FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2017 Abkhazi Garden Designated a ‘Canada 150 Garden Experience’ Victoria, BC - Abkhazi Garden is the proud recipient of a ‘Canada 150 Garden Experience’ designation, awarded by the Canadian Garden Council in collaboration with the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. In celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial, 150 gardens and garden experiences across the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Staff member Torrey Archer had one of the best volunteers join her while monitoring a TLC covenant recently – this volunteer was her very own dad! Torrey and Stephen monitored the Thetis-Mt. Work Connector Covenant on a brisk but sunshine-filled day, ensuring the area was being respected by those who use it. The 50 [...]
NEWS RELEASE SUPREME COURT OF BC APPROVES TRANSFER OF WILDWOOD ECOFOREST TO ECOFORESTRY INSTITUTE SOCIETY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2016 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) has received approval from the Supreme Court of B.C. to transfer Wildwood Ecoforest to the Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS). The purchase includes a restrictive covenant, [...]
A few weeks ago, TLC returned to Cunningham Woods at the University of Victoria (UVic) to remove invasive species which are threatening to blanket the woods. As part of a course, a UVic and Red Fish School of Change student, Tristen, enlisted TLC’s help with organizing a work party to benefit the Woods. Tristen’s [...]