Pandora Avenue Green Space is in the city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Curiously a Chilean Pine tree, aka the monkey puzzle tree, (Araucaria araucana) grows in the middle of Pandora Avenue Green Space. This reptilian looking conifer always catches my imagination as well as … Continue reading Pandora Avenue Green Space
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Victoria High School Green Space
Victoria High School Green Space is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The three story brick building of the Victoria High School was built in 1914 on a one and half hectares in the Fernwood Community of Victoria, BC. As the oldest … Continue reading Victoria High School Green Space
Adanac Street Green Space
Adanac Street Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This street is named after Canada spelt backwards. The green space is a wonderful Garry Oak grove with rocky outcrops. This green space connects to the Shelbourne Street Green Space. The … Continue reading Adanac Street Green Space
SJ Willis Community School Green Space
SJ Willis Community School Green Space is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This large sports field on the corner of Hillside and Blanchard Streets forms the largest green space at SJ Willis Continuing Education School. Part of the Victoria School District … Continue reading SJ Willis Community School Green Space
Topaz Park
This is the huge grass covered parkland seen from Blanchard Street sort of close to Mayfair Shopping Center. Topaz Park has almost ten hectares of outdoor space for kids of all ages to hang out or play organized sports. The fenced artificial turf soccer field fills the lower northern section of the park. Its referred … Continue reading Topaz Park
Summit Park
This Garry oak meadow parkland is slightly larger than four and a half hectares. Native to the west coast of North America, Garry oak trees (Quercus garryana) form in unique habitat that is found on southern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and a few areas of the Fraser River valley. Their understory is composed of … Continue reading Summit Park
Thetis Lake Scafe Hill Park
Thetis Lake-Scafe Hill-Park is in the seaside community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Thetis Lake Park is a regional parkland that encompasses several hills including Scafe Hill and Stewart Mountain. The northern part of the eight hundred and thirty three hectare parkland resides in … Continue reading Thetis Lake Scafe Hill Park
Woodridge Green Space
Woodridge Green Space is in the seaside community of the Highlands, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The forested linear green space is at the end of Woodridge Place. The trail connects to Mount Work Regional Park as it forms part of the fire road leading into the … Continue reading Woodridge Green Space
Mount Work Regional Park
Mount Work Regional Park is in the Highlands community of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located on southern Vancouver Island, this very popular recreation area offers a variety of landscapes and activities in its 562 hectares. With lowlands of ferns and salal to the dry rocky conditions of hilltops where manzanita, arbutus trees … Continue reading Mount Work Regional Park
Gowlland – Tod Provincial Park
The 1219-hectare parkland in the Highlands was created from the 1994 Commonwealth Nature Legacy to protect these natural areas of the CRD. The Gowlland - Tod Provincial Park shelters a significant part of the Gowlland Range with the rare, dry, coastal Douglas Fir habitat and areas of old-growth forest, wildflowers, and stands of arbutus and … Continue reading Gowlland – Tod Provincial Park
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