Digital strategist, destination marketer, and garden tourism enthusiast, Scott can be found searching out the next offering on the BC Ale Trail or discovering something unique about a garden and then writing about it. Previously a digital marketer at The Butchart Gardens and Canada 150 Community Leader for the City of Colwood; he is a member of Garden Communicators International, sits on the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society | ビクトリア日系文化協会 board, and co-edits the Victoria NIKKEI FORUM, their bilingual Japanese-English newsletter. In his spare time he volunteers in his community of Colwood, at the Victoria Cool Aid Society, and recently accepted a position on the board of the Colwood Garden Society.
By Scott McDonald | Garden News
2019 BC Garden Tourism Awards Announced Today at the North American Garden Tourism Conference Victoria, B.C. – 4 inaugural, multi-sector focussed BC Garden Tourism Awards were issued by Geoff Ball, president of Gardens British Columbia at the North American Garden Tourism Conference, being held today and tomorrow, at the Hotel Grand Pacific, on Victoria’s inner […]
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By Scott McDonald | Parks and Walking , Vancouver Coast and Mountains , Vancouver Island
Autumn Foliage hotspots near Victoria, BC: As the warm summer evenings of Vancouver Island and the BC mainland inevitably give way to the cool and often downright frosty nights of autumn in British Columbia, the leaves of broad leaf maple, oak, poplar, dogwood, liquidambar, alder, and various ornamentals turn from their various shades of green […]
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By Scott McDonald | Display Garden , Garden News
Congratulations to all award winners at the BC Communities in Bloom 2019 Conference! Coquitlam is proud to host this year’s BC Communities in Bloom conference Sept. 20 & 21, 2019. This two-day event includes educational sessions, site tours and a formal awards banquet for volunteers involved in Communities in Bloom from communities across the province. View […]
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By Scott McDonald | Garden News , Press Release
Garden Tourism Conference Comes to Victoria, BC — November 3 – 5, 2019 Gardens British Columbia is proud to partner with and help organise the 2019 North American Garden Tourism Conference, where gardens, garden marketing experts, academia, and the tourism industry meet to discuss best practices and new and emerging strategies geared to growing both sectors […]
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By Scott McDonald | New Member , Press Release , Vancouver Coast and Mountains
Join us in welcoming the District of Mission as a new entry-level member of Gardens British Columbia! Have you been to the city of Mission, on highway 11, just north of the Fraser River and the Trans-Canada, in BC’s stunning Fraser Valley. You might have heard us refer to them for their strong support of […]
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By Scott McDonald | Garden News
These rarely seen ‘Snow Tower’ plants won’t last long, so come quickly to see them! April 19, 2019 – At over 3 meters tall, these 5 plants would be hard to miss, but they are not native to Canada; rather they come from the Canary Islands, and the western end of the mediterranean. The Bloedel […]
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