2020 brought with it an intensified desire for food security and for connection to our food sources. Galiano island residents tried to stay put as much as possible and we wondered how much of our food we could source on the island. Some people had time open up for growing more food and most of […]
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Forest2Table: Winter Survivalist Edition
Last year’s harvest for our blog took place in the aftermath of a snowstorm. This year, not to be outdone, the weather unleashed a windstorm the likes of which I have never before experienced. While I was watching the trees and wondering if I should really call off work for the day simply because it […]
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An Edible Forest
An introduction to Galiano Conservancy’s remarkable forest garden. Everything in a forest garden serves multiple functions. A permaculture forest garden mimics the architecture and beneficial relationships of the natural plant and animal community that occurs in that climate. Forest Gardens are not “natural”, but are designed and managed ecosystems that are very rich in biodiversity […]
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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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