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Heron Street Green Space

May 5, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Heron Street Green Space is in the seaside City of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This green space is a small area at the base of Heron Street near the HMCS Malahat, the Canadian Naval Reserve training facility. A flag pole surrounded white rocks and a … Continue reading Heron Street Green Space

Canadian Coast Guard Rooftop Garden

May 5, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ 1 Comment

The Canadian Coast Guard Rooftop Garden is in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. The rooftop of one of the buildings for the Canadian Coast Guard facility in James Bay, Victoria, B.C., had a small grass covered area accessed by a pathway lined … Continue reading Canadian Coast Guard Rooftop Garden

Empress Hotel Gardens

April 29, 2019May 2, 2019 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Empress Hotel Gardens are in the seaside city of Victoria, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located near the waterfront of James Bay in the Inner Harbour of Victoria, B.C., this historical stone chateau-design hotel was completed for the Canadian Pacific Railway by nineteen o-eight. The gardens were … Continue reading Empress Hotel Gardens

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

Memorial Park, Esquimalt, B.C.

August 13, 2018August 12, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Memorial Park is in the seaside community of Esquimalt, one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. Located across from the Esquimalt Municipal Hall and near the Esquimalt Plaza, the park is great place to enjoy a stroll away from the hustle and bustle of the busy shopping center of … Continue reading Memorial Park, Esquimalt, B.C.

Lokier Gardens

January 26, 2018 ~ Healthy Naturalist ~ Leave a comment

Formed by two lots on the corner of a five-corner junction, Lokier Gardens was named after the Oak Bay’s citizen Mr. Thomas I. Lokier whom donated his time and energy to enhance the original park. The park was rededicated in nineteen sixty three, twelve years earlier Mr. Lokier designed the gate to the garden.  The … Continue reading Lokier Gardens

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Urban parks and green spaces

Let’s go for a walk

  • 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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