Hellebore Sale

Online

THE SALE IS NOW CLOSED Thank-you for your support! Due to an increase of COVID-19 cases in our community, The Gardens at HCP's annual Hellebore Sale will now take place online. We know this is a last-minute change and apologize for any confusion. The following information replaces what was recently published in our eNews. Here […]

ONLINE: Cannabis for the Home Grower

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

Now Online via zoom Tuesday, March 9 - 6:00pm -  9:00pm Instructor: Jo Wyld Learn the basics of growing Cannabis for personal use with college instructor, Jo Wyld. This workshop will cover cannabis species and strains, how cannabis is used, starting from seed or clone, considerations and methods for growing outdoors or indoors, common pests […]

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SPRING BREAK CAMPS

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

Spring 2021 Spring in our gardens has so much promise! During these weeklong camps, we will be preparing and planting the vegetable garden plots in our JMG Garden for the season ahead. We will be putting in our potato crops and checking on the garlic planted by last falls Pro-D Day campers! Our week together […]

Zoom Class: Watercolours with Richard Wong – Arbutus Trees

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

ONLINE VIA ZOOM: Watercolours with Richard Wong – Arbutus Trees Relax, Paint and Connect. Enjoy a lovely learning experience online where you can relax, have some fun, paint and connect with others while learning how to create beautiful watercolours on Japanese art paper. You will receive tips on how to improve your painting, and you will be guided […]

ONLINE: Propagating Native Plants

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

ONLINE VIA ZOOM Growing native plants in our home gardens is a great way to support local wildlife including birds and pollinators. Native species are also climate adapted so often don't require additional inputs like water and fertilizer. This class will discuss techniques for propagating native plants from seed including seed collection, seed cleaning, seed […]

Introduction to Bookbinding: Cute lil’ Notebook

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

Online Via Zoom Prioritize time for your creativity! In this online workshop you will make and embellish a notebook. You will learn foundational concepts of bookbinding, use bookbinding tools and alternate tools you may already have on hand. This notebook is highly customizable with stamps, stickers, decorative inserts and a centre-fold pocket. Check out these […]

Mason Bees for Beginners

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

Instructor: Steve Scanlan from Long Live Bees Steve Scanlan from Long Live Bees is committed to raising the awareness of the importance of pollinators to our long term survival. This course on Mason bee keeping gives a thorough introduction to raising these friendly and easy to keep bees on your own properties, whether large or […]

Zoom Class: Watercolours with Richard Wong – Celebrating Easter

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

ONLINE VIA ZOOM: Watercolours with Richard Wong – Celebrating Easter Relax, Paint and Connect. Enjoy a lovely learning experience online where you can relax, have some fun, paint and connect with others while learning how to create beautiful watercolours on Japanese art paper. You will receive tips on how to improve your painting, and you will be guided […]

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GARDEN NATURE ACADEMY – Spring Session

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

The outdoors offers safe and seasonal opportunities for your preschooler to explore explore. The small group sizes and our experienced nature educators help to create a through play, games, songs, and activities! These outdoor sessions will include time in our vegetable garden, as well as numerous pathways, and native plant forest areas to nurturing and […]

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Garden Friends

Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada

Children love to explore our gardens while observing and experiencing nature. Together, we will engage in a series of NATURE ACTIVITIES.  Each session will include a garden wander, a sharing circle and story-time (plan to bring along your snack and picnic blanket for story time and dress for the weather?) Limit: 8 children. Dates: Thursday's, […]