Passport to Nature 2025 is now LIVE!

Spend time in nature with TLC’s 2025 Passport to Nature program with in-person and online events across British Columbia hosted throughout the year!

Grow Your Garden: This year, experience the vibrant and fragrant blossoms at Abkhazi Garden with your family, learn about horticulture and pollinator-friendly planting, and purchase unique plants for your garden at home with events like Rhododenderon Month (April 18 – May 19), the Spring Plant Sale (April 26 & 27), Abkhazi Garden 25th Anniversary Open House, Grandparents Day & Fall Plant Sale (September 7) and the Festive Market series (December 13-14 & 20-21).

Explore Your Ecosystem: Stroll under the tranquil canopy of towering, centuries-old Douglas-fir, western red cedar, and hemlock trees, learn how to identify plants and fungi of the Pacific Northwest, and discover the interconnectivity of the forest with public health and well-being with interpretive walks led by knowledgeable naturalists like Tom Whitfield, Andy MacKinnon, Kem Luther, and Elora Adamson with the Walking Amont Giants (June 8), and Fungi ID Walk (November 8) events.

Give Back to Nature: Get your hands dirty with two invasive species removal events hosted in collaboration with the Greater Victoria Green Team. Join us on April 26th at our Ayum Creek Regional Park conservation covenant in Sooke, to contribute to our 5+ year periwinkle suppression project and to remove English ivy from trees. This project was generously supported by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. On October 4th, get your loppers ready for combatting English ivy, daphne-laurel, English holly and more during our 3rd consecutive year of invasive species removal at our Alston-Stewart Estate in the Blenkinsop Valley.

Get Involved with TLC: Learn more and get involved with TLC projects, education programs, fundraising initiatives, and volunteer opportunities with Critter Day (May 10), Natural Intelligence: How Nature Plans for Future Generations video release (August 13) and our 2025 Annual General Meeting (September 27).

Registration

Most events are free to register for and suitable for various age ranges and abilities. Given that some events are more physically demanding than others, we recommend you review each event’s details before participating. We recommend you register in advance for Passport to Nature events to receive full event details, directions, and relevant links.

Registration is required for the following events:

  • Ayum Creek Park Restoration (April 27, Sooke)
  • Walking Among Giants (June 8, Qualicum Beach, 20 spots available)
  • Natural Intelligence: How Nature Plans for Future Generations, online video (August 13, online video)
  • Restoration at TLC’s Alston-Stewart Estate, (October 4, Blenkinsop Valley)
  • Fungi ID (November 8, location TBD, 20 spots available)

Registration is optional for all other 2025 Passport to Nature events.

Passport to Nature Contact

If you have any questions about Passport to Nature events, registration, or if you need to cancel your participation, please contact us:

Office: 250-479-8053 or toll-free 1-877-485-2422
Email: membership@conservancy.bc.ca

See Past Passport to Nature events

View previously recorded virtual Passport to Nature events and other educational resources on TLC’s Education Hub.