire willow furniture process is an adventure and ever-evolving, which to me is the real beauty of this work. Most of the materials are natural and not milled, which means not one project is the same and it's always a new experience.
I think people respond to my work because it is more than just your average rustic furniture – it is handmade with materials that are otherwise not utilized. My passion for nature and for the creative process comes through in each piece.
Andrew Kent

HCP Annual General Meeting
2023-06-22 17:30 - 19:00
Click to download AGM Documents:

2023 AGM Agenda
2023 AGM Advance Voting Ballot

Appreciating our Garden Pollinators
2023-06-24 09:00 - 12:00
with Emony Nicholls
During this workshop discover what all the buzz is about our pollinators - learn about native pollinators, their importance to ecosystems and our food supply, and the issues they are facing. Find out how these bees and butterflies and birds like to live and what they like to eat with practical information on creating a garden in the southern Vancouver Island region that will be a pollinator paradise. And if the flowers are blooming, we will learn how to identify some of the common pollinators in your garden and take a stroll to see who's buzzing around.
Participant Fee - $10 which goes towards the maintenance of our mason bee nesting boxes.
Register ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
Instructor Bio: Emony Nicholls
Emony has worked as a biologist, an environmental consultant, entrepreneur and civil servant for the last 25 years. For seven of those years, she owned and operated a native plant nursery in Ontario designing and providing plants for ecological restoration projects. Her graduate research was on the relationship between pollinators and plants and how it drives their evolutions. As part of this work, she did taxonomic identification of the native pollinators and fell in love with their diversity, abilities and individual beauty. She is now on a mission to educate others about them in the hopes that they will fall in love - and support them too! She recently left the provincial government as a biologist and now lives on Salt Spring Island doing more native bee education and starting her own business again bringing her love of native plants and native pollinators together!

Pollinator Day in the Gardens
2023-06-24 09:00 - 15:00

Eco Printing Workshop with Lorelei Textile Design
2023-06-27 16:00 - 19:30, 2023-07-25 16:00 - 19:30
with Carly Stefanowich
Join Carly of Lorelei Textile Design as she leads you through a beginner-friendly eco printing workshop! In this workshop we will cover:

What is eco-printing?
Fibres suitable for eco printing and how to identify them
How to prepare your fibres for receiving and retaining colour
Common and beloved plants used in the process
Ethical wild harvesting practices
Dye garden essentials
Guidance through techniques and applications used to achieve eco prints on fabric
A show and tell of past work to give inspiration and spark curious questions
An instructional booklet full of resources and information for further exploration at home

All of this while engaging in an afternoon of plant-infused play with a lovely community of inquisitive minds! Attendees will be provided with a handmade and upcycled bandana and a set of 2 vintage hankies to explore different techniques and applications of eco-printing. All flowers and foliage are also provided. You will leave this workshop with the foundational skills to continue exploring this fascinating practice at home, your very own eco printed bandana and hanky set, and an instructional booklet full of resources for further research and experimentation. Vegan/gf snacks and iced herbal tea will be available as complimentary refreshments throughout the day.
No previous experience necessary. All materials provided.
HCP Members $65/Non-Members $75
REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162

Instructor Bio: Carly Stefanowich
Carly of Lorelei Textile Design breathes new life into old threads. Using second hand fibres and low water natural dye techniques she creates wearable, one of a kind works of art to adorn your body and your home. Always with sustainability in mind, she makes use of homegrown botanicals and local foliage to imprint time and place into cloth, informed by the ever changing seasons. She has been working with natural dyes for over 10 years, with a focus on eco printing for the past 4 years. In her engaging workshops, she shares with you her trove of natural dye wisdom to demystify and make accessible the art of imprinting botanical colour on cloth. Carly seeks to empower people to revive their wardrobes through repurposing and repair, making new what was once old or forgotten.

Canada Day - Admission by Donation
2023-07-01 09:00 - 16:00
The Gardens are open regular hours - 9am to 4pm for Canada Day. Admission will be by donation.

JMG Summer Camps 2023 Full Day - July 3 to 7
2023-07-03 09:00 - 2023-07-07 16:00
Junior Master Gardener Summer Camp
These camps feature an outdoor program that includes time in our very own HCP Kids Teaching Garden where we grow food, learn to support natural systems and enjoy the many wilderness areas surrounding us!
Limited to 16 children ages 5 to 12 years

July 3 to 7; Full Day
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Fee: $185.00
Register online or call 250-479-6162

Stories in the Garden - July 2023
2023-07-04 11:00 - 12:00
Imagine a gentle nature walk with your child to calm and inspire you both, followed by a story. Plan to bring along your favourite story blanket and snack. Age: 3 + years recommended (all welcome:)

Dates: July 4, 11 & 18
Time: 11:00 am to noon
Fees: $37.50 or $30.00 with Family membership
Register: ON-LINE or call 250-479-6162

JMG Summer Camps 2023 Full Day - July 10 -14
2023-07-10 09:00 - 2023-07-14 16:00
Junior Master Gardener Summer Camp
These camps feature an outdoor program that includes time in our very own HCP Kids Teaching Garden where we grow food, learn to support natural systems and enjoy the many wilderness areas surrounding us!
Limited to 16 children ages 5 to 12 years

July 10 to 14; Full Day
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00pm
Fee: $185.00
REGISTER online or call 250-479-6162

Hypertufa 101 Workshop
2023-07-15 09:00 - 12:00
with Shana Brown
Two Part Class: Saturday, July 15 - 9am - 12pm & Sunday, July 16 - 1pm - 4pm
Join local artist and Organic Master Gardener, Shana Brown for an intensive, two part, hands-on workshop where you will learn how to mix, mold, finish and cure a beautiful, one of a kind hypertufa planter for your home or garden.
Prized for its lightweight, porous qualities, durability and rustic look, hypertufa is an ideal medium to create unique planters and garden ornaments. Made from easily sourced, domestic materials; when properly cured and reinforced these charming
creations can withstand harsh winters and last for years and years.
Participants will be provided with all necessary materials and equipment, including a personal safety kit to keep for future exploration in hypertufa creation. Please come dressed in closed toe shoes, full length (top & bottom) “work” clothes and be prepared to have some fun getting dirty! Consider a cool, dark spot in your home where your hypertufa creation can be stored and tended for the duration of a, post class, two week curing process.
HCP Members $140/Non-Members $160
Register ONLINE or call 250 479 6162

Instructor Bio: Shana Brown
Shana Brown is a master gardener, landscape designer, visual artist and therapeutic art practitioner who has called Vancouver Island, Canada home for the past 20 years. She draws solace and inspiration from the rural beauty of the Saanich Peninsula where her family resides. With a background of studies in traditional studio arts and organic land management, Shana's artistic practice and professional pursuits lie where art, gardening and wellbeing converge. She believes that connection with the people in our community and the environment that supports us all can be a healing key to happiness in life and hope for the future.

JMG Summer Camps 2023 Full Day - July 17 to 21
2023-07-17 09:00 - 2023-07-21 16:00
Junior Master Gardener Summer Camp
These camps feature an outdoor program that includes time in our very own HCP Kids Teaching Garden where we grow food, learn to support natural systems and enjoy the many wilderness areas surrounding us!
Limited to 16 children ages 5 to 12 years

July 17 to 21; Full Day
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Fee: $185.00
Register online or call 250-479-6162

Camp is booked; if you would like to be added to the wait list please use the registration link above.

JMG Summer Camps 2023 Half Day - July 24 to 28
2023-07-24 09:00 - 2023-07-28 12:00
Junior Master Gardener Summer Camp
These camps feature an outdoor program that includes time in our very own HCP Kids Teaching Garden where we grow food, learn to support natural systems and enjoy the many wilderness areas surrounding us!
Limited to 16 children ages 5 to 12 years

July 24 to 28; Half Day
Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Fee: $95.00
Register online or call 250-479-6162

Camp is booked; if you would like to be added to the wait list please use the registration link above.

Tea Time
2023-07-25 13:30 - 15:30
Tea Time Workshop
Tea brewing is an art form that goes back to ancient times. Did you know that many of the herbs growing in our gardens are easy to use for brewing. Children love to explore and learn about these interesting plants that provide our brews with flavours, colours and scents. Together we will explore the herb and flower gardens to create a better understanding of these plants and their uses. Then we will create our own blends to take home and discuss drying and storing techniques while we taste our teas. This makes a great “friends meet up” for your child for an afternoon of creativity, gathering and fun!

Date: Tuesday July 25, 2023
Time: 1:30-3:00pm
Age: 6+ years
Fee: $30/child
Register: ON-LINE or call 250-479-6162
