Our 16th Annual self-guided Cowichan Valley Garden Tour from 10 am to 5 pm on June 6 2010 gives you a magnificent opportunity to enjoy the highways and byways as you explore private gardens throughout the beautiful Cowichan Valley. Visit six uniquely different horticultural delights that are all new to the tour this year. These include a garden that keeps a family self-sustained in vegetables throughout the whole year and another garden that is part of the Slow Food Movement. Four other beautiful gardens are filled with magnificent plantings, garden designs and unique water and

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2009 turned out to be a busy year for us at Cowichan Valley Photos. I was very fortunate to photograph many different events and festivals, much of the natural beauty of the area and it seems almost anything else that happened locally. The highlight of 2009 was the release of the new book The Cowichan – Duncan, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Region in late October and the book signings and interviews that go along with these projects. A hard year to top but a good challenge is needed!

2010 looks to be filled with adventure as

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Happy Holidays from Cowichan Valley Photos

We produce these puzzles ourselves, they are safe to download! More will be added in the future.

We will start with two

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Is the design better? It’s really hard to compare the sites as the internet has changed so much in the past decade. The

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It’s easy; browse the photography galleries and when you locate the image you want to send just click on the “Send this image as a postcard” button. The electronic postcards are sent directly to your recipient.

Cowichan Valley Electronic Postcards

Community celebrated in feast of words and pictures

by Peter Rusland – Cowichan News Leader and Pictorial Published: November 03, 2009 6:00 AM

There is life over the Malahat.

It’s chronicled in the photos and stories gracing The Cowichan, a coffee-table book by writer Georgina Montgomery and lensman Kevin Oke.

The two locals launch their 143-page work Thursday at Duncan’s Bistro 161 where valley wines will be showcased.

Vineyards are only one aspect of the Warm Land’s past and present explored in Montgomery’s research and illustrated by 150 photos by Oke

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Book shows us beautiful Cowichan

Sarah Simpson, The Citizen Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009

As residents of the Cowichan Valley, our day-to-day lives often leave us with a jaded view of our surroundings. Oh, the ugly highway corridor, ugh, that boxy new development.

But every so often we’re reminded of just why living in the Cowichan is so special and why our gazes deserve sharpening.

The Cowichan, written by Georgina Montgomery, with photographs

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The vibrant town of Ladysmith is located at the northern end of the Cowichan region just south of Nanaimo. Best known for the Ladysmith Festival of Lights, Ladysmith is located in a stunning setting as these aerial photographs show. Ladysmith Harbour is a beehive of activity with many marinas and of course the logging and fishing industries well represented. The town itself is dotted with beautiful old buildings, many of which have been restored. Ladysmith looks great from the air and is just as charming from land.

Ladysmith Harbour aerial photograph, Vancouver Island aerial photography,

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