Fernwood Food Security calendar

Fernwood Food Security calendar

>> Jesse Wallis This time of year calls for patience & stillness; the garden beds are in deep freeze, the soil life paused and resting before the stirrings of warmer days ahead. The period between the Solstice and the lengthening of daylight in Spring can...
How birds help us garden

How birds help us garden

>> Zoe-Blue Coates In the late spring and early summer of 2023, it felt like every plant and surface in the Compost Education Centre teaching gardens had a stink bug on it. The early warm and dry weather provided the perfect conditions for stink bugs to thrive....
Seeding a new play

Seeding a new play

>> Mark Dusseault As Above started with a thought-provoking podcast and a well-timed email. Vancouver-based playwright Christine Quintana, first heard about the science of how trees communicate via fungal networks after listening to an episode of NPR’s Radiolab,...
Dental Care is expanding

Dental Care is expanding

The Canada Dental Plan is here!  >> Laurel Collins, Member of Parliament for Victoria The Canada Dental Care Plan is here! This means free dental care will now be provided to seniors, people with disabilities and children under 18. This public healthcare...