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Pacific Horticulture College

The Pacific Horticulture College has been training professional gardeners since 1987. The College holds a designation certificate under the Private Training Act (B.C. Private Training Institutions Branch) and recognized by SkilledTradesBC as a designated training provider.

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Wildfire Resilient Gardening

March 14 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pmHorticulture Centre Of The Pacific

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP | 3 HOURS Instructor Bethany Couture leads this informative workshop that will show you how to build wildfire-resilience into your gardens and landscapes. You’ll learn […]

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Watercolour Painting with Richard Wong: Pasqueflower Gone-to-Seed

March 14 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pmHorticulture Centre Of The Pacific

Adult Community Education | Art Class | 3-hour Workshop Paint the lovely pasqueflower seedhead and learn how to create backlighting to make your floral watercolours stand out, in this by-request […]

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Drought Tolerant Gardening

March 15 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pmHorticulture Centre Of The Pacific

Adult Community Education | Horticulture | 2-hour class with Emony Nicholls Are you under water restrictions but still want an abundant garden? Learn how you can choose flowering perennials while […]

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Growing Glorious Grasses

March 15 @ 12:30 pm - 3:30 pmHorticulture Centre Of The Pacific

Adult Community Education | Horticulture | 3-hours, class + tour   with Mike Rogers This one-day workshop will  be split into two parts: a classroom session (90 minutes) and an […]

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News from the Garden

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Upcoming Event: The Fascinating World of Mosses and Lichens with the Hardy Plant Group

The Hardy Plant Group of the VHS is featuring The Fascinating World of Mosses and Lichens, with Fran Benton.  Fran studied lichens…
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Celebrate Naturalizing Bulbs in the Winter Garden - Part 2

Celebrate Naturalizing Bulbs in the Winter Garden Part 2 By Amy Sanderson, Doris Page Winter Garden Volunteer Each year we renovate…
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Visit the HCP Gardens' Gift Shop

The Seedkeeper – A tiny pot with purpose Have you spotted these unique, colourful ceramic vessels in the shop at HCP? Their maker…
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Reclassification of Plant Names

Reclassification of Plant Names We are in the process of doing an inventory of the plants we will have for sale. In doing so, I realized…
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Territory Acknowledgement

We at HCP gratefully acknowledge that the Gardens are located on the ancestral territories of the lək’ʷəŋən peoples, represented by the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, represented by the W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱SIḴEM (Tseycum) and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) Nations. With gratitude, we work and learn where people come together in appreciation of plants and stewardship of the Gardens.

505 Quayle Rd. Victoria, BC V9E 2J7

Phone: 250-479-6162

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