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[G-Man]

You have to pay to get into Abkhazi Gardens. It is kind of a park. 

[Rob Randall]

^That's a good example. I believe it is still owned by a private non-profit although one day it may fall into government hands. Apparently it is 1.4 acres.

[Coreyburger]

You have to pay to get into Abkhazi Gardens. It is kind of a park. 

 

Hatley Gardens and Buchart are also pay to get in.

[Rob Randall]

Yet Butchart's is the opposite of Gramercy Park where commercial photography is forbidden. Butchart is dependent on tourist photography.

[Coreyburger]

Yet Butchart's is the opposite of Gramercy Park where commercial photography is forbidden. Butchart is dependent on tourist photography.

 

Gramercy park is a private, gated semi-communal area. Bucharts is a tourist attraction

[Jill]

I'd say the garden at RRU and Abkhazi are also attractions, although not on the scale of Butchart. Gramercy Park is more like the private communal gardens you see in London, surrounded by fencing and accessible only to the nearby residents.

[Bingo]

^That's a good example. I believe it is still owned by a private non-profit although one day it may fall into government hands. Apparently it is 1.4 acres.

 

Abkhazi Garden is not a park and is still owned by The Land Conservancy.

It is open to the public, and there is a Tea House on the property.

http://www.abkhaziteahouse.com/

http://blog.conservancy.bc.ca/

[Bingo]

Finnerty Gardens is a 6.5 acre site on the University of Victoria grounds. Admission is free.

http://www.uvic.ca/finnerty/

 

[Bingo]

Government House Gardens is open to the public, admission is free.

http://www.ltgov.bc....ap/default.html

 

[lanforod]

Finnerty Gardens is a 6.5 acre site on the University of Victoria grounds. Admission is free.

http://www.uvic.ca/finnerty/

I love walking through Finnerty. Wooded park. Lovely in the spring due to the hundreds of huge Rhododendrons.

[Rob Randall]

I think some of UVic's gardens are part of the biology lab and are off limits to the public. Although I think it's mostly greenhouses than gardens.

 

 

Was the Uplands park private back when Uplands was a gated community?

 

I can't think of a local example of a private, locked, shared park exactly like Gramercy Park in NYC.

 

The closest example of a similar set up would be that big outdoor swimming pool outside that James Bay tower, Lady Simcoe I think.

Edited by Rob Randall, 03 December 2014 - 04:32 PM.

[Coreyburger]

Was the Uplands park private back when Uplands was a gated community?

 

No, because Uplands park wasn't part of the Uplands plan. It was gifted to avoid the property tax bill due to the Uplands failing.

[Sparky]

It would appear that the CRD has a project out for tender that will see a new suspension bridge constructed over Goldstream River. I haven't found much in the way of information on this. Anybody know exactly where this is to be located?

 

Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail

 

The works to be constructed under this Contract generally include the following:

• Construction of 41 metre suspension bridge, including concrete abutments and rock/soil anchors
• Construction of approximately 267m of 2.0m wide rural trail as described under Project Area 3.All work is to be completed by December 30, 2016.

[thundergun]

 

 

CRD Regional Parks priority in this park reserve is to complete a new regional park trail – Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail. The CRD is developing this new trail to fill part of the gap in the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) route within the region.

 

 

 

The new trail is at the pre-construction phase. Construction is expected to begin in 2016. Our aim is to open the trail in July 2017 as part of the TCT’s 25th anniversary celebration and Canada’s 150th!

https://www.crd.bc.c...ills-wilderness

[Coreyburger]

As that link above states, this is the Trans-Canada Trail connection up through the Malahat into the existing CVRD trail (that ultimately winds it was to Kinsol Trestle). Disappointingly due to the lack of funds, the trail will be barely bikeable (very steep 10%+ grades in places) - thus seriously diminishing the tourism potential

[Rob Randall]

http://mytruths.ca/?p=353

 

Democracy hijacked? When ‘Friends of’ groups are really the opposite.

 BillTurner  June 10, 2016

 

 

 

 

As the meeting [Draft Management Plan for Island View Regional Park] progressed, both Gerie and I became quite disgusted by the way that the process was hijacked by a very vocal, well organized, special interest group that packed the meeting.  Actually, “special interest” is the wrong description – “self-interest” would be far more accurate.  Interestingly and not, I am sure, a coincidence, this group is made up largely of neighbouring land owners.  The same neighbours, I’ll presume, who have repeatedly resisted efforts to manage this park in an ecologically responsible way. I’m led to believe that this same group also packed the other planning meetings about Island View, in other parts of the community.  What I find really distressing is that they call their group the “Friends” of Island View Beach.  Their issue, however, has little to do with protecting, or being “friendly” to the beach or the park itself; rather, it is,  predominantly, to allow unrestricted access for their dogs.

 

 

[Jill]

Should Bill Turner really be calling out anybody for duplicity?

[Victoria Watcher]

The Capital Regional District board approved a provisional budget Wednesday that calls for a 6.2 per cent increase in operational spending and the addition of 50 employees.

https://www.timescol...g-50-1.23993270

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 31 October 2019 - 06:52 AM.

[Mike K.]

🔹CRD looking for public feedback on East Sooke and Roche Cove/Matheson Lake regional park management plans🔹

The Capital Regional District (CRD) is developing a management plan for East Sooke Regional Park and a joint management plan for Roche Cove and Matheson Lake regional parks. Roche Cove and Matheson Lake will be under one management planning process due to the close proximity of these parks to each other.

As part of initial engagement, the public is invited to fill out a survey related to the management plans. These surveys will help CRD Regional Parks gather background information on how members of the public access the park, what changes park users want to see, and what is already working for the park.

The surveys are now open until September 18, 2020. They can be accessed online:

🔹East Sooke: https://www.crd.bc.c...management-plan

🔹Roche Cove/Matheson Lake: https://www.crd.bc.c...management-plan

These plans will provide both strategic and specific management direction and will guide environmental conservation, cultural heritage management, visitor use and park development over the next 15-20 years. For more information on the management planning process and to keep up to date, please visit the webpages above.

[Citified.ca]

The CRD's Manager of Real-Estate services discusses how the CRD acquires park land.

 

 

CRD affordable housing and CRD parks services Q&A with Stephen Henderson of the CRD

https://victoria.cit...son-of-the-crd/