Join us in Fairfield on May 18th from 1:00 to 3:00 for a guided tour of the Ross Bay Native Plant Garden.

Ross Bay Villa Historic House Museum has been a part of the Fairfield landscape since the 1860s, when the Roscoe family moved into their home outside of the new city of Victoria. “Spring is on us again with all its glorious flowers”  wrote Robert Burnaby in May 1862.  One of the Roscoes’ few neighbours, Mr. Burnaby, lived on land that became part of the Cemetery where “ the Bush is a perfect garden of roses, lilies and violets, lupins and larkspurs will follow on.”  

In 2024 the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association established the Ross Bay Native Plant Garden along Memorial Crescent.  Botanist Ton Tran, the project co-ordinator, will introduce us to the salt-spray and wind resistant coastal plants that thrive in our area and lead a walking tour of the community garden. Meet before 100pm at Ross Bay Villa, 1490 Fairfield Road.  Admission by cash donation or e-transfer.