You may have noticed a person selling flowers outside a movie theatre or somewhere else in your neighbourhood. I have bought a pink gerbera from […] Read More
Author: Spring Gillard
Despite torrential rain on Saturday, like a true Vancouverite, I ventured out. I headed over to the monthly Beyond the Blue Box recycling event at […] Read More
I attended Carmi Elementary School in Penticton. A wonderful school, full of mostly fabulous teachers. In Grade 7, I had Victor Wilson, father of Canadian […] Read More
My friend Linda just returned from Germany. She was there for an outsider art exhibit, which you can read all about on her blog called […] Read More
Penticton has only one community garden, but it’s a vibrant one. The garden was started 13 years ago atop Vancouver hill. The original site had […] Read More
I always thought that my motivation for getting into advertising was the book Subliminal Seduction, but it began earlier. I pulled out some old high […] Read More
It was the sign that caught my attention. An urban farmer is not a common sight at the Penticton Farmers Market. The vocation isn’t as […] Read More
New technology will remind people to slow down in at least one school zone in Penticton. This solar powered sign will register your speed and […] Read More
As associate producer of the Vancouver Garden Show in 2005, I had a large palette: fifty acres of open green space at VanDusen Gardens with 10,000 […] Read More
I’m visiting my family in the Okanagan. Read in the Penticton Herald that the City is asking for the public’s input on a community cycling plan. They […] Read More