Approximately one-third of the children and families who stay at Ronald McDonald House BC come from Vancouver Island communities. Please join us in raising funds to serve these families and others from across BC and Yukon at our 22nd Annual Ronald McDonald House BC Vancouver Island Golf Tournament. The event will be held August 14 at Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort.
We are a proud in-kind sponsor of this fundraising event. Get your golf on!
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Effective August 5, our farm is now open from 7am til’ dark until October 1st.
Daily guided farm tours are still happening at 11am with Farm Manager Rob Scheres. Our farm stand is open daily 9:30am-3:30pm. We are serving delectable farm-fresh meals in our restaurant daily from 7am – 11pm. ENJOY!
Harbour House Hotel, Restaurant & Organic Farm was recently featured in Canadian Traveller as one of the top restaurant to eat brunch in Canada!
Read the full article here.
Harbour House Hotel, Restaurant & Organic Farm was recently featured in Harbors Magazine – July/August 2014 issue.
Read the full article here.
Harbour House Hotel, Restaurant & Organic Farm was recently featured in Island Farm & Garden Magazine’s July/August 2014 issue.
Read the full article on page 29 here.
It is also posted on the front page of their website here.
There will be drawing workshops (using graphite and chalk pastels on paper) on the Harbour House Organic Farm led by renowned Salt Spring artist Stefanie Denz on Sunday, July 13 & Monday, July 14.
10am-12pm. $40.00 – all materials provided; and includes an organic, farm-fresh lunch in our restaurant with Stefanie aftrewards. Min. 5, max. 12. Beginners welcome. (Note: a $20 voucher is provided for lunch)
Tickets at the Harbour House front desk; 121 Upper Ganges Road.
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This season’s July showcase in the Harbour House lobby is Stefanie Denz, exhibiting numerous paintings from her new series using layered materials: mylar, plastic, mesh and wood. Some paintings are inspired by scenes from 1970s New German Cinema director Rainer Fassbinder’s movies. Most of his films had female protagonists and his actresses; Hannah Schygulla, Rosel Zech and Barbara Sukowa were key collaborators in developing dramas depicting their own demise. The glamourous Hollywood style camera work exemplifies the truth of the women’s compromised position in society, which Fassbinder associated with fascist Germany and capitalism. Paintings below the outer wrapped (and painted) layer glimmer through like an original script that carries on as we read the surface.
Also exhibited are paintings of traveling themes including night street scenes, and being on the ferry. These too, have layers of imagery giving a sense of the variety of experiences a given moment can offer.
Stefanie Denz was born and raised in the Cowichan Valley. She received her MFA on full scholarship, from the University of Auckland, NZ,, in 1989. On return to Canada she and her husband moved to Saltspring Island finding a vibrant artistic community there. Over the years children, family and the complexity of relationships bloomed in the dreamlike and architecturally rich themes in Stefanie’s narratives;’I find images and things that reflect my thoughts and feelings about the world around me. I see an interaction between inner and outer worlds of my subjects and materials. It is my greatest hope that people will find comfort and stimulation as I do in my discovering.’ An enduring topic for her is the identity of female shaped by contexts historical and geographical, how that has changed or not, and the individuals participating in this exchange.
Though Stefanie mainly paints she also makes installations and choreographs movement pieces. She has been giving drawing and painting workshops for over 15 years. She has exhibited in the US and Germany as well as Canada, and most recently is attending her second residency in Berlin this summer. Stefanie’s work can be seen in Winchester Galleries, Victoria, Pod Gallery Saltsprinfg Is., and in her studio. Visit her website wwwstefaniedenz.ca
Harbour House Hotel, Restaurant & Organic Farm was recently featured in this front page Vancouver Observer article.
Read the full article by clicking on the above photo.
CONGRATS TO CAM BREMNER! Cam’s exceptional customer service and dedication to a team-focused restaurant has been instrumental in its growing success. Cam worked at the front desk for some time before transferring to the restaurant. There too, he made sure guests enjoyed their stay. ENJOY your award Cam!
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