On the last weekend of April, TLC banded together with the Greater Victoria Green Team and the Highlands District Community Association for a grand ol’ broom bash in the Highlands Region. The community were encouraged to cut broom for the week leading up to the event and leave it on the roadside for [...]
This month marks the beginning of TLC's #30for30more campaign to raise $30,000 to go towards repair projects at Abkhazi Garden. These projects include new fencing, stonework, railings along stairways, and tree pruning. While TLC has been diligent about supporting operations and the volunteers throughout the past few years, we need your help to [...]
Originally posted by Ann-Marie Metten on KogawaHouse.com on May 1, 2016. . Farewell to Tom and Jackie Farewell to Tom Cho and Jackie Wykes, who on April 6 moved on to a three-month residency in picturesque Blairmore, Alberta. They take up residence in the former studio of the photographer Thomas Gushul, in a competitive [...]
In celebration of Mother's Day and to kick-off TLC's covenant monitoring season, TLC, the Greater Victoria Green Team, the Town of View Royal, and LifeCycles are hosting a BBQ on Sunday, May 8, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Welland Legacy Park & Community Orchard located at 1215 Stancil Lane. Sponsored by TD Green Streets, [...]
See the award-winning documentary Love Thy Nature on April 21, 7:15 and 8:45 p.m. at Cinecenta! For more information visit cinecenta.com. Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a stunning cinematic journey exploring how a renewed connection with nature holds the key to a highly advanced and conscious new ecological era. Watch the trailer [...]
Help clear broom from our community! Our roadsides, local parks and new Community Hall site all need attention! In honour of “de-broom week”, TLC and the Highlands District Community Association are hosting a community Broom Bash Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will begin at the Highlands [...]
On March 12 and 13, TLC’s Covenant Manager Torrey Archer attended the 2016 Gulf Islands Conservation Conference, held on beautiful Mayne Island and hosted by the Mayne Island Conservancy Society. Twenty-six different groups, including environmental education organizations and land and marine conservancies, gathered together for the weekend to share their experiences, resources, knowledge and hope [...]
Originally published by Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist, on April 9, 2016. To conjure up the indomitable spirit of a Shanghai-born princess, artist Bev Petow fashioned 200 maple leaves out of hard, cold steel. These metal leaves, in seven sizes, were painstakingly hand-cut, hammered and welded together in the shape of a ballgown. An acid wash [...]
Haute Couture at the Abkhazi Garden Steel sculptures by Bev Petow inspired by the glamourous wardrobe of the Princess Peggy Abkhazi Opening at the Abkhazi Garden Saturday, April 9, 2016 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria Artist Reception April 9, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Princess Peggy Abkhazi had an exotic, privileged and far-flung life. Born in Shanghai, [...]