by guest blogger Sarah G. Hello Everyone, new placemaking volunteers Sarah G & John L here. We are helping Teale Phelps Bondaroff with the 'Pocket Places' / Little Free Libraries project -- delivering books to the LFLs. Since COVID made volunteering at … [Read more...]
Fairy Houses – placemaking in miniature
article and photos by Renée Layberry A lush, verdant spring was poised to burst forth in picturesque Victoria just as the COVID-19 pandemic settled over North America like a fog, dimming the luminescence of a new season. Around the globe, and in our city, we retreated into our … [Read more...]
A Plaza, but Definitely Not a Place
I am excited to be doing my first guest post here for the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network. I thought that a good place to start on a discussion of place is one of my least favourite things. Places for the sake of place. Even if you haven’t actually spent time in the plaza … [Read more...]
Placemaking in Paris
How does the City of Paris do placemaking?This year, the City of Paris selected seven sites for envisioning a new relationship to public spaces. Corporate sponsors share in the public recognition of the work. While visiting this summer, I happened to catch the … [Read more...]
PanFlora for the Planet
Grieving for my species and planet this week, I headed out for one of my "feel-better" activities...sprucing up PanFlora Gardens. You may have noticed the wooden garden boxes on the south side of Pandora Avenue boulevard, outside Our Place. PanFlora Gardens started as a … [Read more...]