In case you weren’t able to attend the Glendale Gardens 30th anniversary celebration, here are the speaking notes from both Roger Charles (Executive Director) and Joanna Drewry (President).
Roger Charles (Executive Director, The Horticulture Centre of the Pacific)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
12 months ago I had never heard of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific or the Glendale […]
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Yesterday I attended the 30th anniversary celebration of Glendale Gardens, which is also home to the Pacific Horticulture College. I have been visiting the gardens every couple of months for the past few years and had no idea it had such a rich history and vibrant back story.
The event was well attended (admission was free) […]
As I walked around the lower bowl of the festival the most wonderful scent caught my attention and lead me to the Rocky Mountain Soap booth where I met co-owner and manager Kazuyo Iga.
Franchise opportunity
Kazuyo worked in the Banff location for four years when in November of 2007 her and husband Scott decided to open […]
As someone who lived in Japan for eight years and regretfully never attended a Japanese tea ceremony, I was happy to attend the tea ceremony hosted by Silk Road Tea at the festival today, in the very authentic tea room.
The tea house was founded and built by TAKATA volunteers and is use exclusively for Japanese […]
I love coffee and I really love organic coffee (just read my Twitter profile). So I was happy to stroll up to a line of stainless steel urns full of direct, organic, fair trade, dark roast coffee under the Level Ground Trading tent. Once the cheerful folks behind the coffee bar filled my cup, I […]
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I have good reason to feel grateful and blessed to be a father and to have two wonderful, healthy children, and I do. Then every year around this time my family (children and wife) remind me again just how very fortunate I really am.
The day started out with a delicious breakfast of waffles, fresh fruit, […]
On April 26th our family of four will run the Times Colonist 10K in beautiful Victoria BC. Actual runners will be myself, my wife and our 8-year old daughter. Our 4-year old son will be enjoying the race from the comfort of the jogging stroller, which we will take turns pushing.
Kudos to Charriot for making […]
Hana and I ran the Metchosin 5K race recently. It was her first official race.
She ran it in under 35 minutes and we came in 79th and 80th respectively. Not bad for an 8-year old.
79 8/12 F0112 34:36 735 Hana B.
80 1/3 M3039 34:36 732 Chris B.
This is the most brilliant sign I have seen in a long time. I only wish it wasn’t necessary, and that is was in Victoria where too many people only look out for #1.
Victoria Concierge announced the launch of their latest set of innovative services that are good for you and good for the environment.
Seven staycation strategies worth staying home for:
A staycation, according to The New York Times, is “a neologism used by [those] who prefer to unravel the mysteries of the world from the comfort of their […]