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Mary Street Park

April 3, 2019April 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

This discrete parkland lines on the end of Mary Street in Victoria West. There are two concrete twenty-five meter pathways that connect this park to the Westsong Walkway. If you are looking for a more secluded area for a picnic along the busy Victoria waterfront this might be the place to come, perhaps mid week … Continue reading Mary Street Park

Songhees Hilltop Park

March 31, 2019March 29, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Songhees Hilltop Park or Vista Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This oasis on a rocky knoll provides lovely vistas of the surrounding Inner Harbour of Victoria, hence its nickname Vista Park. Songhees Hilltop Park lies near the junction of … Continue reading Songhees Hilltop Park

Westsong Walkway

March 27, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

  Westsong Walkway is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This is a lovely twisting and turn pathway along shoreline that forms the Inner and Middle Harbour of Victoria, B.C. In the Vic West community this pathway is also known as Songhees … Continue reading Westsong Walkway

Kimta Road Green Space

March 27, 2019March 25, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Kimta Road Green Space is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. lies along the Westsong Walkway at Lime Bay of Victoria’s Middle Harbour. This is another good access point to stroll along Victoria’s Harbour, although there is no beach access. There are … Continue reading Kimta Road Green Space

Victoria West Park

March 27, 2019March 25, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Victoria West Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This park has pretty much everything that a urban park can hold. It is lovely! Victoria West Park is a great park in about a three hectare area with several large Garry … Continue reading Victoria West Park

Point Ellice Park

March 23, 2019March 22, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Point Ellice Park is in the seaside community of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. A small point of land that projects into the Upper Harbour of Victoria, BC, is called Point Ellice. It is located in two hectare area called Point Ellice Park in the Victoria … Continue reading Point Ellice Park

Hereward Green

March 17, 2019March 14, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Hereward Green is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Slightly smaller than a quarter of a hectare, Hereward Green is a triangular green space in the western edge of the Vic West neighborhood in Victoria, BC. It borders on the Capital Region … Continue reading Hereward Green

Arm Street Park

March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Arm Street Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Arm Street Park lies on the south side of the Gorge Waterway along the channel called Victoria Arm. Arm Street is the border of Esquimalt and Victoria and its road right of … Continue reading Arm Street Park

Raynor Park

March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Raynor Park is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that  form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Raynor Park is an eighth of a hectare playground in the Vic West neighborhood of Victoria, BC. This is a wonderful place to explore nature and get outdoors. There are swings, slides and … Continue reading Raynor Park

Banfield Commons Garden

March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Banfield Commons Garden is a located on the parkland on Banfield Park. Curiously, it is located adjacent to Rayn Or Shine allotment and common gardens bed. The difference between the two is that Banfield Commons Garden is messy, or messier. As a permaculture food garden the plant material is buried in the soil or left … Continue reading Banfield Commons Garden

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  • Parker Park (Sayward Beach)
  • Fenn Road Beach
  • Cordova Bay Elementary School Green Space
  • Beckton Park
  • Sayward Hill Park
  • Lochside Park
  • Fowler Park
  • Glendale Trail and Green Space
  • Camosun College Interurban Campus Green Spaces
  • Layritz Park
  • Saanich Commonwealth Place Park
  • Normandy Park
  • Royal Oak Middle School Green Space
  • Quick’s Bottom Park Arboretum
  • Thomas Francis/ Freeman King Regional Park

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