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CVN Facebook Posts
1 week ago
CVRD News: Watershed Awareness Days: Discover Where Your Water Comes From 🫗The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) invites the public to explore the Comox Lake Watershed during Watershed Awareness Days, taking place from May 26 to 30, 2026. This week-long event features guided walks, lakeside talks, presentations, and family-friendly activities. It’s a unique opportunity to experience the watershed firsthand and learn how it sustains the health and wellbeing of the entire Comox Valley community.
Read the full story here 👉 comoxvalleyrd.ca/connect/news/watershed-awareness-days-discover-where-your-water-comes
View all the FREE* events here:
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/connectedbywater
*Some events require registration
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2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
The Plant Native Grow Wild event is coming up soon. This is your chance to learn more about supporting wildlife in your area by growing native plants. Have a look at the beautiful native gardens around the MARS visitor centre, chat with knowledgeable experts and purchase some plants to help you become a habitat steward in your own backyard. We are looking forward to meeting you there.We're joining our fabulous community partners for a fun and educational day of learning how to support wildlife close to home with native plants and ecological practices. Local experts and environmental groups will have friendly advice to help you become a habitat steward in your own yard. Oh, and there'll be 35+ native plants species for sale for a variety of different growing conditions.📆 Saturday, May 30th 10 am - 2 pm
📍 1331 Williams Beach Rd. Merville
Our guests experts:
🌱 Comox Valley Nature
🌱 Gone to Seed Little Library
🌱 Vancouver Island Master Gardeners
🌱 Native Bee Society of BC
🌱 Comox Community Bat Program
⭐️ Some vendors cash-only
☑️ Bring your own flats
🚗 Limited parking: carpool if you can
❤️ MARS Visitor Centre and Gift shop open but no site tours
🛑 No dogs, please
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Category Archives: Field Trips
Upcoming Botany Walk: along the Puntledge, May 25th 2015
I’ll lead a walk along the Puntledge next Monday (May 25th). We can meet at 10:15, at the North end of Powerhouse Rd, at the yellow barrier just before the pipeline. Lots of parking there. We’ll walk along the pipeline … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: K’omoks Estuary, May 18, 2015
Special Plants seen: Henderson’s Checker Mallow (rare, not yet in bloom), Seaside plantain, Indian paint brush, Pretty shooting star, Meadow and straight beaked buttercup, Northern rice root, and western St. Johns wort Trees: huge Sitka spruce, alder, Red Cedar, Crabapple, … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Harewood Plains, May 11, 2015
Plants seen on the Harewood Plains outing on May 11: Indian Plum, bitter cherry, Saskatoon berry , sea blush, ocean spray, salal, orange honeysuckle, vetch – common and hairy, common forget me not, arbutus, creeping blackberry, big leaf maple, rose … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Helliwell Park – Hornby Island, April 29, 2015
We enjoyed a cool but dry trip to Helliwell Park – the following plants were observed – Bluff ecosystem plants : Dwarf owl clover, camus, flax flower (rare), spring gold, sea blush, monkey flower, yerba Buena, poverty clover, tomcat clover, white … Continue reading
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Upcoming Botany Walk: Harewood Plains in Nanaimo, May 11th 2015
The next botany walk will be to Harewood Park in Nanaimo on May 11th.
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YNC Outing: Mack Laing Nature Park, May 24th 2015 from 1pm – 2:30pm
Hello YNC Families and CVN Members, Here is the information about our next Explorer Day. We look forward to seeing you. If you can attend, please RVSP to this post…thanks! Sunday, May 24th from 1pm – 2:30pm Mack Laing Nature … Continue reading
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Botany Group Report: Mack Laing Park, April 13, 2015
BOTANY GROUP REPORT The Botany group met at Kate’s house on Orchard Park Drive on Monday April 13th. Helen circulated the preliminary version of the Comox Valley Plant List with its illustrated cover pages. Only a couple of additions remain before … Continue reading
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Public Walk: Puntledge River from Comox Lake, April 18th
Saturday, April 18th. (Earth Day April 20th). (Public walk). Puntledge River from Comox Lake. Meet at Harmston at 9:30 am or at the Upper Dam at 10:00am (Follow Comox Lake Road and turn right at the Rod and Gun Club. … Continue reading
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Young Naturalists Outing: Tsolum River Flats, April 12
Sunday, April 12th Tsolum River Walk 1pm – 2:30pm Join the Young Naturalists’ Club down at the beautiful Tsolum River to explore spring wildflowers. Woodland wildflowers are abundant this season, and we are sure to find pink and white fawn … Continue reading
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Upcoming Botany Walk: Kin Beach Provincial Park, April 8th
I will lead a walk at Kin Beach Provincial Park at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, April 8. The weather forecast sounds very good. We will meet at the picnic tables beside the main parking area. Sincerely, Helen Robinson
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