Watch ReImagine’s short vido to get to know some of the common Beyond Blue Box recyclables you can ethically dispose of with Pacific Mobile the 2nd Saturday of each month at Belmont Secondary!
And take a few minute to learn more about what goes where when you play the CRD’s online recycling game, “Ready, Set, Sort!”.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Pacific Mobile Recycling Depot
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Belmont Secondary School
3041 Langford Lake Rd, Langford, BC
Take your recycling game Beyond the Blue Box at the West Shore’s monthly (every 2nd Saturday) Pacific Mobile Depot
If you’re not quite sure what the depot accepts, please check out our short video and visit the PMD website for further info.
Planning Your Year-Round Veggie Garden
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Learning Commons – B215 – Belmont Secondary School
3041 Langford Lake Rd, Langford
FREE! Pre-registration Required
Here on the West Shore good planning makes it possible to harvest produce from our gardens during every month of the year. Knowing when to sow seeds is important. But it’s just as crucial to know when and how to transition one crop to another. This presentation will show you how to plan to grow year-round, care for your soil, protect your crops in winter, and we’ll even touch on pests and diseases!
Presented by Kayla Siefried from the Compost Education Centre.
Nourishing & Delicious Veggie Stew Workshop
Foods Room – 1124, Royal Bay Secondary School,
3500 Ryder Hesjedal Way, Colwood
FREE! Space is Limited. Pre-registration Required
Learn to make a tasty and nourishing winter stew taking advantage of one of the most affordable local veggies, green cabbage! We will also be incorporating local lentils from Saanichton, which are nutritional powerhouses in this tomato and coconut milk-based Moroccan vegetarian stew. To round this class out, we will also be making a simple flatbread to go with our stew!
Presented by Chef Michael Williams
Chef Michael Williams is the co-owner of Urban Forage, a local business with big heart. For the last two decades Chef Michael has been serving up savoury dishes while catering to and teaching Victoria through cooking classes and as host of CHEK TV’s Cookin’ On the Coast. Working together with local farmers and purveyors, Michael builds his Urban Forage cuisine with health and vitality in mind while keeping amazing flavour at the forefront!
Not quite sure what a Repair Cafe is all about? Watch our short video for details!
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Repair Café West Shore
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Gordon United Church, 935 Goldstream Avenue, Langford
FREE or By Donation
What do you do with a broken toaster? Or a bike wheel that’s out of alignment … and what about a sweater full of moth holes? Toss it? No way! Bring them to the Repair Café, where our fantastic volunteer repair team can assess and more than likely help you get your item repaired for free or by donation. And for those who want to give DIY a try, there will be tools and materials on hand for you to work on fixing some things yourself!
Special Notes: We DO NOT accept gas-powered items. We also ask that you make sure your item(s) are wiped down/cleaned before requesting a repair (we don’t want our repair heroes needing to clean out dirty vacuums before they can try to repair them for you). 🙏🏼
Got the tools and some time?
If you’re a Handy Superhero like our mascot Reggie the Wrench Guy, we’d love to have you join our righteous repair quest. Repair Café ReImagine West Shore could use more handy volunteers and we’re looking for local residents with different skills who can serve as repair experts during our Repair Café meetings. Check out our Call to Handyfolk and let us know if you can lend us a hand at an upcoming Repair Café!
Sponsored by the Capital Regional District, City of Colwood, City of Langford, Town of View Royal, District of Metchosin, District of Highlands and Vancity. 🙏🏼🛠️💚
Saturday, March 7, 2026
West Shore Seedy Saturday 2026 and Student Quilt Show
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Royal Bay Secondary School
3500 Ryder Hesjedal Way, Colwood, BC
General Admission is FREE or By Donation
Exhibitor Registration Available NOW!
Come and connect with farmers, seed vendors, gardeners, and community groups to find your local seeds for the season, swap seeds and seed origin stories, learn how to grow more of your own food, and create nurturing spaces for pollinators.
For this 3rd Annual West Shore Seedy Saturday, we have more space for our exhibitors, a dedicated area for speakers to share knowledge throughout the day, and for this edition we’ll also have the terrific “Eat Your Fruits & Veggies Quilt Show” on offer from the students of Royal Bay Secondary School.
West Shore Seedy Saturday is a ReImagine West Shore community collaboration with Flourish! School Food Society.
If you’re interested in exploring the possibility of sharing your garden or farm, please be sure to check out the land matching programs being run by the Young Agrarians.
Garden Sharing
Finding that you’ve now got too much yard or garden to handle and curious about what it would take to share part of it with others? Garden Sharing is an innovative way to save money and grow more nutritious food locally while building stronger community connections. And the Young Agrarians of Canada already have a system in place to support it!
The Young Agrarians are a nation-wide non-profit farmer resource organization, which has extended its farmland mapping program (UMAP) to include both rural and urban gardens, centralizing information for those looking for garden space to use and those with garden space to share.
The UMAP shows locations of gardens and farms with extra space or in need of helpers, listing the size, type and nature of the land for those looking, who can also post specifics of what they want. So far only a handful of Greater Victoria locations are listed, but ReImagine West Shore is hoping the resource may find fresh interest on the West Shore, so are working with the Young Agrarians to promote the resource for interested community members.
Past Events
What you should bring to the workshop:
• Fabric(s)
• Notions (thread, buttons, zippers, etc.)
• Sewing machine if you have one.
Mythrose will provide:
• 3 Sewing Machines
• Serger
• Scissors and other equipment (maybe even an Embroidery Machine!)
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Pop-Up Sewing Makerspace
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Group #1: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. OR Group #2: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. OR Group #3: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
DIY Room, Metchosin Arts & Cultural Centre,
4495 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, BC
Join Heather Ireland (tailor, upcycler and costume-designer) of Langford-based Mythrose for a fantastic opportunity to get some expert help, learn new techniques, and connect with fellow sewing enthusiasts. This edition of our Sewing Makerspace is intended for folks who are already working on a project, NOT for people just learning how to sew. This will be a great opportunity to get some tips to help complete Halloween costumes or get started on your winter holiday sewing projects. 🎃🌲
Heather will offer valuable guidance, answer your questions and help you tackle your sewing projects … and she’ll bring along a few sewing machines, a serger and other equipment! 👗🧵
Get inspired and enjoy a supportive space where your sewing ideas can come to life.
Register below for Group #1, Group #2, or Group #3 and please click on the Project Background Form button to share information that will help us better prepare for your participation in the workshop.
Got a question or curiosity about this workshop session? Drop us a note.
Grow Your Own Food 101 Workshop
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Learning Commons – B215 – Belmont Secondary School
3041 Langford Lake Rd, Langford
FREE! Pre-registration Required
Want to grow your own groceries but not sure where to even start?
This tip and info-rich workshop is designed for beginners who want to get their hands dirty and start producing fresh produce in their backyards or in containers.
We’ll cover soil health, basic gardening techniques like watering, weeding and mulching and so much more.
Presented by Kayla Siefried from the Compost Education Centre.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Hot Water Bath Canning Workshop
Thursday, September 11, 2025
6:30 to 8:30pm
Foods Room – 1124, Royal Bay Secondary School,
3500 Ryder Hesjedal Way, Colwood
FREE! Space is Limited. Pre-registration Required
Ever wonder what to do with all those tomatoes? Or just want to make your own berry jam to enjoy in the dark days of winter? Come learn the safe steps to successfully make home canned goods using the hot water bath method as we make some delish jam together!
You will come away with a basic idea of how to can the season’s abundance safely, and have a list of resources to consult for further learning.
Presented by Kayla Siefried from the Compost Education Centre.
West Shore Salad Skirmish
Part of the 2025 Tomato Challenge
Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson and Metchosin Mayor Marie-Térèse Little will face off in a culinary throw down to establish summer salad supremacy on Sunday, September 7th at 3:00 p.m. during Metchosin Day to help ReImagine cap off our 2025 West Shore Tomato Challenge and have some fun while highlighting flavourful local food and veg-centric recipes.
Our West Shore Tomato Challenge is a small part of the local food revolution … you can grow tomatoes almost anywhere!!! 🍅
How the Tomato Challenge works
ReImagine has given away local and organic tomato seedlings to West Shore folks who want to grow their own, along with the juicy details on how to grow ’em. And all we ask is that people let us know how they enjoy the experience by keeping us posted about their growing journey via our social media channels, email, or at our pop-up community events!
We’re grateful to be collaborating with the Arts & Culture Colwood Society to make this special location at the Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary available for our workshop.
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Gardening for Pollinators and Other Wildlife
Sunday, August 10, 2025
10:00 to 11:30am
Goldfinch Arts Centre, 170 Goldfinch Road, Colwood
FREE! Space is Limited. Pre-registration Required
If you’re done with the Kentucky bluegrass and ready to make a welcoming space for BC pollinators and birds, ReImagine West Shore member and retired ecological restoration professional, Judy Nault might be able to help!
Plenty of people are interested in becoming better stewards of the environment, and that can include actions like creating beneficial habitat in your own yard, or ‘Naturescaping’.
There’s lots you can do to invite more nature into your life, and it’s fun to chat with other nature-lovers, too!
Join Judy for this free introductory workshop at Esquimalt Lagoon to discover what you can do to support pollinators and other wildlife in your own backyard!
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Food Preservation Basics
Saturday, May 31, 2025
10:00 to 12:00 noon
Learning Commons (Room B215), Belmont Secondary School
3041 Langford Lake Road, Langford
FREE! Space is Limited. Pre-registration Required
Come learn the basics of how to preserve the summer and autumn abundance.
We will learn the basics of dehydrating, cover how best to freeze foods, store foods, and the science behind hot water bath canning and fermenting, too.
Join Kayla Siefried from the Compost Education Centre to learn why preserving foods is not only a delicious way to taste summer in the dark rainy days of winter, but it is also an act of sustainability and creates more security in the food system.
A community collaboration between ReImagine West Shore, Royal Bay Secondary School and the West Shore Arts Council. Thank you to the Capital Regional District, City of Langford, City of Colwood, Town of View Royal, District of Metchosin and District of Highlands for their financial support and to Westshore Town Centre for their generous contribution of space.
Tuesday, April 22 (Earth Day) to Saturday, April 26, 2025
Upcycled 2: Small Changes, Big Impact
Tuesday, April 22 (Earth Day) to Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday & Friday
Westshore Town Centre, 2945 Jacklin Road, Langford
UPCYCLED focuses on re-purposing materials to create something new. The art show featuring the work of Royal Bay Secondary School students highlights how people can positively impact the environment by developing circular economies, reducing waste,and minimizing their footprint.
The show features upcycled fashion, fibre arts, home décor, 2D and 3D works of art that tell a story. Visitors to the show will also have an opportunity to vote on the People’s Choice Award.
Awards Presentation | Saturday, April 26 (3:00 p.m.)
Also on Saturday, April 26th (the final day of UPCYCLED) we’ll have the first giveaway of West Shore Tomato Challenge plants (you have to pre-register, so be sure to sign-up to avoid disappointment! 🍅). You’ll also have a chance to connect with community organizations which work to support sustainable living, so drop by to learn about some of the ways you can ReThink Waste and Make Shift Happen in your world. Happy Earth Month! 🌎♻️💚
Green Friday Map & Tip Sheet
Online initiative to promote shopping local for the holidays! 🎄
The time has come to turn Black Friday 💚 GREEN 💚 in the West Shore!
ReImagine’s Green Friday Tip Sheet includes over 90 local vendors, experiences, and businesses. There’s something for everyone – and we all get to lend a hand in supporting great local enterprises! And keep an eye out for listings with a star 🌟 for special Green Friday deals!
ReImagine Swap & Shop
Saturday & Sunday, December 14 & 15, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
DIY Room, Metchosin Arts & Cultural Centre, 4495 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin, BC
Part of the Very Merry Makers Market
Bring stuff to swap, pay what you can, or take something home for free!
Donations of your gently used clothing, shoes, accessories, as well as small non-plastic and very gently used toys (under 8″ diameter) will be gratefully accepted (please no stained, ripped, or broken items).
Donation Drop-Off
From December 9 to 13 folks are invited to drop off their items in the bins under the front stairs of the Metchosin Arts & Culture Centre at 4495 Happy Valley Rd. If you’re uncertain about whether a donation will be accepted, please message us to check. Thank you! 🎄🧑🏻🎄
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