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Garden A
Gorge-Tillicum
Perennial
Food
Backyard
Chickens
Greenhouse
Preserving
Food
Irrigation System
Concession
Stand
Witness a garden bursting at the seams with both productivity and, dare we say, a wonderfully witchy style! An emphasis on interplanted crops, foods for preserving and backyard mushrooms, all while being a pollinators haven!
Garden B
Gorge-Tillicum
Native
Plants
Compsting System
Irrigation System
Greenhouse
Perennial
Food
What happens when a chef turns to gardening? You get a highly productive urban farm spread over four city properties. Come visit the heart and home base for this productive operation, teaming with interesting crops, creative land use and upcycled infrastructure!
Garden C
Gorge-Tillicum
Perennial
Food
Backyard
Chickens
Greenhouse
boulevard
Use
Farm
Stand
Native
Plants
Irrigation System
This professional landscaper took her modest, barren front lawn and transformed it into a thriving veggie garden and pollinator oasis! While it may sound like all business in the front, the party is in the back where her quirky flock of hens live large adjacent to a reclaimed greenhouse and fruit trees.
Garden D
3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd.
Compsting System
Irrigation System
Perennial
Food
Native
Plants
Start tour Here for cash ticket sales on Sept 12
Can a parking-lot-sized collection of fabric containers become a thriving urban farm? Come see for yourself! The Cedar Hill Garden's 250 geo textile growing containers contribute to fresh food grown for the Shelbourne Community Kitchen each year, proving almost any space can become a productive garden. It also serves as an educational space where participants build practical gardening skills and community.
Cedar Hill
Garden E
Gordon Head
Perennial
Food
Irrigation System
Greenhouse
Compsting System
Native
Plants
Growing seaside isn’t easy, but these multigenerational gardeners have risen to the challenge. Experimenting with hydroponics, strategically placed grow zones and a spectacular upgrade to raised beds, you come for the veggies but stay for the view!
Garden F
Gordon Head
Irrigation System
Perennial
Food
Concession
Stand
Native
Plants
Native Plant Sale
hosted by
Satinflower Nursery!
Two years is hardly a long time in the world of gardening, and yet the beauty that has been cultivated at this stop will take your breath away. This epic ocean paradise has created focused areas of annual and perennial food within a greater context of deer and drought resistant native species and pollinator plants, showcasing what can be achieved in a short time.
Garden G
Camosun
Perennial
Food
Compsting System
boulevard
Use
Native
Plants
Sure, the gardeners may live here, but this garden- it’s for the birds, bees, and the whole neighbourhood to enjoy. A participant of the Saanich Naturescape Program, this garden boasts year round food production by wielding sustainable practices like upcycling. These hosts are a wealth of knowledge, so be sure to pick the brains at this stop!
Garden H
Camosun
Compsting System
Irrigation System
Greenhouse
Farm
Stand
Reclaimed from the thorny jaws of blackberries, and transformed with the support and elbow-grease of a whole community, this urban flower farm, complete with 20ft greenhouse, will be producing its first veggie shares this season. Growing brings us all together, and this garden is living proof.
Garden i
Oaklands
Backyard
Chickens
Greenhouse
boulevard
Use
Bee
Hives
Native
Plants
Perennial
Food
Step into this mature garden, with decades of care evident around every corner. Where a front lawn could languish, instead find lush berry patches alongside herbs that feed the neighbours. In the back yard, discover bees, chickens and heritage fruit trees that have fed multiple generations of family.
Garden J
Fernwood
Native
Plants
Irrigation System
Greenhouse
Perennial
Food
A true urban paradise, visit a once neglected garden that was professionally transformed just three years ago. Between the bubbling of water features and the buzz of pollinators, this experience is a seamless interweaving of food, beauty and bounty. A greenhouse, a seed library and food preservation to leave you envious, this garden is a must see!
Garden K
Fernwood
Perennial
Food
Compsting System
boulevard
Use
Bee
Hives
Underutilized boulevards riddle our city. Come see how the community thrives when boulevards are repurposed to grow food for you, me, the birds and the bees. Self guided exploration is welcome all tour long, but to participate in a short guided tour, meet at this stop at 1:30 PM.
Native
Plants
