Gardening

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.

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Courses

A newly sprouted plant grows out of a stack of coins embedded in rich, dark soil. Sunlight streams from the upper left, casting a warm glow on the scene and highlighting the vibrant green leaves of the young plant. The background is softly blurred, suggesting a natural outdoor environment.

Plants that Earn Their Keep

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Learn to choose the best trees, shrubs, and perennials for a hardy, beautiful Pacific Northwest garden in this practical, bloom-filled course.

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A clear glass globe, etched with the continents of Earth, sits nestled in vibrant green moss and ferns, bathed in soft, ethereal sunlight filtering through the background foliage. The image evokes a sense of environmental harmony and sustainability.

Ecological Gardening

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Learn ecological gardening: plan gardens, build soil health, support wildlife, and grow organic lawns, veggies, and native plants in harmony with nature.

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4 Seasons X 10 Plants = One Amazing Landscape!

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Four seasons and a total of ten plants in each season can be the foundation for a marvelous garden, with excitement in every season.

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A rectangular tray of vibrant green seedlings thrives under the bright, purple-pink glow of an overhead LED grow light, demonstrating indoor plant cultivation.

Growing Food Indoors Under Lights

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Learn the tools and techniques needed to successfully grow your own food under lights including sprouted seeds, microgreens, and other salad crops.

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A smiling bearded man in a dark blue jacket crouches in a lush Pacific Northwest forest, carefully examining a pale mushroom he holds in his hands. Behind him stands a traditional woven basket, likely for collecting mushrooms. The forest floor is covered with bright green moss, and tall coniferous trees create a dappled, natural lighting in the background. The scene captures the hands-on, educational nature of mushroom foraging and identification in the Greater Victoria area's temperate rainforest environment.

Mushrooms of Greater Victoria

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Join Andy MacKinnon and Kem Luther for an exploration of mushrooms found locally in the Greater Victoria Area. An evening presentation on wild mushrooms, fungus groups, and identification will be followed by a full day in the field and classroom collecting, sorting, and identifying. Kem and Andy are cofounders of the Metchosin Biodiversity Project.

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