Island Life Archives - Page 11 of 68 - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Spring Repair Cafe promises fixing phenomenon

Contributed Article - April 30, 2025

SUBMITTED BY TRANSITION SALT SPRING The Transition Salt Spring (TSS) spring Repair Café — a celebration of community, sustainability and skill-sharing, all wrapped up in...

Volunteer Fair at GISS

Robb Magley - April 22, 2025

If you want to help fellow islanders, but aren’t sure how, the upcoming Salt Spring Volunteer Fair might be able to provide some inspiration. More...

Garden club plant sale on this weekend

Contributed Article - April 22, 2025

SUBMITTED BY SSI GARDEN CLUB The Salt Spring Island Garden Club’s annual Spring Plant Sale is on Saturday, April 26 at the Farmers’ Institute, offering...

Biochar expert at April 23 club meeting

Contributed Article - April 16, 2025

Submitted by the SSI GARDEN CLUB The next Salt Spring Island Garden Club speaker is Georg Janssen with a presentation called The Wonders of Biochar. The...

Nettle festivals spring up on the islands

Contributed Article - April 9, 2025

BY ROBIN JENKINSON Pop Quiz: What celestial event do we celebrate with Nettlefest? Answer: Spring Equinox! The early spring growth of nettle greens coincides with these days...

Centre preps for ‘bumper crop’ of visitors

Robb Magley - April 8, 2025

Salt Spring’s central hub for visitor information is spinning up for a summer season with tourist numbers that may eclipse years past. With the first...

Where People Care: Salt Spring Seniors Centre

Contributed Article - April 2, 2025

By GAIL NEUMANN Special to the Driftwood When I retired, I drove right past the Seniors Centre because I thought, “I’m not old enough for that.”...

Hearth group hopes to build on hub’s success

Gail Sjuberg - April 2, 2025

Co-creators of The Hearth community hub gathered Saturday afternoon to celebrate the success of their four-month trial run and express hope it could continue...

Herbal gardening course offered

Robb Magley - March 26, 2025

An innovative partnership between the Salt Spring Island Garden Club and the island’s Farmland Trust hopes to cross-pollinate knowledge surrounding a less examined...

Well-Being Fair set for Mahon Hall

Gail Sjuberg - March 19, 2025

Getting and staying healthy is a lot like organizing a health and wellness fair: it takes dedication and effort, but the results are so...

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