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.
Courses
Wildfire Resilient Gardening
This course helps homeowners in forested areas design and adapt their gardens to be both beautiful and wildfire-resilient, enhancing safety in an era of increasing wildfires.
February 8, 2025
Sustainable Ornamental Gardening
Learn to create sustainable, low-maintenance ornamental gardens by working with nature, cultivating beauty, and fostering harmony between your garden and the environment.
March 1, 2025
It’s All Talk and All Action - Part 1
This course teaches the science of compassionate conversations, helping you engage others on climate impacts like wildfires, floods, and biodiversity loss to make a real difference.
March 6, 2025
Mason Bees: An Incredible Pollinator to Host in your Garden
In this bee-loving workshop, you will learn about mason bees and how you can host them while benefitting from their incredible pollinating skills for larger fruits and vegetables.
March 8, 2025
It’s All Talk and All Action - Part 2
This course covers compassionate conversations on climate impacts, offering strategies to engage others effectively and at scale, with a recommendation to take Part 1 first.
March 13, 2025
Garden Border Design
This course explores designing garden borders, focusing on maximizing space and addressing unique planning challenges to create beautiful, functional beds, regardless of garden size.
March 13, 2025
Gardens in History: Japanese Gardens
Throughout garden history Japanese gardens have been revered for their flawless design details and inspirational compositions, properties which have elevated them from mere gardens to havens of peace, serenity and introspection.
April 2, 2025
Gardening with Native Plants
In this workshop, you will learn how gardening with our local native plants can give you a water-saving, low-maintenance garden that brings colour all season long, making them the ultimate ecological choice.
April 5, 2025
Introduction to Permaculture
Discover sustainable techniques of plant curation, composting, water conservation, and various other invaluable permaculture practices, including a guided tour of the UVic community garden to see some techniques in action.
May 3, 2025
Drought Tolerant Gardening
Learn how you can choose flowering perennials while still enjoying fruit and vegetable production through the use of native plants and xeric landscaping techniques that will produce throughout the growing season despite the hot, dry summers that we are experiencing.
May 10, 2025