Mason Street City Farm
1015 Balmoral Rd. V8T 1A7 Victoria, BC, Canada

This weeks Plant SPECIALS @ The Downtown Edible Nursery. 1015 Balmoral Rd 3 for $10 on all Sweet peppers, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Winter Squash, Strawberries... 2 for $25 on One gallon berry plants These babies are plump and ready to party! In YOUR garden & the farm stand is definitely open and stocked. This week we have: Salad Greens, Arugula, Baby Kale Spinach Radish Bunches Cilantro Bunches Stirfry Mix EGGS! Hrs: Wed-Fri, 10am to 6pm Saturday, 10am to 2pm 1015 Balmoral Rd Victoria

Our sale is on today!!! 3 for $10 on cucumbers, summer squash (incl zucchini), and sweet peppers! Also fully stocked with cantaloupe, cucamelon, a variety of hot peppers and all our regular garden superstars!!! (except tomatoes - they’re back early June). 10 am to 2 pm today at 1015 Balmoral Rd!! See you soon

Holy! These are the varieties of Cucumbers, Zucchini, Winter Squash, Eggplants and more, that we will be featuring at this SATURDAYS Cucurbit Plant Sale! I love this time of year. This Saturday 10am-2pm 1015 Balmoral rd We are unable to open early for seniors for this sale unfortunately, so 10am start for everyone. ... All Cukes, $4 each. Two plants per pot usually All Summer Squash/Zucchini are 3 for $10 Winter Squash, $4 each with two plants in most pots. Sweet Pepper Varieties 3 for $10 Eggplants and Cantaloupe $4 Raspberries/Blueberries on 2 for $25 If you're curious to try pickling this year, this is the plant sale for you.

This week! We are excited to have a huge selection of pepper plant starts. Sweet Peppers will be 3 for $10. We also have BASIL! ... Hot peppers Cucumbers Summer/winter squash Zucchini and of course tomatoes. The farm stand will be open and filled with Salad Greens, Eggs, Stirfry mix, and 3 types of Kale and Cilantro. 1015 Balmoral Rd Wed-Fri 10-6 Sat 10-2

buckets... Buckets... BUCKETS!!! We are once again collecting 5 gallon food grade buckets so we can fill them full of plants and distribute them to folks at @icavictoria who can’t access their usual food related programs due to Covid!! With support from the City of Victoria we’ve been able to expand our offerings, so we’re looking to source upwards of 50 buckets in the next few weeks! The more we can collect the more we can spread the plant love . If you’ve got some please drop them at our farm site anytime or dm us and we can come pick em up

Today! Come visit us at the @composteducation Plant Sale Our regular nursery will be closed and we’ll have a selection of our best plants at 1216 North Park from 10-2. Some of our fave local small farmers and growers will be there too, so come and make your garden dreams come true!

Update! We’re full up thanks folks :) - - Last minute volunteer opportunity! We need a few extra hands to help us pot up our tomatoes & peppers tomorrow (Friday). If you’re available from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and are excited to swap for some plants n greens please send us an email at [email protected] with Tomato Squad in the subject.

Mornings like these....

**Please Share** Our handsome Farm Cat 'Prince' has been missing since Tuesday. Last seen at 1015 Balmoral Rd. Could you please share and keep an eye out for him. If you have any leads please contact Jesse at 250 884 0223. Prince is very affectionate. Usually licking himself and has been known to enjoy a snack from strangers. He has no collar but is tattooed in one ear.

Great Opening Plenary sessions happening right now a the Food Secure Canada Facebook page. Important conversations and knowledge being shared, tune in now if you can! https://www.facebook.com/foodsecurecanada

OK! We'll try again. Rain or shine. This Thursday. Lets hang out together!! https://www.facebook.com/events/861771087912289/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22create_dialog%22%7D]%7D

Today (Friday) is the last day to vote in the City of Victoria’s Participatory Budgeting process! It’s amazing to see all the great ideas that folks have submitted, and such a nice feeling to vote for something constructive and positive. We’re supporting the PLANTING HOME project, which our Nursery Manager submitted in response to our evolving relationship with Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria and conversations with the VIRCS Welcome Gardens. Take a moment to vo...te during your coffee break today and I promise you’ll be happy to learn about some of the great things happening in our City. Check it out now! https://engage.victoria.ca/participatory-budgeting #yyj #ParticipatoryBudgeting #productivecoffeebreak #votenow

Folks! Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the City if Victoria’s Participatory Budgeting process! There are *loads* of cool projects that are vying for your attention, and they’ve all been vetted by a Steering Committe led by Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria to ensure they address real needs in refugee and newcomer communities. We are particularly excited about the PLANTING HOME project that our Nursery Manager has put forward, which grew out of our long-term r...elationship with ICA. Please consider giving that one a vote, and please vote for some of the other amazing projects. https://engage.victoria.ca/participatory-budgeting #participatorybudgeting #yyj #voteformoney #voteforsomethingpositiveforonce