Macdonald belongs in Bastion Square The John A. Macdonald statue, an excellent statue presentation of Canada’s first prime minister (and Victoria’s MP from 1875 to 1882) was removed from its location at Victoria City Hall and placed in some dark and dusty place in 2018 without any public input or public understanding of its relocation site. Cathy Blackstock said, at a public session, that “it is important to make space for both sides of an issue, to avoid reducing figures, such as Macdonald, with one-dimensional ‘evil doers’.” In other words, there is much positiveness in the life of Macdonald, while on the other hand, some negative positioning.
The corner-lot houses curved design suits the pie-shaped property 40 metres along the street tapers to 25 at the back. While only a quarter acre, the lot seems larger because David scoops up a 12 foot strip of municipal property by planting right to the curb. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
David and Daunine Burbank say the first couple of years working on their property were challenging, but now they can sit back most days and enjoy. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
A Portugal laurel has been trained and trimmed into a horizontal sculpture. David planted a tiny sapling in 2006. It was about a quarter-inch in diameter and it took six seasons to get the branches all the way to the top. I clipped off all but two branches at each level for horizontals. He has a stock of orchard ladders of different heights and finds pruning meditative and fun. He created the arched doorway in the hedge, right, by growing plants up both sides, then guiding pieces across the top by tying them to
The corner-lot houses curved design suits the pie-shaped property 40 metres along the street tapers to 25 at the back. While only a quarter acre, the lot seems larger because David scoops up a 12 foot strip of municipal property by planting right to the curb. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
David and Daunine Burbank say the first couple of years working on their property were challenging, but now they can sit back most days and enjoy. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
A Portugal laurel has been trained and trimmed into a horizontal sculpture. David planted a tiny sapling in 2006. It was about a quarter-inch in diameter and it took six seasons to get the branches all the way to the top. I clipped off all but two branches at each level for horizontals. He has a stock of orchard ladders of different heights and finds pruning meditative and fun. He created the arched doorway in the hedge, right, by growing plants up both sides, then guiding pieces across the top by tying them to
The corner-lot houses curved design suits the pie-shaped property 40 metres along the street tapers to 25 at the back. While only a quarter acre, the lot seems larger because David scoops up a 12 foot strip of municipal property by planting right to the curb. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
David and Daunine Burbank say the first couple of years working on their property were challenging, but now they can sit back most days and enjoy. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
A Portugal laurel has been trained and trimmed into a horizontal sculpture. David planted a tiny sapling in 2006. It was about a quarter-inch in diameter and it took six seasons to get the branches all the way to the top. I clipped off all but two branches at each level for horizontals. He has a stock of orchard ladders of different heights and finds pruning meditative and fun. He created the arched doorway in the hedge, right, by growing plants up both sides, then guiding pieces across the top by tying them to
VICTORIA For the first time in almost 40 years, the Victoria Conservatory of Music has moved a popular event online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conservatory s Mother s Day Garden Tour will go live online on April 25 and will be available online until May 16. The tour will include musical performances by conservatory students and will showcase local gardens, including a magical Japanese dry landscape garden, a restored 1926 cottage overlooking a perennial garden and two giant 90-year-old sequoia trees, and an award-winning orchid collection. I think people will be really pleased that we are able to pivot and still present these magnificent gardens to the people in Victoria, said Jane Butler McGregor, CEO of the Victoria Conservatory of Music.