Save Kings Community Nature Space on Bowker Creek

05/09/2024

11/30/2023

ANNOUNCING: our new Stewardship group at Kings Community Nature Space (KCNS). Come and join in!! Our FRIENDS OF KCNS Save Kings Community Nature Space on Bowker Creek group partners local residents with District of Saanich Parks and Friends of Bowker Creek to bring back areas of native habitat—and ultimately, to restore Bowker Creek.
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Please join us on Thursday, Nov. 30 or contact Robbie at [email protected] to get on our mailing list.
See you there!

11/17/2023

Incredibly productive day in KCNS removing invasive ivy and daphne. Special thanks to Saanich parks staff, volunteers and grade 6 Eco-Ed students from Lansdowne school! What a huge success 😁 big thank you to everyone who helped.

11/12/2023

Volunteers needed Thursday, Nov 16th 10-12 am at Kings Community Nature Space (see map)

Help us remove invasive plants and prep the soil for native planting in January.

No experience required. All are welcome.

Saanich will supply tools and gloves, please bring your own if your prefer.

Bring water and dress for the weather.

Meet us at King's Community Nature Space:

**Next door to 1880 Haultain Road property, Victoria

10/16/2023

Reminder—> it’s that time of year again, and we may need to modify our behaviour a bit during this time.

“A person’s ponytail or the pom-pom on their toque can represent the movement and sound of a prey item,” she said. Nightingale also explained that these owls navigate largely by sound, and the swish of a person’s walk or run can sound just like a squirrel to them.
Her advice for runners is to steer clear of areas where they have encountered an owl before. Nightingale said that they are territorial animals.
“Once you have found a place where an owl is coming after you, that’s a good place to avoid,” she said.
Despite this, Nightingale explained that owls are not violent creatures by nature.
“They normally will not attack people for no reason at all.”

10/14/2023

Saanich public works has been notified of this white substance in Bowker creek in KCNS near Richmond. It appears to be some type of paint and they are putting a containment boom around it.

Reminder—>Please do not rinse paint brushes/rollers or paint containers, or any other contaminants for that matter, near street or storm drains as they go directly into the creek.

Use inside sinks instead so the liquid/materials travel through the Saanich sanitary sewer system and into the Saanich Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant, maintained by the Capital Regional District (CRD).

08/08/2023

As a member of the Bowker Creek Biodiversity Day organizing team, I was on CFAX 1070 last week to talk about the event and the work of Friends of Bowker Creek. Check it out!"

Al speaks with Deanna Pfeifer, Friends of Bowker Creek Society. What is Bowker Creek Biodiversity Day?

05/06/2023

Kings Park is technically outside of The District of Oak Bay , but Bowker Creek knows no boundaries. What benefits the creek upstream, benefits the creek downstream!

Please contact Gerald at [email protected] or 778-677-1355 to volunteer!
Save Kings Community Nature Space on Bowker Creek