Get your tickets soon! Spend the day exploring 15 beautiful gardens and studios offering a range of landscapes and arts in areas from Whaletown to Cortes Bay to Smelt Bay to Mansons!

Saturday, June 22, from 10 am to 4 pm.

Tickets are $20, and children 12 and under are free.

Featured here is the Foxglove Pottery Studio – Mary Claire Preston:

When you visit my studio, you will find me at work in some part of the process of hand-making functional stoneware vessels. I've been working with clay most of my adult life, but having my own space is still new. Clay work is a meditation for me, an anchor, grounding me in the insanity of our times. I like to make functional wares, and it is most satisfying to know that my vessels are enjoyed by people in their daily lives: held during morning tea or coffee or ... a bowl for yummy soup, salad or bread making. I’m branching out to experiment with different vessels: carved soap dishes and candle holders and butter dishes too.

While you are here, you can watch a demonstration and see some of my finished works displayed.

Tickets are available at the Cortes Museum, 957 Beasley Road; Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road; Cortes Island stores (Natural Food Co-op, The Cortes Market, Marnie's Books, Gorge Harbour Marina Store, Squirrel Cove General Store, and Hollyhock); Inspirations on Quadra Island, 671 Plaza Road, Quathiaski Cove; and on the event day at the Whaletown Garden Centre, 315 Carrington Road, Cortes Island (just off the ferry).

Discover Cortes Island: pack a picnic, hop on the ferry if you're coming from Quadra or Campbell River, carpool with friends, or bring your e-bike!

To book Hollyhock lunch, call 250-935-6576 (reservations are required; mention Creative Spaces to get a 10% discount).

Enjoy what our beautiful island has to offer.

For more information, contact the Museum: call 250-935-6340, visit our website at www.cortesmuseum.com, or email cimascortesmuseum.com.