NEWS RELEASE FORT SHEPHERD CONSERVANCY AREA TO OPEN FOR RECREATIONAL USE Due to COVID-19 concerns visitors are asked to maintain physical distancing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2020 Trail, B.C. – The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) will open their Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area to the public for the 2020 season on June 24 [...]
The garden that love built. Enjoy this video tour of Abkhazi Garden, filmed during the epic spring bloom. Abkhazi Garden is an exquisite heritage home and garden located in Victoria, British Columbia, a city known for its wonderful gardens. Prince and Princess Abkhazi began creating their garden in 1946. This was the year [...]
NEWS RELEASE ABKHAZI GARDEN TO RE-OPEN FOR THE SEASON MAY 16 After closing due to COVID-19 concerns, the charity-run garden will re-open this weekend FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2020 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) will re-open Abkhazi Garden, its 1-acre heritage garden located at 1964 Fairfield Road, at 11 a.m. [...]
NEWS RELEASE TLC ANNOUNCES FIRST DEERTRAILS NATURALIST PROGRAM SESSION FOR 2020 Students to learn from seasoned naturalists and artists Cortes Island FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2020 Cortes Island, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) is pleased to announce that the Deertrails Naturalist Program will include two sessions in 2020 and will explore [...]
NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING TLC’S SECOND DEERTRAILS NATURALIST PROGRAM SESSIONS IN 2020 Participants to learn from seasoned naturalists in the Clearwater River Valley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2020 Clearwater, BC –The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) is pleased to announce that the second session of the Deertrails Naturalist Program will explore the transition of the [...]
Join Kevin Trim (former SVIMS President) and TLC's Torrey Archer on a hunt to find and identify mushrooms in the beautiful mature forests at Second Lake. Participants will learn how to ID the most common species, deadly species, the parts of the mushroom fruiting body, and discuss the role of fungi in forests. Please remember [...]
Join Sid Jorna and TLC to learn the basics of navigation in the woods. Technology has provided convenient tools to orient you in the woods but what happens when the battery dies? Learn how to plan a course on a map to get to a destination and compensate for unexpected arisings. The workshop will include [...]
Join TLC on site at our Clearwater Ecoreserve to enjoy some family fun activities. There will be guided walks, displays, and naturalists on site. Learn about TLC’s new naturalist education program and meet some of the instructors and participants. We look forward to sharing our vision for the future, and hearing from the community as [...]
Join TLC in taking some much needed love and care at Second Lake. Second Lake is an important part of the upper Millstream Creek watershed and protects the endangered forests of the Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem. This conservation area is not open to the public to preserve the sensitive natural systems but guided events provide the [...]