Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Latest Blog Posts
Beginner’s Jam
Making jam can be daunting if you’ve never tried it. But there are different methods, and some are very easy. In this class we will be using commercial pectin and the only skills needed are the ability to measure a few cups of fruit, and the ability to time a boil—skills everyone has. That’s it. No thermometers, no wrinkle tests. Using commercial pectin also gives you the freedom to use honey or skip the sugar all together—things not possible with traditional long boil jams.
The Magnitude of All Things
Join filmmaker Jennifer Abbott for a screening of her latest film hosted by Galiano Club/Cinema Galiano and Galiano Library.
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary. Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from the filmmaker’s childhood on Ontario’s Georgian Bay. What do these stories have in common? The answer, surprisingly, is everything.
For the people featured, climate change is not happening in the […]
15th Annual Nettlefest 2022 – April 1st-3rd
Wild Kitchen – Cooking Class – 5:00pm on Friday April 1st
Learn how to make a variety of delicious nettle dishes so that you can take advantage of all of nettle’s incredible health benefits. This hands-on class includes cooking demonstrations and is suitable for all levels of cooking skills. We will create a delicious meal to share around a communal table at the end of the evening. Cost $25/person – RSVP to register.
Forest Foraging Walk – 10:30am Saturday April 2nd
With Sustainable Food Systems Coordinator Cedana Bourne from the Galiano Conservancy Association, $10-$20.
Meet at […]
Meet Your Maker 2022 Report
In 2021, the Galiano Community Food Program hosted our first Meet Your Maker event, which was held virtually. The most important theme to come out of the event was the desire for improved cooperation and communication, and so in support of that goal, in January of 2022, the Food Program hosted a 2nd annual Meet Your Maker, with a modified format: this time a series of events aimed at connecting Galiano growers with each other and with restaurants and grocery stores. There were three parts over two days:
Part […]
Galiano Club Update – March 2022
By Jack Garton
Like buds emerging from branches, or green shoots poking up from garden beds and roadsides, community events are making their cautious return this spring. The community hall is starting to host classes, rehearsals, workshops and more. This column does not want to presume too much when it comes to predicting the future, since it has been proven wrong in the past, but it hopes sincerely that this spring will bring with it some of the things we’ve dearly missed.
The hall has been hosting a winter farmer’s market every second Saturday, which will continue until the summer market starts […]
The Community Hall Shed
For as long as any of us can remember there has been an old wooden building located next to the Galiano Community Hall. It is a simple enough four-sided structure, thick wood boards nailed to unfinished posts rooted into the ground, sloping corrugated metal roof. A single door, no windows. The floor is made up of packed soil and one very old tree stump. One side of the structure seems to have been left open (to receive firewood?) and was eventually covered over with a number of reused wood doors. Originally built […]
Upcoming Club Events
Upcoming Food Program Events
