Food Forest and Nursery Day – Thursday, June 10th, 10am – 2pm A Food Forest is a multi-layered diverse garden in which every plant serves several interconnected purposes. The plants are chosen for several reasons – some of which include food production, nitrogen fixing, creating mulch for soil building, and feeding pollinators. In an […]
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Friday April 23 – Spring Plant & Estate Sale
Estate Sale Join us on Friday April 23rd and Saturday April 24th as we host a household estate sale with items donated by Carolyn Canfield. You will have the opportunity to find plenty of treasures including artwork, collectables, books, pottery, dishes, textiles and much more. All proceeds will be donated to our Endowment Fund which […]
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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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