NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC EMERGES FROM CREDITOR PROTECTION Charity successfully completes Plan of Arrangement and Compromise with creditors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2017 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) has successfully emerged from creditor protection having been issued its Certificate of Completion from the Supreme Court of [...]
Join TLC in celebrating the spring season at Abkhazi Garden's Spring Spectacular on April 1st from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the Garden is by donation.
Our restoration work this year kicked off on January 29th with 25 volunteers tackling invasive species at the Atkins covenant, located near Thetis Lake in Victoria. Volunteers from the Greater Victoria Green Team (GVGT) and the Capital Regional District (CRD) joined TLC volunteers to remove English ivy, English holly, Himalayan blackberry and daphne laurel [...]
Abkhazi Garden, the heritage home and garden created by the late Prince Nicholas and Princess Peggy Abkhazi, is a plant-enthusiast's dream tucked within Garry oaks and rocky outcrops. But as with any heritage site, the Garden requires ongoing care to keep it open to the public. It truly takes a village!TLC and Abkhazi Garden volunteers have been working [...]
On November 26th, six brave souls joined TLC’s Covenant Manager, Torrey Archer, on a perilous trek into the Sooke wilderness. Well, not entirely, but when immersed in 10 foot tall salal while on the side of a cliff it can certainly feel that way! Four UVic students, one recent transplant from Ontario and one brave [...]
NEWS RELEASE Four more B.C. properties protected as part of $1-million conservation commitment Victoria, B.C. - The Province has acquired four additional ecologically sensitive properties throughout British Columbia, thanks to a partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The Province recently assumed ownership of the following properties: 64 hectares along the Fraser River near McBride [...]
On an early fall day, TLC staff Andrew MacKinnon and Torrey Archer joined CRD Conservation Specialist Todd Golumbia, CRD Park Volunteer Warden Rich Mably and Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) staff member Barb von Sacken for a tour of the trails in the Sea to Sea Mt. Manuel Quimper park in Sooke. The hike started [...]
On November 5th, TLC once again joined forces with CRD volunteers to remove invasive species from the Atkins Covenant. Owned by the CRD, this small parcel was once a homestead and offers a surprising diversity of native, invasive and cultivated species. Unfortunately, some of the invasive species have been growing too well, so volunteers [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC TO SUCCESSFULLY EXIT CREDITOR PROTECTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 2, 2016 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) held its final meeting with creditors today to seek approval of its revised Plan of Arrangement and Compromise (POA) and the conclusion of its time under the Companies’ Creditors [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Dear Friends of Conservation, This fall I had the opportunity to visit TLC’s Caromar Covenant in the Cowichan Valley Regional District. Flourishing with a diverse range of species, Caromar is home to a 5-acre wetland and a large assortment of fungi including the fluted black elfin saddle (Helvella lacunosa). While monitoring [...]