Fridays at the Millard Learning Centre Every Friday, volunteers meet at the Galiano Conservancy’s office at the Millard Learning Centre at 10am before setting out to work on a variety of ecological restoration projects. Volunteering typically starts at 10am and ends at 2pm. Fridays Contact: Adam Huggins, GCA Restoration Coordinator restoration@galianoconservancy.ca / 250-539-2424 For more […]
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Make a Difference Week – Volunteer Restoration Day at Zuker Shore Access
Zuker Shore Access Restoration Day – Sunday, June 13th, 10am – 2pm Help Make a Difference in this Bramble Blitz! We are restoring native pollinator habitat by removing a swathe of invasive Himalayan blackberry, which will open up space for the restoration of a native riparian plant community. To register, please contact: Charlene […]
Continue readingMake a Difference Week – June 5-13, 2021
2021 – 2030 is the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. To celebrate the launch of this global initiative, the Galiano Conservancy will be hosting several hands-on volunteer events as part of Make a Difference Week, from June 5-13. Join us to learn more about ecological restoration and how you can get involved locally! For more regional events, […]
Continue readingMake a Difference Week – Volunteer Restoration Day in the Chrystal Creek Watershed
Chrystal Creek Watershed Restoration Day – Friday, June 11th, 10am – 2pm The Chrystal Creek at the Galiano Conservancy’s Millard Learning Centre once supported majestic, old-growth western redcedar forests and swamps, but over a century of forestry and agriculture use has left it in a degraded and diminished state. Over the next 5 […]
Continue readingMake A Difference Week – Volunteer Day in the Food Forest and Nursery
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 […]
Continue readingMake a Difference Week – Volunteer Restoration Day in the Nuts’a’maat Forage Forest
The Nuts’a’maat Forage Forest is an ecocultural restoration project that reimagines the relationships we can have with damaged ecologies and with one another as we work together on the land. It is a shared space where we are restoring and caring for an indigenous forest ecosystem that provides us with a diversity of important foods and medicines.
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