Tea & Gardens: Recent Episodes
Tea & Gardens
Put the kettle on and join us as we explore Victoria BC, the City of Gardens, over a nice cup of tea.
In the final episode of the series, Lauren & Chantal indulge in a quintessential Victorian experience: Afternoon Tea at the historic Fairmont Empress Hotel.
Featuring Morgan Wilson
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Tea at the Empress
Empress Honeybees
Catherine of Braganza
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In the early 1900s, Jennie Butchart envisioned a beautiful garden on the site of a former limestone quarry. Today, the Butchart Gardens is Victoria’s primary tourist destination and a National Historic Site of Canada.
Featuring Carlos Moniz and Travis Hansen
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The Butchart Gardens
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Government House is the official Victoria residence of the Lieutenant Governor of BC. Its manicured gardens and native woodlands are maintained by the volunteer organization the Friends of Government House Garden Society.
Featuring Janet Renouf, Mary Cake and Jerymy Brownridge
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Government House
Friends of Government House Gardens Society
Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
Protecting Old Growth on the Value Nature Podcast
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In 1907, crowds of sightseers would ride the tram from Victoria to the amusement park at Gorge Park, which featured the first Japanese Garden in North America and a popular Japanese-Canadian teahouse.
Featuring Michael Abe and Dillon Takata
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The Japanese Gardens at Esquimalt Gorge Park
Landscapes of Injustice
Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion
The Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society
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PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ means “Blossoming Place” in SENĆOŦEN, the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. This native plant nursery and garden is not open to the public, but teaches ecosystem restoration and hosts an annual tea festival for students of the ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ Tribal School in Brentwood Bay.
Featuring Sarah Jim and Judith Lyn Arney
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PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱
ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱ Tribal School
SENĆOŦEN Language
Native Plant Restoration on the Value Nature podcast
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The Horticulture Centre of the Pacific is a thriving educational hub for Victoria’s gardening community. With more than 9 acres of vibrant gardens, it provides year-round opportunities to learn and grow.
Featuring Linda Petite and Hayley Rosenberg
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The Gardens at HCP
Charlotte & the Quail
Nourish Kitchen & Cafe
Value Nature Podcast
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A conversation with Soil Steward and Master Composter, David Greig.
This short exchange is bonus material that didn't make it into the Abkhazi Garden episode but nonetheless deserves to be heard.
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David Greig
Compost Education Centre
Abkhazi Garden
Society for Organic Urban Land Care
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Point Ellice House Museum and Gardens is a cornerstone in Victoria’s colonial history with many stories to tell. Located in an industrial neighbourhood, it might be the best-kept secret in the City of Gardens.
Featuring Kelly Black, Christeah Dupont, and Jeannine Worthing.
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Point Ellice House
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The Abkhazi Garden is the beloved child of the Prince and Princess Abkhazi, who married and settled in Victoria in 1946. It is known as the Garden that Love Built. Today, their heritage home is a Teahouse serving afternoon tea.
Featuring Barb Gunn, Cherie Miltimore, and Jacqui Paulson.
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Abkhazi Garden
The Teahouse at Abkhazi Garden
The Land Conservancy of BC
A Curious Life: The Biography of Princess Peggy Abkhazi by Katherine Gordon
A Curious Cage: Life in a Japanese Internment Camp by Peggy Abkhazi
Welcome to the Tea & Gardens podcast! Join Lauren and Chantal as they explore the City of Gardens and the cross-cultural appeal of tea.
This is the companion piece to the video series which is available now on Telus Optik TV and YouTube.