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A VIRCS project growing food & friendship with newcomer, first peoples & settled Canadians in Victoria, BC Welcome Gardens! participant!

participants are experienced gardeners willing to share their garden or knowledge and less experienced gardeners wanting to share the work and learn how to grow a garden in Victoria! Participants receive and share resources to help start their gardens, attend free Welcome Gardens! learning workshops and gardening tours as well as join in special group events. The project also offers each participa

nt personal support from the project’s coordinator and volunteers. Cleaning up the garden, preparing beds, deciding what to grow and planting seeds connects community members in:

exchanging gardening practices and horticultural knowledge
learning together
sharing work
forming friendships

If you are a senior (50+) or a newcomer wanting to share a gardening experience with others of different cultures, become a Welcome Gardens! For more information, please contact Pam Devito at [email protected] or call 250-361-9433 ext. 216

10/12/2024

🌼Tickets link in bio! 🎟️ This is going to be a special and rare opportunity for the general public to participate in an authentic Dia De Los Mu***os experience. 💀 Victoria has not seen a night like this, so be prepared to immerse yourself in a powerful and genuine experience that is seldom seen outside of the Mexican community.

Doors open at 6 PM for ticketholders to enjoy warm snacks, candies, and drinks. Each admission includes four tickets: two for warm food, one for candy, and one for a non-alcoholic drink. There will also be a cash bar and some great activities! You can learn about altars, take a face painting lesson, or play fun games like Lotteria in the lounge. Additionally, there will be special snacks for sale that can be taken home or enjoyed at the event.

At 8:30, be prepared for our Catrina Fashion Contest! From 10:00 PM onwards, the DJ will rock the party until midnight (or probably longer—ha ha!).

This a fundraising event to keep supporting the Welcome Gardens Program 🧡 Thank you for your support

08/21/2024

🌟 Big shoutout to our incredible volunteers who harvested over 300 pounds of cherry tomatoes, thanks to the generous donation from ! 🍅✨

If you’re a Refugee, Immigrant, Indigenous, Black, or Person of Colour, come grab your free cherry tomatoes at 1004 North Park on Wednesday, August 21, and Thursday, August 22, from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Don’t forget to bring your bags! Check back here for any updates.

08/12/2024

🌟 Big thanks to our amazing volunteers who harvested around 80 kilos of locally grown cherry tomatoes this weekend! 🍅 Thanks to for the generous donation.

If you’re an immigrant, refugee, Indigenous, Black, or a person of colour in need, we’re here for you! Come pick up your tomatoes today at 1004 North Park. We have two pick-up times: 12:00–1:30pm and 5:30–6:30pm. Don’t forget to bring your own bags, as we don’t have any available on-site.

Check here for updates on availability. See you there!

08/04/2024

Leaf mulch and woodchips are still available at 1045 Mason St! 🌿🪵 Swing by any time with your shovel and containers. Help yourself, but please avoid blocking residential parking. Thanks for your cooperation! We’ll keep you updated here.

08/02/2024

We are excited to be a distribution partner organization with this year’s Get Growing, Victoria! This program provides food seedlings and soil-building materials with a priority to support underserved communities. The goals of the program are to grow food, grow gardeners, and grow community! We are a part of the collective of neighbourhood associations and community centers across the city helping to distribute seedlings and soil-building materials provided through Get Growing, Victoria! First up is the spring soil-building materials distribution to help prepare residential gardens. As part of the Get Growing, Victoria! program, leaf mulch, compost and woodchips produced at the City’s nursery in Beacon Hill Park will be dropped off at community locations for pick up by residential gardeners.

Please bring your own shovel, containers and bags or boxes to carry your materials and seedlings. Materials will be available while supplies last. 📍 North Park Neighbourhood Association & VIRCS Welcome Garden (Franklin Green - 1045 Mason St.) 📅 Sat. August 3 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

06/05/2024

This event is part of the Climate Equity by Design project led by the Community Social Planning Council, which will inform the City of Victoria’s forthcoming Climate Change Adaptation Plan to ensure that adaptation strategies are tailored to the unique needs of the community and based on the lived experience of those who are most at risk from the impacts of climate change. The CEbD project focuses on low-income, IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, and People of Color), 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and households, Indigenous communities and racialized minorities to ensure that adaptation planning in Victoria is reflective of their expressed needs, perceptions and capacity.
Please join us to share your thoughts and connect with others around resilience! Free registration at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-resilient-communities-climate-adaptation-in-victoria-tickets-905002666337?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/28/2024

It is 🍅 🍅🍅 time you all! Join us for a fun workshop at the garden where you will learn how to grow tomatoes in Vancouver Island. This is a kid-friendly activity. All materials are included and snacks will be provided. There are limited spots available. Please register here. https://forms.gle/HEQYVmKQdrTJaxzb7 Link is on bio too.

05/24/2024

A kind reminder about tomorrow 🌸

05/23/2024

Attention Immigrants, Refugees, and BIPOC Individuals with Accessibility Needs!

We have seedlings available for you!

Pickup Details:

Date: Friday, May 24th, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: 1004 North Park
What You Need to Know:

Registration: Required at the time of pickup.
Bring: Your own bags to carry the seedlings.
We look forward to seeing you there!

05/17/2024

📍 North Park Neighbourhood Association and VIRCS Welcome Garden (Franklin Green - 1045 Mason St.) 📅 Sat. May 18 at 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Address

1004 N Park Street
Victoria, BC
V8T1C6

Telephone

(250) 361-9433

Website

https://www.welcomegardens.org/

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