Vancouver island is an ideal place to garden because of our mild climate. Join us at Continuing Studies to learn about gardening tools and techniques that help you garden grow to its full potential! Stay in touch with nature, reduce stress, improve your health, and have fun!
Programs
Amateur Landscape and Garden Design
This micro-credential program will help you master landscape and garden design skills in just 16 weeks. You’ll gain the hands-on knowledge and practice you need to create the yard and garden of your dreams.
Sept.-Dec. 2026 courses:
Growing Bountiful Berries: Easy BC Native Plants for your Garden
Join Fiona Hamersley Chambers to learn how we can all grow BC Native plants. Many native coastal BC fruits are easy to grow and respond well to some basic cultivation methods like fertilizing and pruning.
Containers That Grow
Growing plants in a container, and finding homes for them later, is a practical and economical way to improve the volume of your garden.
Drought Tolerant Gardening
Learn how native plants and xeric landscaping can help you grow flowers, fruits, and vegetables despite increasingly hot, dry summers.
Gardening with Wildlife
Attract wildlife to your garden such as butterflies, birds and bees. You will learn how to attract beneficial insects to your garden to help pollinate your vegetables, herbs and fruit trees
More Bulbs for Your Buck
Jeff de Jong is going to transform your garden into a place that will continue to flourish and be more beautiful year after year. This talk will focus on design and bulb choices that will add beauty and value to any yard.