by Geeks on the Beach | May 21, 2020 | Buzz, Events, Garden Gleanings
We are excited to partner with the City’s Get Growing, Victoria! seedling program to help distribute over 75,000 vegetables and herb seedlings to communities, with a priority of supporting folks who have been disproportionally impacted by COVID-19. What is being...
by Geeks on the Beach | May 5, 2020 | Buzz, Events, News
FernFest We are sad to announce that FernFest is postponed until next year—June 18 & 19, 2021. The health and safety of our patrons, staff, volunteers, and community is of the utmost importance to us and so we’ve decided to postpone our festival during the...
by Geeks on the Beach | May 4, 2020 | Buzz, Events, News
Get your home garden off to a healthy start with free leaf mulch and compost from the City. Leaf mulch and compost produced at the Parks yard in Beacon Hill Park will be dropped off at four community locations for pick-up from May 8-14, 2020. This program is open to...
by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 27, 2020 | Buzz, Events, News
Dear neighbour, We are sending you love in these strange times. As the COVID-19 situation develops, our first concern is the health and safety of our community. We are focusing our efforts on providing emergency child care services to essential service workers,...
by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 6, 2020 | Buzz, News
Dear Fernwoodians, The other day I saw a poignant letter from the archives of F. Scott Fitzgerald written in 1920 while he was quarantined in the south of France due to the Spanish Flu. He noted that the streets were empty, “Even the bars, as I told Hemmingway, but to...
by Geeks on the Beach | Mar 30, 2020 | Buzz
>> Grace Lore What a week…. Has it only been a week? Thankfully, my family is healthy and well, but like the rest of our neighbours, we are social distancing all the way. No friends for visits, no trips to the park, Monday night community dinners or Friday night...
