Outside Design

01/01/2024

The Sun Tunnel isn't the first greenhouse in a windy neighbourhood in St. John's. But it stands out from the others: instead of glass, it's mostly made out of opaque wood.

10/03/2023

Short video on shoreline slope restoration.

Kristen Miskelly (Biologist and co-owner of Satinflower Nurseries), Andy MacKinnon (Forestry Ecologist, author, and former Metchosin Councillor), and Tayler Krawczyk (Co-owner of Hatchet & Seed) invited the Resilient Coasts for Salmon team to learn about a shoreline slope restoration project near Wi...

10/03/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6kj4SEpBNI&t=257s

Kristen Miskelly (Biologist and co-owner of Satinflower Nurseries), Andy MacKinnon (Forestry Ecologist, author, and former Metchosin Councillor), and Tayler ...

03/01/2023

Great information on native Vancouver Island shoreline plants.

Join Kristen Miskelly on a virtual tour of Satinflower Nurseries and Witty’s Lagoon to explore the native shoreline plants of Vancouver Island! Kristen share...

12/05/2020

It’s so rewarding seeing a project come together and watching my design come to life. This is for a condo building in Victoria, BC.

12/01/2020

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07/28/2020

Lots of healthy goodness ready to harvest. We are already in zucchini overload and patiently waiting for our figs to ripen.

07/23/2020

The best part of summer - making supper using vegetables from my garden. All the hours of weeding, planting and fighting off slugs have paid off.

06/01/2020

Connection and design are often relatable in many projects...I thing this is also true when engaging people; whether they are clients, design collaborators, place holders, and or the final users of the end design and finished project. Connection matters and with empathy more so!

As businesses pivot in respond to COVID-19, empathy has a key role to play in communications and engagement with customers, client and staff.

05/28/2020

I thought I'd share some advice my wife recently gave on the importance of collaboration in pivoting your business.

In this session of Biz Banter we caught up with Cynthia Lockrey of How To Communications and learned a little about how her business model has become more co...