This month marks the beginning of TLC's #30for30more campaign to raise $30,000 to go towards repair projects at Abkhazi Garden. These projects include new fencing, stonework, railings along stairways, and tree pruning. While TLC has been diligent about supporting operations and the volunteers throughout the past few years, we need your help to [...]
In celebration of Mother's Day and to kick-off TLC's covenant monitoring season, TLC, the Greater Victoria Green Team, the Town of View Royal, and LifeCycles are hosting a BBQ on Sunday, May 8, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Welland Legacy Park & Community Orchard located at 1215 Stancil Lane. Sponsored by TD Green Streets, [...]
See the award-winning documentary Love Thy Nature on April 21, 7:15 and 8:45 p.m. at Cinecenta! For more information visit cinecenta.com. Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a stunning cinematic journey exploring how a renewed connection with nature holds the key to a highly advanced and conscious new ecological era. Watch the trailer [...]
Help clear broom from our community! Our roadsides, local parks and new Community Hall site all need attention! In honour of “de-broom week”, TLC and the Highlands District Community Association are hosting a community Broom Bash Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will begin at the Highlands [...]
On March 12 and 13, TLC’s Covenant Manager Torrey Archer attended the 2016 Gulf Islands Conservation Conference, held on beautiful Mayne Island and hosted by the Mayne Island Conservancy Society. Twenty-six different groups, including environmental education organizations and land and marine conservancies, gathered together for the weekend to share their experiences, resources, knowledge and hope [...]
Originally published by Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist, on April 9, 2016. To conjure up the indomitable spirit of a Shanghai-born princess, artist Bev Petow fashioned 200 maple leaves out of hard, cold steel. These metal leaves, in seven sizes, were painstakingly hand-cut, hammered and welded together in the shape of a ballgown. An acid wash [...]
Haute Couture at the Abkhazi Garden Steel sculptures by Bev Petow inspired by the glamourous wardrobe of the Princess Peggy Abkhazi Opening at the Abkhazi Garden Saturday, April 9, 2016 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria Artist Reception April 9, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Princess Peggy Abkhazi had an exotic, privileged and far-flung life. Born in Shanghai, [...]
The Spring Salmon Place Campground, previously known as the Sooke Potholes Campground, is owned by the Capital Regional District and operated by the T’Sou-ke Nation. The campground operates seasonally each summer on a first-come, first-served basis with no online or phone reservations. The campground opens this year for the May long weekend. The autumn 2016 [...]
On Saturday, April 9th, Abkhazi Garden will host a Spring Spectacular from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by to tour the garden, learn about the legacy of the Prince and Princess Abkhazi, enjoy Afternoon Tea, find out about upcoming events, and meet some of the people behind this amazing heritage site. The event will [...]
At the end of February, TLC co-hosted an invasive species management workshop and ivy pull at UVic’s Cunningham Woods. TLC partnered with the Environmental Restoration Volunteer Network (ERVN) of UVic, as well as Sammy Kent of Pacific Ecoscapes, a local landscaping company with a passion for sustainable and organic gardening. Sammy understands the battle against [...]