In the Community

The 2012 Operation Clean Sweep kicks of with Pitch-in Canada week from April 23 to 30 and the community is invited to participate.

It was her first competition and Liliana Belluk-Orlikow had been nervous. But when she heard the other six cellists in her category perform, she knew she had a chance to win. "Some of them were better than others," Liliana said.

The club's open garden for the month of April is at the home of Linda Hargrave at 1236 Miller Road. The garden will be open from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 22.

On Sunday, April 29, renowned marine biologist Dr. Alexandra Morton will speak at 1 p.m. at the Gallery at Artisan Square.

Mary Buckerfield White remembers the stories well, and with pleasure. This is evident in her voice and her laughter as she speaks about her new book Buckerfield, the Story of a Vancouver Family.

Last year at one of Bowen in Transition's training sessions, the issue of food security on our island came up. Kim Kasasian suggested for Bowen in Transition (BIT) to sponsor a project to increase food security by helping people obtain fruit trees.

Tir-na-nOg will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary and on May 1, we invite the community to an evening of musical performance with dinner at the Vancouver Rowing Club in Stanley Park.

The new Bowfest board faced a tough decision as Bowen youth submitted over 50 individual and group entries to the Bowfest 2012 theme contest.

This Sunday, two young women entrepreneurs will bring their new business idea, and a wide array of fabulous jewelry, to Bowen Island. One of the business partners is Danielle Allan who grew up on Bowen.

VanDusen Botanical Garden's new visitors' centre is a living building. At the next meeting of the Bowen Island Garden Club on Tuesday, April 16, at 1 p.m.