Perennial Spirit
This week, while spring started nudging colours up from the ground, and as cherry and plum blossoms unfurled overhead and sounded the timid first...
The Truffle Hound
When I was a few years younger – well, when I was in elementary school – I would draw blueprints of the houses I...
February Infusion | Heart Tea
February has arrived and with it, thoughts of the glorious springtime on the horizon. As the bulbs and buds sprout into action, we too...
PRC February 2018 Newsletter
Our February Newsletter is out! Please click here to read. If you want to sign up, please enter your email in the ‘Join our...
Urban Permaculture
Pedalling through the Saanich Peninsula, to the north of Victoria, can sometimes bring the feeling one’s been pitched into a verdant dream. Now in...
Beginner’s Mind
Here I am: hunched over the classroom table, squinting intently through a hand lens like some rubber-booted horologist. Feeling vaguely aristocratic with this new...
On Becoming a Permaculturist
I often think about all the things I don’t know. Or maybe it’s better to say, I often think about not knowing, envisioning a...
Recipe | Herb and Garlic Butter
Butter is good. Herb and garlic butter is excellent. Herb and garlic butter-infused steamed vegetables or liberally spread on organic sourdough is magnificent. Inspired by...
Nourishing Traditions Workshop with Sally Fallon
Pacific Rim College is proud to host renowned health advocate, author, and farmer Sally Fallon who will be giving a workshop titled “Achieving Optimal...
Plant Feature | Hawthorn | Crataegus spp.
Hawthorn is a notorious cardiac tonic that acts on the heart both physically and energetically. Hawthorn’s bountiful medicine comes in the form of leaves,...