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Condo Smarts: Council must pay back unused portion of levy

Condo Smarts: Council must pay back unused portion of levy

The Strata Property Act sets the conditions for funds remaining from a special levy
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Cool temperatures curbed weed

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Cool temperatures curbed weed

Last year saw a week-long heat wave in mid-May, followed by a long, dry period until significant rains began in mid-October. Let’s hope for less difficult growing conditions this year.
Helen Chesnut: Low on bees? pollinate fruit trees by hand

Helen Chesnut: Low on bees? pollinate fruit trees by hand

Gather pollen from one tree’s flowers on a soft paint brush and shake it into a container. Then brush the pollen onto the blooms of the other tree.
Condo Smarts: Depreciation report rules differ within province

Condo Smarts: Depreciation report rules differ within province

If you are in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Capital Reigonal District of Victoria, you must have a report complete by July 1, 2026.
Helen Chesnut: Plant sales have become spring tradition

Helen Chesnut: Plant sales have become spring tradition

The active growing season is fully upon us and that can mean only one thing: lots and lots of plant sales.
House Beautiful: A lifelong love affair with stones

House Beautiful: A lifelong love affair with stones

Gardener-collector of evergreens, maples and giant rocks opens her stunning Uplands garden for the Victoria Conservatory of Music garden tour.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Pansies, violas among easiest transplants to grow from seed

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Pansies, violas among easiest transplants to grow from seed

Seed pansies and violas indoors in late winter and in mid-July for transplants to bloom during autumn and winter before full flowering in spring.
Flowers aren't the only way to add color to a garden. How to paint with foliage

Flowers aren't the only way to add color to a garden. How to paint with foliage

When we want to add color to the garden, most of us set our sights on flowers. But many leaf-forward plants can outlast and even outcompete those with colorful blossoms. For starters, foliage plants don’t wax and wane or have a limited bloom time.
Helen Chesnut: This month a reminder of seasons that used to be

Helen Chesnut: This month a reminder of seasons that used to be

Time to complete spring projects that help to smooth the passage to summer in the garden.
Condo Smarts: No exemptions to change in depreciation reports

Condo Smarts: No exemptions to change in depreciation reports

Depreciation reports will now have a five-year renewal cycle