Adult Community Education | Art Class | 3-hour Workshop If you like painting birds, join artist Richard Wong for a class and learn how to paint the House Finch in vibrant watercolour. Richard cultivates a relaxing, fun, stress-free learning where everyone is welcome. Suitable for all levels, beginners are especially encouraged. Please note […]
Adult Community Education | Pollinators | Full-day Workshop **This course is full. To join waiting list email [email protected] , or join the Mini Bee School Interest list to be notified when Spring 2026 course offering is available (TBC)** Have you always wanted to know how to ID the amazing diversity of native bees buzzing around […]
ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP | 2.5 HOURS (Evening) **Once Space Available** Join Katherine Olmstead, Canadian International Master Florist, for a hands-on floral design workshop, where you will create your own harvest-inspired centerpiece using seasonal materials like sunflowers, fruiting branches, gourds, and locally sourced blooms, all arranged in a rustic vessel with eco-friendly mechanics. Participants […]
Explore the process and benefits of slow stitch, using a mixture of reclaimed and plant-dyed fabrics, plus threads and adornments, to create a sampler showcasing nature-inspired needlework circles.
Adult Community Education | 3-hour class This is a monthly class in which participants will be introduced to 20 new plants in each session. If you are a new gardener, new to Victoria or just want to brush up on your plant knowledge, this is a great place to get started. This is a monthly […]
Adult Community Education | Horticulture | 1.5 Hours with Paula McCormick Pollinator Pocket Forest is born! Please join project lead Paula McCormick on a journey of positive change with this walk-and-talk presentation in the gardens, focusing on the development of the new Pollinator Pocket Forest at HCP. Planted in 2024 with the generous support of […]
Adult community education | full day workshop **This workshop has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled.** Join artisan Andrew Kent from The Willow Way for this full day workshop. In one day, with Andrew's expert instruction, you can make and take home your own Bent Willow Rustic Chair. This is a great introduction to rustic […]
Instructor Christi York will show you how to brew up a batch of botanical ink, while we play with abstract mark making.
Adult Community Education | Herbalism Workshop | 2 Hours Join Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Herbalist Racheal Schnarr for this year's new and refreshed Home Herbalist Series. This series is more immersive, covers new herbs, and features new seasonal info booklets. Suitable for beginners. We will review herbalism as a whole, then taste and review some of […]
ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | ARTS WORKSHOP | 2 HOURS Instructor: Monika Burrell In this workshop we will create delicate white stoneware beads for jewellery using natural objects pressed into flat pieces of clay. The intricate patterns of leaves, flowers and stems are highlighted by liquid underglaze colour which we will flood into the texture and […]