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Our Plant Nursery

Grow Native and Edible Plants We grow and sell a variety of trees, shrubs and plants that are ideal for naturescaping, edible landscaping, and ecological restoration projects. Our plants originate predominately from local Galiano Island stock and are suitable for the unique climate of the Gulf Islands. Read on to find out how you can […]

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Our Native Plant Nursery

History In 2000, with a crucial donation of space by supportive private landowners, the Galiano Conservancy Association began creating its own Native Plant Nursery, the only one of its kind on Galiano. The physical beginnings were not without irony as it involved clearing a field infested with the viciously invasive exotic Himalayan blackberry (Rubus discolour) […]

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Employer Matching Funds

DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT! If you are an employee who wishes to know if your employer is currently registered for a Matching Donation Program, consult the list below. (List updated October 3, 2022 by Martine Paulin) If you see your company here, your donation could be doubled! If you don’t see your company here, it may […]

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Stewardship Consultations

Do you own property on Galiano or another Southern Gulf Island? Are you wondering: How to care for your land? What kinds of plants and ecosystem types you have on your property? Where you maybe should or should not develop? What kinds of native plants you could incorporate into your gardening? Contact Adam, our Restoration […]

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Map Your Property

Galiano Conservancy Association has the capacity to create and print detailed, large scale GIS maps. Our primary focus has been to map important ecological and social data for Galiano Island. In addition to our own projects, the Galiano Conservancy has produced mapping information for a variety of individuals and non-profit groups in our community. If […]

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