by OceanColleen | Jun 2, 2016 | News, Projects
The first major building project on the Gabriola Commons was the Commons Community Kitchen. Once the extensive community gardens, orchard and farm team gardens were fenced, irrigated and planted, the logical next step in our agricultural planning was to create the... 
by OceanColleen | May 24, 2016 | News, Projects
Why a community kitchen? Don’t we already have restaurants? The answer, of course, is that this is to compare apples and oranges. Restaurants are for dining out, whether alone or in company. But for islanders coming together, especially in large numbers, to share a... by OceanColleen | Sep 25, 2014 | Community, Food Security, News
FLOWERS Miniature garden (youth 1st Tansi Robinson 2nd Aylan Vincent Hon. Mention: Moira Wishinski adn Annie Wishinski Fair Day mixed arrangement 1st Veronica Hartman 2nd Sue Boulton 3rd Dee Perkins Hon. Mention: Jackie Hexley 3 diff. varieties of same 1st Dee Perkins... 
by OceanColleen | Jul 28, 2012 | News, Outdoor Space, Projects
The Labyrinth is a beautiful, peaceful sanctuary located near the blueberry field. Everyone is invited and encouraged to enjoy it for healing, meditation and to participate in its maintenance and ongoing upgrading. For more information contact Mary Aitken at 247-9177... by OceanColleen | Jun 12, 2012 | News
The Gabriola Commons offers our grateful tribute to Elinor Ostrom, who died age 78 on June 12, 2012. Ostrom received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her outstanding research on the management of common property. The founding participants in the Gabriola... 
by OceanColleen | Jun 28, 2011 | News, Projects
As a result of the community input session in September 2005 and again in June 2011, many participants were excited by the prospect of an elder village on the Commons that would provide assisted living for seniors. A group of interested people are meeting to work on...
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