Milner Gardens is on the east coast of Vancouver Island between the communities of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. It is considered
one of Canada’s 10 best public gardens by Canadian Geographic Travel. Its blooms are legendary and now there is an expansion of its summer “Jazz in the Garden” to “Music in the Garden”, adding a second performance of classical music the day before Jazz. Saturday and Sunday, August 14 and 15, are the big days for getting both your eyes and ears dazzled. (more…)
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Music at Milner Gardens— perfection just got better
Thursday, August 5th, 2010Wildly Awash In Nanaimo
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society kicks off the 44th annual Nanaimo Marine Festival July 22, beginning four fun days and nights of great food, fireworks, a kid’s carnival with harborside playdock and finally the main event: the “great” International World Championship Bathtub Race. The Bathtub Race is a grueling 1 1/2 hour voyage circling Entrance Island then up and around Winchelsea Island and finishing at Departure Bay. In past years it was a challenge just to get out of the choppy waters caused by hundreds of extra escort and observation boats. Nowadays there are some pretty spiffy motorized tubs out there giving a new meaning to the word ”whirlpool.” 
This year’s Nanaimo Marine Festival is a salute to the “Canadian Naval Centennial 1910 to 2010″. The salute is also the theme of the festival’s “Sail Past on Wheels Fun Parade”. (more…)
