Maple Bay Garry Oak Preserve - Volunteer Maintenance
2026-06-17 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-23 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve, AitkenRoad, Duncan, BC, V9L 5S1, Canada
Spring is the time to see Nature Conservancy Canada’s Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve ecosystem return to life! Come out and do a bit of gentle maintenance while appreciating some of the flowers and birds under the leafing Oaks. Maybe you’ll get some ideas for native plants in your own garden! Please rsvp by email if you can: info@cowichanlandtrust.ca

Reconciliation: Journey of our Generation (Salt Spring Island)
2026-06-18 09:00 - 16:00 | Salt Spring Farmers Institute
Take a journey through time with stories of pre-contact village life and the impact of colonization.

Since 2006 Elders here have been sharing their stories, their history and their healing following the values of nuts’amaat shqaluwun, people working together with one heart, one mind, one spirit. They remind us that the longest journey is from our head to our hearts. We each have much to learn along the way as we learn forgiveness, and practice the values found in kindness, expressed through love and guided by respect.
Join Quw’utsun Elders who will take you on a journey through time with stories of pre-contact village life, the arrival of settlers, the development of colonies and policies of colonization. Sit inside western systems and indigenous ways of being, to experience the impacts, effects and changes brought about by colonization. Explore the questions of where and how we go from here and join thousands of people who have participated and are committed to walking the road of Q’shintul – walking this journey together.
Contact QCCS for tickets – sliding scale cost.

Cowichan Climate Gathering
2026-06-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Charles Hoey Park, Charles Hoey Park, 124 C, Duncan, BC, Canada
Join us for a Community Celebration of Environmental and Climate Initiatives – a public-facing event designed to celebrate, engage, and learn from the dedicated individuals and organizations driving climate initiatives and environmental stewardship across the Cowichan Valley! The overarching theme of the day is “understanding and exchange” and will be co-hosted by Our Cowichan Communities Health Network, CVRD, Island Health, Social Planning Cowichan, and the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society (CLRSS).

Native Bee walk
2026-07-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Centennial Park, Duncan, 325 1 St, Duncan, BC, V9L 1R3, Canada
Jade Lee is our local bee expert (Melittologist) and she will show us some of our native bees and talk a bit about the BC Bee Atlas. Ted Leischner (Plan Bee) will also be on hand to share his concerns for the future of our native bees. Gather near the cob oven, and may-bee we’ll even fire it up for some pizza? Centennial Park also has the only Spray Park in the Valley so come prepared to get wet! Open to everyone.

Cowichan Stewardship Rountable - Picnic & Field Day
2026-07-21 09:00 - 14:00 | BC
Field Day and Picnic at Stoltz Pool

Quw’utsun Sta’lo’ Skweyul (Cowichan River Day)
2026-09-20 10:00 - 14:00 | BC
