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New Japanese Teahouse enriches cultural representation in RRU Gardens

Hand-crafted Japanese teahouse at Hatley Park unveiled where formal tea ceremonies and special gatherings can occur.
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A powerful space: Indigenous Medicine Garden grows more than food

The newly planted Indigenous Medicine Garden at the Farm at RRU will serve as classroom, teacher and cultural connection.
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$250K donation supports building of Japanese Teahouse in RRU Gardens

Alum Eve Martin and her spouse Paul help bring teahouse within the 100-year old Japanese gardens to life.
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Celebrating a successful year of growth at the Farm at RRU

It’s been a BIG year at the Farm at RRU! What was once a fallow, underused lawn is being transformed into a 5.26-acre edible and medicinal greenspace.
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Surrounded by nature: Anni’s bench the perfect place for memories

In honour of their mother who loved peace and flowers, a Victoria family dedicated a bench to her in the Royal Roads Italian garden.
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Feeding the future: RRU researchers explore uncertainty in food supply

The Farm at RRU helps address food insecurity in our region. SSHRC-funded research pairs Royal Roads researchers with Revelstoke community group to examine food systems in the future.
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Indigenous Medicine Garden takes root

Our recently established Indigenous Medicine Garden is now home to dozens of native plants, thanks to the guidance of Indigenous Elders, ethnobotanists, staff, volunteers and donors.
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Thoughtful design and carefully selected wood shapes teahouse

Japanese teahouse on RRU campus is product of three years of design and preparations, and it all starts with the wood.
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Garden lessons: planting the seeds of leadership

MGM students learn from former RRU head gardener, Paul Allison, to approach leadership from the lens of nature, science and sustainability.
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Growing a community: The Farm at RRU celebrates successful harvest

The Farm at RRU held a fall harvest event to celebrate a tripled crop yield for produce donations to community partners.
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Growing resilience and cultural exchange

Community collards workshop a recipe for success.
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RRU gardener Emma Lansdowne digs into history and colonialism

Her PhD research focuses on the “entanglement of gardens and imperial enterprise in the 18th and early 19th centuries.”
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How a teahouse is bringing a piece of Japanese culture to Royal Roads

Thanks to a lead donation, a teahouse is part of the plans for RRU’s Japanese gardens
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The Farm at Royal Roads blooms bigger with TD Bank Group support

The sunshine – and a generous gift from TD Bank Group – is growing the Farm at Royal Roads University (RRU). Today, TD announced a $196,000 donation to RRU’s annual grounds and gardens fundraising…
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Local food leaves little carbon footprint

Solara Goldwynn, food systems manager for Royal Roads University's Giving Garden, speaks on Conversations Live with Stuart McNish about the university's local solution to address food insecurity. In…
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Growing kindness: RRU’s community fridge

It’s been a year since the start of the Royal Roads University Giving Garden. Now there’s a new addition: the RRU community fridge. The initiative is a partnership between the Giving Garden and Student…
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From no-dig to pollinator plants, try this at home

Solara Goldwynn, Royal Roads University’s food systems manager took staff on a tour of the Giving Garden as part of the university’s celebrations for Earth Week hosted by the Climate and Sustainability…
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1,000 pounds and growing: RRU Garden helps feed community

Royal Roads University’s Giving Garden, part of A Vision in Bloom, is helping fight food insecurity on Vancouver Island
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RRU’s historic Japanese Gardens are getting a major redesign

CBC Victoria's Adam van der Zwan took a walk with the garden's new architect Hayato Ogawa and Director of Operations Ron Granados to find out more about major plans for the historic Japanese Gardens.
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Royal Roads’ kitchen garden is producing

Right now we are giving the community 120 pounds of organic produce a week, grown right here on campus in our Giving Garden, funded by your donations to A Vision in Bloom.
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