by Mark Brownlie
When you walk along some trails around North Saanich, you would be excused if you thought that English ivy and Himalayan blackberry plants were naturally occurring, since they look so at home here.
by Meenal Shrivastava
Food makes the world go round. More than a necessity for survival, food is the bond between communities and cultures, for sustenance, medicine, and ceremony.
by Michelle Clement
Every third Saturday in the month (except December), Deep Cove Elementary opens their door to welcome neighbours carrying lamps that won’t switch on, sweaters missing buttons, wobbly bikes, laptops that run just a bit too slow, broken toys, Blundstones that need a second life, knives that are dull, jewellery with a broken clasp, and, occasionally, a mystery object missing all context…
by Jillian Buriak
Now that most of the deciduous trees and bushes have lost their leaves, festive displays of native white snowberries (PEPKÍOŦ, Symphocarpus albus, also called waxberries) have become evident.
by Michael Henshaw
When we think of North Saanich, we tend to imagine the big scale features – tall Douglas firs, or the view out over the Saanich Inlet. The pictures in this article, on the other hand, offer a view of North Saanich on the much smaller scale of native pollen samples seen through a microscope.
by Kaitlin Warren
On Saturday, November 29, the forest at Dickson Woods on Willingdon Road in North Saanich (near the airport) was filled with laughter, teamwork, and muddy gloves as community members came together for a morning of environmental restoration and connection.
by Jillian Buriak and Kym Tribe
This winter issue’s route takes you on a beaches-and-trails walk through the Ardmore neighbourhood of North Saanich….
by Jillian Buriak
One of the most well-known beautiful native plants of southern Vancouver Island is the flowering red currant (Ribes sanguineum, W̱IW̱Q,IȽĆ in SENĆOŦEN). This bush bursts into flower in early March with brilliant red-to-pink blossoms, which are then accompanied by the unfolding bright green maple-shaped leaves soon afterwards.
by S. Chandler
In early September I sat down with Tina-Fraser Baynes over coffee to talk about her long and remarkable career in the organic food movement…
by Gary Searing
Harvesting a crop of fruit or vegetables is incredibly satisfying and does not need to stop there…
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