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  • Streaming Now – The Salmon Forest Project

    Indigenous leaders and researchers collaborate to show how traditional knowledge and western science can work to restore the connections that sustain salmon and thousands of other species living in their delicate forest environments. The movie can be streamed at https://salmonforestproject.ca/

    Directed by acclaimed British Columbia filmmaker Bill Heath, The Salmon Forest Project documentary delves into the intricate relationship between Pacific salmon, forests, and the Heiltsuk people in the coastal rainforests of British Columbia. It features insights from UBC Faculty of Forestry experts Dr. Teresa Ryan (Sm’hayetsk; Tsm’syen) and internationally celebrated author Dr. Suzanne Simard.

  • Friday, June 6 – Friday, June 13, 2025 – Garden Gems of Vancouver and Victoria with Pacific Horticulture

    Embark on an immersive garden odyssey next June 6-13, 2025, exploring the lush landscapes of Vancouver, Bowen Island and Victoria.  Join Garden Liaison, and Published Garden Photographer Doreen Wynja, with a professional tour leader, to delve into this harmonious blend of Old and New Gardens. Visits include Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, VanDusen Botanical Garden, and University of British Columbia’s Gardens. A full day on Bowen Island for curator lead tours of private, whimsical, home and rewild gardens.  Onto Victoria, for three days to visit the Butterfly Garden, have afternoon tea and time for self-exploration at the iconic Butchart Gardens. An exciting exclusive tour of two project sites with Hatchet and Seed, focusing on Food Forestry and Edible Landscapes. Tour a landscape restoration of a 7000 square foot home of Samuel Maclure – featured in Modern Home Magazine. Conclude the journey with more intimate private home garden, visits with  talented and adored, local gardeners of British Columbia.  End with a private tour and tea at Abkhazi Gardens. Sponsored by Pacific Horticulture.

    View 2025 British Columbia Garden Tour brochure

  • Wednesday, April 25 – Saturday, April 28 – Alliance For Historic Landscape Preservation 2012 Conference

    Powerful Vistas/Powerful Views: New Perspectives in Historic Landscape Preservation, the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation 2012 Conference, will be held in Victoria, BC, April 25-28, 2012.

    The 34th annual gathering of the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation will discuss new perspectives in historic landscape preservation when it convenes in Victoria, British Columbia in April 2012. Suggested topics for discussion papers include challenges and approaches to the identification, sustainability and protection of historic landscapes and issues of cultural diversity, identity and meaning in landscape preservation. Our vistas will be Canada’s powerful, awe-inspiring West Coast landscape. The First Nations people knew it intimately. Emily Carr lovingly interpreted it in her paintings. Now you can see it for yourself.And Vancouver Island beckons you to engage in this kaleidoscope of ideas. The City of Victoria promotes itself as being “full of life” and we intend to inject as much of that into your conference experience as we can. Centered at the venerable Empress Hotel puts us alongside the Inner Harbour and in the heart of the city both convenient for exploring by foot or as a launching off point for bus tours. Field visits will look at aboriginal, colonial and multicultural engagements with the powerful landscapes of the Canadian west coast.And, as always, while we are not able to accommodate all that the Victoria region has to offer in the short time that we will be together, we’ll provide some ideas about interesting places that you might explore either before/after the conference (including Vancouver across the Georgia Strait or Seattle, if you are coming Stateside).

    Learn more about the conference on the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation website, www.ahlp.org.

  • Sunday, September 13, 6-9 – Transforming Our Built Environment, Restoring Healthy Communities: An Ecologist’s Plan

    Join Clean Water Action for a compelling illustrated lecture by Patrick Lucey, an aquatic biologist from British Columbia, who has been an international leader in advancing new approaches to integrated water and energy management.  The presentation will focus on his work to transform barren, non-functioning landscapes into lush, lucrative enterprises.  The evening will include dessert, a celebration of victories, and a forecast of what is ahead.  Individual tickets are $30 each, and sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact  bostoncwa@cleanwater.org, or call 617-338-8131.