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Ann-Marie's blackberry and raspberry vinegars are made with fresh Island berries. Rich in colour and flavour they make wonderful salad dressings. They also can be used in marinades, baking and pickling. Try a splash in your drinking water.

Arbutus wood crafts including wonderful handcrafted unique salad sets, pendants, food servers, pate knives, key chains, whale knives and Arbutus Art sculptures. Made from forest fall downs, dead branches and trees from salvaged sources.

We are an art gallery, museum and archives serving our local community and beyond. Selling local art work including woodwork and answering queries pertaining to the history of Armstrong and Spallumcheen.

We are a community-based cooperative located in the Cowichan Valley where rolling farmland and towering coastal forests intersect. This unique relationship between field and forest creates the ideal environment for our members to grow, harvest and process organic aromatic crops and conifer boughs into therapeutic grade essential oils. We will provide a variety of workshops and demonstrations to educate others on the distillation process and the health benefits of essential oil products and services.

Ranch Tours: catered to each season. People of all ages are engaged for hours: cookouts, hayrides, feeding newborn lambs, hikes with spectacular views. Teahouse & museum, gift shop, history tours, family activities. Year-round accommodation in our beautiful, private B&B cottage. With the only Canadian Alpine Sheep Camp left, Aveley Ranch Tours offers a once in a lifetime experience: alpine walks/hiking, in-camp naturally-raised lamb lunch, personal guide and time with the shepherd.

The BC Forest Discovery Centre is a 100 acre living museum. Spend the day riding the train and experience BC's forest heritage. Get a glimpse into the past and experience spectacular bird watching while walking the forest trails. Taste West Coast maple syrup and discover how to make your own at the Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival in February! Make sure to try the delicious recipes in our online maple cook book.

Large selection of native bulbs, ferns, ground covers, perennials, and shrubs for the Pacific Northwest. All plants are nursery grown. New 2009 - Red Huckleberry U-Pick opens in August. Retail clients - please call before arriving.

BEEeautifully handcrafted in the Comox Valley, BC, BEEcoming Candles are made from sheets of natural 100% honeycomb beeswax from BC, and are by far, one of the healthiest, cleanest, most economical and eco-friendly candles on the market today! Because they are natural and non-toxic, they are child and pet friendly. The occasions to use or share beeswax candles are endless and include health benefits, de-stress and relaxation, home décor, holiday celebrations (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter), Gift Giving, Souvenirs, Weddings & Anniversaries, and Religious & Spiritual ceremonies to name but a few. The BEEcoming Candles Product Line includes: Tapers (straight and pencil cut, two color tapers, fluted tapers) Pillars of various sizes, Votive candles, "BEE Lites" (tea lights), “Sushi” Gift Set, custom designed logos or souvenir pillars (Canadian flag), “BEE Hives”, and Christmas Tress! The possibilities are endless for any special or custom orders you may have.

Wild about berries! I have a delicious selection of jams & jellies made from wild berries in season. For a very special treat, try the flavours of my Wild Berry Chocolates! They are handmade as ordered with special attention to quality. The chocolates are packaged in boxes of 10 or 17 chocolates or are available in packets of 2-5 chocolates for gift baskets.

Wild harvest and rare fruits in season. Wild salad greens, burdock, catnip-mint, mint, rosehips and buds, Saskatoon, highbush cranberry and other berries; black, red, yellow and wild cherry, heritage plums, pears, quince, butter nuts/english white walnuts and apples including crab apples. Boletus mushrooms, fresh and dried. Grafting, transplanting, heritage, indigenous fruit and nut trees and berries on request. Teaching/consultant Traditional Orchardist.

Honey, native plants and mushrooms, grown and wild crafted from our 10 acres of forest near Prospect Lake. Available for floral, artistic and culinary endeavours.

Bold Point Centre is slowly developing. We've expanded to include program development for various resorts. Resorts are changing emphasis from sport fishing to soft adventures / experiential programs. To activate such programs, they need non-timber product inventories done and blended into educational opportunities. The wildcrafting component is then blended a second time to draw upon First Nation and settler histories. We then blend a third time to build programs which address current issues: salmon farms, aquaculture, organic foods, eco-footprints, 100 km diet.

Pure beeswax tee-lite candle holders with pressed plants inlaid..all local and wild!

A grocery store with a difference! Quality food at real prices - and everything is from BC. Find fresh meat and gourmet sausages; the best selections of seasonal fresh produce; bread, milk, peanut butter... and lots of other tasty treats. All products sourced for best practices, ie: hormone/ antibiotic free, pastured, preservative free. Real food, real prices, real local.

Specialty wood crafts, wild fruit, honey. Located corner of Hwy 16 and Main St., Saturdays 8:00 am to noon mid-May to end September.

Our wine shop is open daily for tastings. Private groups are welcome to book in advance. Enjoy dining in the rustic ambience of grape vines, cedar trees and fresh sea air, come and visit us at Cherry Point Vineyard's Bistro. Open seasonally for lunch; experience the unique vineyard views, innovative West Coast inspired cuisine made with fresh local ingredients and award winning Island wines. Parties and private booking inquiries are welcome. Please call ahead to confirm bistro and wine shop hours.

An educational dormitory facility offering bunk style accommodation, full kitchen and laundry, a natural history library and 3 classrooms of various sizes. Open to all and suitable for groups of adults or children from 2 to 32. Two hour to one week educational programs about the natural and cultural history of Clayoquot Sound are available.

Personal nature tours of Vancouver Island's old growth rainforest of giant trees, mountain meadows, marine life, wildlife and bird watching areas with a biologist trained by Interpretation Canada.

We balance our efforts between farm and forest. Within each season, we harvest and preserve oregon grape, blackberries, our fresh tomatoes, produce, chutneys and pasta sauce. Fall is mushroom time and we supply local restaurants with our chanterelles. All are available from Pier St. Farmers' Market on sundays. We invite Island chefs and restauranteurs to call us for fast, dependable delivery of fresh chanterelles.

The Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area is a 17,000 acre wetland habitat located in the southeast corner of BC. This wetland is designatesd as an internationally significant Ramsar site and a nationally Important Bird Area and Important Amphibian and Reptile Area. Over 370 species call this rich and biologically diverse area home. The Interpretation Centre, located 11 km west of Creston on Hwy. 3, is open from May to October. Naturalists are on-site to provide guided canoe tours, school and nature programs, trail maps and information. Educational exhibits, science lab, viewing towers and a nature gift shop will entice you to stay and explore.

Damali is a Provènce-themed farm where you can take a walk among rows of lavender, vineyard, herb gardens, greenhouse and artisan vinegary. Stroll away the stresses of the day and rejuvenate your soul in the sanctuary of the labyrinth. Browse in the Shoppe for all natural, handmade household and body products as well as dried flowers, conifer oil distillations, essential oils, & lavender arts & crafts. Take time out to Indulge your Senses & Savour the Lifestyle with a day trip or a luxurious stay at this working farm and B&B.

Deerholme Farm is a culinary destination in the Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island. The farm hosts dinners, cooking classes and forages in a restored 1918 farmhouse. Events in the spring and fall are based on wild foods - particularly mushrooms. Owner Bill is a French-trained chef, two-time winner of a world cookbook award and the author of the Savoury Mushroom - a guide to cooking wild and cultivated mushrooms. Bill is also an expert in First Nations foods and technology and a renowned chef and educator. Please see the website (under events) for details and dates.

Salal, evergreens.

Fine turned wooden bowls, platters, ikebana and objects of art. Wood used: BC "spalted" birch, maple, walnut, acacia, black locust, yew, and burls. Wood obtained from danger-tree fallers and slash piles.