A dedicated group of volunteers at Abkhazi Garden have created the Friends of Abkhazi Garden Society. It is a not-for-profit organization, without charitable status, committed to the restoration and development of the garden. Their sole focus is to continue caring for and maintaining the garden, in partnership with TLC. Hundreds of hours a year have [...]
TLC holds over 100 covenants in the Greater Victoria region protecting important ecological areas. Week two of the Covenant Monitoring Program took TLC volunteers to Bear Mountain. We surveyed a covenant that protects a freshwater marsh that feeds into Millstream Creek and hiked a forested area that comprises the watershed called "River's Crossing". [...]
TLC holds over 100 covenants in the Greater Victoria region protecting important ecological areas, like Ayum Creek. TLC kicked off its 2014 monitoring program at the beginning of May with visits to covenants on properties donated to the Capital Regional District by landowners including a property off Atkins Road between the Galloping Goose [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC’S KEATING FARM ESTATE SALE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF BC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2014 Victoria, BC – The Supreme Court of BC has approved the sale of The Land Conservancy of BC’s Keating Farm Estate. An offer of $749,000 was taken to the Court for [...]
The Letter to the Editor below was published on December 17, 2013, in The Parksville Qualicum Beach News. Here in Qualicum Beach, people do have an appreciation for the natural world and the importance of its preservation. This past summer we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the signing of a protective conservation covenant between the [...]
Dining Out For Life - April 25th The Teahouse at Abkhazi Garden is going to be part of Dining Out For Life for the first time this year. On April 25th the Teahouse at Abkhazi Garden will be donating 25% of the guests food bill to AIDS Vancouver Island. Join us at the beautiful Abkhazi [...]
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the Victoria Times Colonist published an article on Craigflower Manor. Although we appreciate the media coverage, there have been questions surrounding the financials mentioned in the article. TLC would like to clarify the statement: “Craigflower Manor costs TLC about $150,000 a year to operate.” This amount speaks to when the site [...]
Misconceptions and misinformation about TLC’s Wildwood Ecoforestry Site continue to spread through various blogs and websites. It is disappointing that such misinformation would be copied and spread from blog to blog without any attempt to check facts or verify the validity of the story. TLC was never contacted by any of these individuals [...]