Monteith Riparian Garden is an Oak Bay Community Garden located in the seaside community of Oak Bay, one of thirteen areas of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This small green space borders along both riparian banks of Bowker Creek. The allotment gardens are private green spaces for local residents to produce various foods for themselves. There a small narrow woodchip covered pathway between the plots and a lovely place to rest and watch the waters in Bowker Creek in a slight less channelized section of the urban creek. There are tall London Plane trees shade the gardens. There are many different species of shrubs including blackberries, snow berries and ocean spray that cover the grounds outside the garden plots. Fireman’s Park is across the road and Willows Beach is nearby.
Geographic Location N48º 25’ 48” W123º 18’ 35”
Monteith Riparian Garden can be reached from the Trans-Canada Highway. Continue along the Hwy 1 into Victoria as it becomes Douglas Street. Turn off Douglas onto Hillside Avenue to head east. Stay on Hillside Avenue as it becomes Lansdowne Road. Continue along Lansdowne Road to reach Foul Bay Road. Turn left off of Foul Bay Road onto Cadboro Bay Road then take the first right turn after the high school onto Canmore Street. Continue along Canmore to reach Monteith Street and turn right onto Monteith Street. The gardens are on the left where there is limited street parking. City buses travel along Cadboro Bay Road.
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