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Merridale Estate Cidery
Merridale Estate Cidery is located on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, about 40 minutes north of Victoria, and one hour and 20 minutes south of Nanaimo. Merridale has truly been an ongoing project for the owners, Janet Docherty and Rick Pipes. Since their purchase of the property in March, 2000, they have continued to [...]
Western White Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
Trillium Ovatum is also known as Western White Trillium and Western Wake Robin. This flower is the member of family Trilliacea and is found growing in rich and dense forests like those of Western Canada and the Unitred States. Locally it is found growing in northern ranges of Oregon, Eastern Montana, Washington, the southwestern parts [...]
Godfrey-Brownell Vineyard
Godfrey-Brownell Vineyard is located about a hour north of Victoria in the heart of Cowichan Valley. It is owned and operated by Dave and Ellen Godfrey. The Godfrey’s did not get into the wine making business until they were approaching their sixties. After buying the land the vineyard sits on and doing some research Dave [...]
Cherry Point Vineyard
Cherry Point Vineyard sits on thirty-four acres of what used to be a mink ranch approximately one hour outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island. In 1994 the vineyard became one of the first licensed wineries on the island. Cherry Point also has a bistro on site open May to September with many delightful menu selections. [...]
Rockey Creek Winery
Rockey Creek Winery, located in the heart of Cowichan Bay, is a small boutique winery owned and operated by Linda and Mark Holford since July 2008. Mark is a third generation winemaker and has included his entire family in the planting, harvesting and making of the wine. They actually own two separate vineyards. One is [...]
Averill Creek Vineyard
The Averill Creek Vineyard is situated on fifty acres of prime estate vineyard land in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, near the town of Duncan, British Columbia. The winery adopted its name from the little creek that runs through the vineyard down the southern slopes of Mount Prevost. The Cowichan Valley is not only [...]
Camas Lilies (Camassia quamash)
The Camas is an exotic species of plants and is part of the lily family. These are beautiful purple colored flowers which can be found flourishing in their primary Garry oak meadow ecosystem of Vancouver Island in the in the late spring. Apart from their primary habitat these stunning flowers can also be located in different ecosystems in [...]
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
The salmonberry is one of the first wildflowers to come into bloom in the Cowichan Valley and throughout Vancouver Island. The plant is native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California. They are commonly found in moist areas and along rivers and streams. Salmonberries berries are edible and were [...]
White Fawn Lily – Erythronium oregonum
The White Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum) is one of the most striking wildflowers of early spring in the Cowichan Valley. These flowers are also known as the Easter lily and Trout lily. While large quantities carpet the ground in many areas development has diminished the numbers greatly in the past few decades. As well, the [...]
Cowichan Wildflowers Update
For those of you that have been following this blog for the past year you may have noticed that I put it upon myself to try and photograph a good portion of the wildflowers that grow in the Cowichan Valley and region. To visit my previous blog post go to Wildflowers of the Cowichan Valley. [...]
