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Shops, services and the people behind them.

A third-generation garden centre on Hammond Bay Road

Green Thumb is a family-owned Nanaimo nursery, open 9 to 5 daily, with mid-Island stock and a sister wholesale farm next door. Staff are there to talk new gardeners and old hands through Island conditions.

November 11, 20262 min read

Local Business

The Crow and Gate, B.C.’s first neighbourhood pub, still stands in Yellow Point

Opened in 1972 and family-owned since 1987, the Tudor-style pub on Yellow Point Road is 19+, takes no reservations, and keeps daily hours from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

November 11, 20262 min read

A third-generation garden centre on Hammond Bay Road

The Crow and Gate, B.C.’s first neighbourhood pub, still stands in Yellow Point

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