Get your tickets now! 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.

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, Whaletown Garden Centre, and Hollyhock); and on Quadra Island, Inspirations, 671 Plaza Road, Quathiaski Cove.

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.

Gardens on the tour are Fairhaven Gardens (Laura Ellingsen), Norah Johnson and Jerry Prussin's Garden, Brian Hayden's Garden, Juniper Bluff Garden (Elizabeth Anderson & Leonard Woywitka), Hollyhock Garden, Sea Field Garden (Martha Abelson), and the Heritage Garden at the Cortes Island Museum.

Top photo Sea Field Garden – Martha Abelson:

“Where the field meets the sea.”
Walk through the field and through a gate arched by a fragrant yellow honeysuckle.
Enjoy the roses lining the path to a lower gate arched with purple honeysuckle that leads to the Boathouse. Find the sitting area under the climbing rose and fragrant mock orange to enjoy the view out to the sea and the Coast Mountains. Wander the paths to find bright dahlias and gladiolus among beds of vegetables and salad greens.
This garden is a place to come and sit and enjoy.


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