Beatriz Lema Marqués
Back to School, Back to the Community Garden!
Welcome back teachers, students, and senior volunteers to the Wickaninnish Community School Garden! September in our garden is one of our...
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Paula Robertson
- Jun 2
- 5 min
Bees are buzzing and brassicas are sprouting at the school!
Happy Spring! May has been brimming with fun and exciting activities with our Green Thumbs and Intergenerational Garden Club. On May the...
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Paula Robertson
- May 5
- 2 min
Mushrooms, worms & more in the school garden!
April Showers brings May Flowers and Mushrooms, is the tune we have been singing around our gardens at Wickaninnish Community School this...
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Beatriz Lema Marqués
- May 5
- 3 min
Get the Dirt w/ Sarah Platenius
1. How long have you been gardening on the West Coast? I started working in gardens on the West Coast in the 90's. 2. What's growing in...
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Beatriz Lema Marqués
- May 5
- 1 min
Get the Dirt w/ Daniel Lamarche
I am Daniel Lamarche, and I have been gardening most of my life, and for more than 40 years on the West Coast. For the last 4 years, I...
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Beatriz Lema Marqués
- May 4
- 2 min
Get the Dirt w/ Sandi Rideout
1. What's your name and how long have you been gardening on the West Coast? I'm Sandi Rideout and I moved to Tofino in July 2003. After...
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Leah Austin
- Mar 30
- 3 min
April showers? Cover your seedlings! And more tips for this month.
And it’s April … just like that. On the coast there’s always a chance for nasty weather, but April is usually a good time to really get...
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Paula Robertson
- Mar 30
- 2 min
A snowy March at school
We began March with heaps of snow covering our gardens. One last little rest until the sun came out and melted it away to all our...
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Leah Austin
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Let's get growing!
Finally … it’s time to plan! As the weather warms, it’s time to get your seed packets out and start sowing. There are a few guidelines...
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Paula Robertson
- Mar 2
- 4 min
February in the School Garden
We have been exploring seeds, winter sowing, germination techniques and cooking this past month with our in-class, after-school and...
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Adrienne Mason
- Jan 29
- 2 min
2023: Another growing season ahead
Happy new year! It’s late January and the start of the 2023 growing season. Although it is cold, rainy, and dull out there, there are...
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Paula Robertson
- Dec 3, 2022
- 2 min
Building a Lasagna Garden
More gorgeous weather this November in our gardens. We soak up the sun and keep busy with winter preparations. One of our yearly...
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Hélène Descoteaux
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
Beautiful Winter
Tofino Community Food Initiative has a workshop coming up in December! Since the weather outside can some days be frightful, we’re taking...
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Paula Robertson
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Autumn in the School Garden
Our students have returned and the Garden Clubs have begun! We were all excited to see the many surprises that grew in our absence. A...
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Hélène Descoteaux
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Protect your plants, the rains are here!
TCFI’s Harvest Celebration at the school garden this past month was a wonderful community event with lots of folks coming together to...
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Hélène Descoteaux
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
Harvest Time
Fall has arrived in our gardens! Days are getting shorter, a wind is rustling in the changing leaves of the trees, geese are flying back...
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Hélène Descoteaux
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Himalayan Blackberry
One of our easiest local foods to forage in late summer on the west coast is himalayan blackberry. Rubus armeniacus is listed with the...
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Hélène Descoteaux
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Take a Chance on a Seed!
Welcome to August! Responding to the heat, midsummer flowers are blooming everywhere, snapdragons and nasturtiums, petunias, and late...
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Hélène Descoteaux
- Jun 30, 2022
- 3 min
Edible Garden Tours 2022
As seen in the July 2022 issue of Tofino Time. Tofino Community Food Initiative is a nonprofit society started by local gardeners in...
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Paula Robertson
- Jun 4, 2022
- 3 min
May in the School Garden
With the return of warmer weather - we are being positive, our students have been eager to get out and share in gardening experiences....
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