Gardens, Farms & Markets
Summer Farmers Market Starts May 7
Dust off your basket and get ready for market season!
Saturday, May 7, 2022, is the first day of the Denman Island Summer Farmers Market, just in time for spring greens, snap peas, radishes, and early flowers. New this year: you can enjoy a frothy latte, espresso (hot or iced), flat white, or other specialty coffee at the market.
Asian Take Out at the Denman Market
Authentic Asian take out at the Denman Island Farmers’ Market every Saturday by Pun Villawood Crowe.
Pampering and Body Care with Island Pür
Denman Islander Renée Robichard creates ‘mermaid friendly’ bath and body products that are good enough to eat and drink!
All About the Plants: Interview with Herbalist Sheelagh Mackenzie
Sheelagh Mackenzie knows plants. She knows the wild plants of the Denman forests and the Vancouver Island mountains. She knows herbs and flowers, leaves and roots. She knows how to forage for food, how to harvest sustainably, and how to brew potions, lotions and salves. She also has an…
Alternative roots, ‘work less’ philosophy guide Denman Islander’s life
Many Denman Islanders have multiple sources of income in areas of creating and producing food, art, music and more. Read about Megan Rose’s return to her Denman Island roots, and the eclectic livelihood that includes crafting, growing, foraging, bicycle repair, music-making and comedy!
Employees’ New Raspberry Dessert Wine Among Corlan Vineyard’s Gold Medal Winners
Know-how, patience, hard work, wonderful employees, and an incredibly supportive wine-loving community helped Denman Island’s Corlan Vineyard to rack up seven awards for their To Ewe organic wines – in just five years of winemaking.
Take a Garden Tour for Inspiration!
Gardeners, nature lovers and dreamers of all ages will be enchanted by a stroll through Phyllis Brewers Denman Island garden. Wander the paths beneath trees and blooming archways through three acres of mature gardens cultivated over the past 45 years and immerse yourself in the sights and scents of…
Denman Island featured on Moosemeat & Marmalade TV show
Travel and cooking show team Art Napoleon and Dan Hayes discovered Denman Island’s “five-mile diet” as they caught Dungeness and Rock crab, harvested oysters and sea asparagus, and shopped at the Denman Island Farmers Market. Filmed in summer of 2018 on Denman Island, BC, Episode 13: Crabs & Oysters…
The Way Increasingly Traveled – Two Roads Farm
Oh those long, plump, fleshy tomatoes, those huge, crisp red radishes, the small, elegantly pointed cabbages, the bags of baby romaine! Two Roads Farm has come a long way and built a devoted clientele in the two and half years of non-stop work since Sam Croome and Emily Anderson…
Corlan Vineyard & Farm Wins Silver On The World Wine-Making Stage
The Corlan Vineyard registered an astonishing accomplishment by capturing top prizes for two wines produced by Selwyn and Pat Jones on Denman Island. Their Marechal Foch Red and their Blackberry Dessert Wine competed with close to 3000 wines from 19 countries and won SILVER. Countries included the giants among…