VICTORIA URBAN
FOOD-GARDEN TOUR

Times Colonist - Kim Westad

Standing in the veggie and flower-packed backyard at Sheila Jones’ Saanich home, it’s difficult to believe that this was once a typical suburban yard with a couple of trees and a lot of grass.     See more

Oak Bay News - Morgan Cross

In 2015, the event sold approximately 350 tickets – a number that evoked happy surprise from organizer Elizabeth Vibert. On the morning of the event, one Garden Works ticket location had to request more tickets to keep up with demand.     See more

Oak Bay News - Jennifer Blyth

A new garden tour will give locals a taste of all that’s possible in an edible garden.

The inaugural Urban Food-Garden Tour runs Saturday, Sept. 12, in Oak Bay, Victoria, Saanich and Esquimalt.“The aim of the Urban Food-Garden Tour is to give home gardeners and people thinking about growing food the rare chance to get right into people’s home food gardens,” explains Elizabeth Vibert, a University of Victoria history professor and one of the tour organizers.  See More

Saanich News - Dan Ebenal

A visit to some of Victoria’s most gifted green thumbs will offer more than just food for thought. At least that’s the hope of Elizabeth Vibert, one of the organizers of the Urban Food Garden Tour.

“We have some gardens on the tour that are practically self sustainable,” said Vibert. “We have a woman at one of the gardens, she produces 1,200 pounds of food a year in a small backyard plot.” She said the tour is part of the food security puzzle, showing people just how easy it is to grow healthy, sustainable food right outside their door.

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EAT Magazine - Rebecca Baugniet - Page 6

On Sept 12, take the self-guided Urban Food-Garden Tour and visit your choice of 14 diverse and inspiring home food gardens - backyards, frontyards, allotments, boulevards. See More

Victoria News - Kendra Wong

Fairfield resident, Tracey Cook, has transformed her backyard, roughly the size of a school basketball court, into a year-round urban food garden. “When we moved in, there was a little vegetable plot in the back and the rest was grass,” Cook said. “It was a good place to start. I soon discovered it was something that fed me on all sorts of levels and the garden just grew and grew every year.”

Cook's garden is one of 14 that will be on display as part of the first Urban Food-Garden Tour on Sept. 12.  See More

Here! Magazine - Fiona Bramble

Word mentor and urban farmer Tracey Cook shares her hard-earned tips on starting and growing a thriving garden on a small plot of land. You can meet Tracey and see her wonderful garden for yourself as her "humble little garden" will be one of those featured in the Urban Farm Tour in Victoria B.C. on September 12th.  See More

Times Colonist - Helen Chesnut

Food garden tour. A self-guided Urban Food-Garden Tour on Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will bring visitors into 14 inspiring home food gardens in back yards, front yards, allotments and boulevards, where they can speak with home gardeners and expert volunteers about year-round food production.  See more

Victoria Cycling Adventures

This will be a very leisurely ride with lots of stops. The actual route and distance has not been determined yet but count on a long day to visit all 14 gardens. Picnic lunch or we'll stop somewhere to be determined.  See More