Welcome to Spring
The Spring Equinox is right around the corner and in our temperate West Coast climate, this marks a great time to get your seeds started.
The Spring Equinox is right around the corner and in our temperate West Coast climate, this marks a great time to get your seeds started.
We have a Membership Orientation for the Victoria Seed Library coming up! It’s at 7:00pm on zoom, so if you’re interested in becoming a member, make sure to check out … Continued
Holiday closure We’re headed ho-ho-home for the holidays After a very busy year of harvesting fruit, running programs, and caring for trees, we’ve decided it’s time to take a break. … Continued
All year long, we work hard to build a movement that changes the way our community lives and eats in Greater Victoria. This movement is rooted in the relationship between the community and the land–we strive to create opportunities for everyone to feel empowered in their relationship to this place.
Trees are a welcome addition to any backyard! And if you’re wanting to add a fruit tree to your landscape, there is no time like the present (the present being dormant season, that is).
Our students will be at the Oaklands Sunset Market every Wednesday until the end of August selling school-grown produce. The market runs from 4:30 – 8:30 Wednesday evenings at the Oaklands Community Centre (2827 Belmont Ave).
Figs can be a finicky fruit–they don’t ripen off the tree, like apples or pears. In Victoria, what is considered a cooler climate for figs, we only get what’s called the breva crop. These are figs produced on last year’s branches, ripened into ready-to-eat fruit for this year’s harvest.
Fruit trees are amazing and we love our Urban Orchard for the abundant harvest it provides each year. However, we’re not the only ones who love these trees and their fruits–pests come out of the woodwork (literally) and wreak havoc on the harvest. All pests are annoying, but codling moth can be particularly tricky for the trees in our own backyards.
The pandemic changed the way many of us eat. And when the way we eat changes, it’s only natural that the way we think about food changes too. With these changes comes an interesting focus on local food.
This Mother’s Day, give mom the world. Seriously. With these gifts, you not only show your mom how much she means to you but you also take a step towards helping our planet.