This project aimed to complete the investigation of installing edible landscape at UVic, which was associated with the Sustainability Action Plan, and which was initiated through a challenge submitted by the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability to the CRD’s Ready, Set, Solve! (RSS) program. The project goal was to link food security, student health, and restoration initiatives on campus to channel student, faculty, and administrative energy towards common goals.
This project built on the initial “Edible Landscapes on the UVic Campus” feasibility report. The applicants identified two phases for this project and applied for funding to complete phase one of this project. Phase One involves networking and the creation of a “Edible Campus Group” consisting of students, campus groups, faculty, staff and local First Nations to develop this vision and engage in academic and educational opportunities, that build capacity around making and managing edible landscapes on campus.