5941 Mason Road, Sechelt, BC   |     SPRING/SUMMER HOURS: Friday – Tuesday, 11 am – 4 pm   |    Admission: $5.00/person – Members always welcome

In Conversation with the Potting Up Group

It’s been 15 years since our first official plant sale fundraiser at the Garden, but the evolution of ‘Plant Sale’ began well before the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden came into existence.Read on to meet some the many wonderful people and...

The Joy (and aroma) of Harvesting Garlic

After the hot week we had, it’s time to harvest garlic! Our Veggie Garden volunteers harvested several kinds of garlic last Thursday and the bulbs will be cured for a few weeks before being cleaned and bagged; look for them for sale during Harvest Festival on...

Trench Composting

A lot of what we do at the Veggie Garden when we start up in spring is weeding. Taking advantage of all this green material, we do trench composting, burying the weeds deep below our veggie beds. Trench composting is simple: You dig a trench – or any shape hole – 18...

It’s Garlic Planting Time!

Our dedicated Veggie Garden volunteers came together last week to plant a variety of garlic bulbs. The weather was dry and sunny – the perfect day to finish off the planting group’s work for the year. Looks like they had fun doing it too! After an...

What’s in a Name? Labels at the Garden

Many plants in the Botanical Garden are identified with metal labels. A good place to find conifer identifications is near the gate into the volunteer area from Mason Road. Some large native trees are labelled along the edge of the ravine and around the native habitat...