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Wildfire Resilient Gardening

Please Join EMC’s annual FireSmart outreach day which involves an outdoor presentation supported by our tent and table offering promotional items, landscaping guides and home assessments from 10-2pm.

 

Wildfire Resilient Gardening

Presentation at Dinter Nursery

10am to 11am Saturday, June 13th

5 km south of Duncan on Highway 1
2205 Phipps Road
Duncan, BC

 

Learn from The Garden Alchemist Bethany Couture how you can reduce wildfire risk around the home without sacrificing beauty. During this outdoor presentation you will learn how to identify vulnerabilities in your yard, and choose plants, mulches, and implement design strategies that increase fire resilience. Also visit Emergency Management Cowichan’s FireSmart tent from 10-2pm for free prizes and landscaping ideas.

This is a free seminar supported by FireSmart BC and no registration is required.

Details
Date
Saturday June 13, 2026
Where
Dinter Nursery
When
10am - 2pm
Current Burning Permissions
Open burning—or burning outdoors—is allowed when the wildfire risk is low and can be a useful tool when conducted responsibly. Open burning includes Category 1 campfire, Category 2, and Category 3 open fire.
CATEGORY 3
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CATEGORY 1 CAMPFIRE
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Regional Water Use Restrictions
During drought conditions, your water system operator may introduce water use restrictions to conserve limited water supplies. There are four stages of water restrictions which are coordinated across the Cowichan Valley. Local conditions may sometimes require a higher stage of water restrictions on certain systems.
No Restrictions
Stage 1 Restrictions
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