Seasons greetings friends! It's hard to believe we're wrapping up another calendar year of programming at TLC. This year has been packed full of education and restoration events; covenant monitoring, enforcement, and creation; and land management and stewardship activities. Our partners, volunteers, and supporters have made every kilometer we've traversed in our stewardship activities [...]
Walking the trail around TLC’s Second Lake property in the District of Highlands, it doesn’t take long before you come to understand why the 73 hectares (183 acres) found within the at-risk Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone was protected back in 2005. The site includes a valley-bottom lake and adjoining wetland, rocky moss-covered outcroppings, [...]
Seasons greetings friends! The December weather may be cold and wet but thankfully that hasn’t stopped me from spending time in the garden. Dressed in my old wool cardigan and yellow raincoat, I’ve been tackling those tasks that remain at this time of year: harvesting brussels sprouts, cutting the last of the cabbage, planting bulbs, [...]
Help TLC connect BC with nature This #GivingTuesday we are calling on our supporters to contribute to TLC's ever-growing land stewardship and educational programming. This fall has been a busy time for our team. Staff, volunteers, and partners have been wrapping up our annual covenant monitoring, hosting our final 2023 Passport to Nature educational [...]
I recently met with a landowner in Nanoose Bay to discuss options for protecting the forest in her backyard. As development in her neighbourhood is fragmenting local habitat, she reached out to learn how she could protect the land that she has called home for the last 20 years. With minimal alterations, the site [...]
October 14 and 29 from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join TLC and the Greater Victoria Green Team for invasive species removal at TLC's Alston-Stewart properties in the Blenkinsop Valley. Snacks, tools, and gloves will be provided. Visit bit.ly/GVGToct14 to sign up for the event today!
I’m writing to you as I prepare for the first of our two 2023 Deertrails Naturalist Program sessions. Next week I’ll be with aspiring naturalists at TLC’s 57 hectares (141 acres) of wetlands and wildlife corridors in the Clearwater River Valley; the following week I’ll be headed to Cortes Island to share the beauty of [...]
Abkhazi Garden Relaxing afternoon stroll. The Abkhazi Garden is a heritage home and garden. This charming garden is a love story between Prince and Princess Abkhazi who began building the garden in 1946 and continued to do so for 40 more years. After their deaths the Garden changed hands, and in February 2000, The [...]
“Form follows function” is a famous axiom in architecture from Louis Sullivan where the purpose of a building should be the starting point for its design. This can also be applied to ecological restoration where we identify what a functional landscape would look like and support the components to help make that happen. A restoration [...]
Two years ago, I moved to a small acreage on the Saanich Peninsula, previously used for various agricultural ventures, including a sunflower farm. While there is a forested area at the back of the property, the entire front section has transitioned from a farm field into a sprawling lawn. I’m not a fan of [...]