Reb Stevenson’s short video about her stay in our hotel last December , shows how exciting it can be to slow down, cozy up in front of a wood burning fireplace and let time expand…….She showed also great humour, especially while biting in a piece of decomposed bull kelp. In the winter months seaweed is like gold for gardeners only but not for our chefs. In our kitchen we use the seaweed that is alive and in the ocean between April and September, not the...
Read MoreReb Stevensons Sleeps around at Sooke Harbour House!
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Read MoreSinclair Philip on January 19th will talk about mushrooms at the Swan Lake Nature Center.
Tuesday, January 19 BOTANY NIGHT Vacation Pictures from the Stay-at-Homes. Kem Luther and Sinclair Philip will bring along some of their best pictures of plants, mosses, algae, animals and fungi in Southern Vancouver Island. Ultimate proof that digital cameras do not improve bad composition skills. Swan Lake Nature House, 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Bring a friend. Botany Night: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Swan Lake Nature Centre. Sinclair’s presentation will be on...
Read MoreBon Appetit, Sooke!
We have a very nice new small restaurant and food market in Sooke called ‘The Farmers daughter’. This is where we decided to have a family lunch with Jasmine and her partner Graeme before they return to Halifax and then Montreal and our son Benjamin. Over the years Sooke has seen the openings of nice new places : Markus Wharfside ( dinner only), the Little Vienna Bakery ( lunch only and wonderful breads), The Reading Room bookstore and cafe ( lunch only and...
Read MoreOur wedding team is getting ready to showcase Sooke Harbour House at one of the largest Wedding Show in Vancouver on January 9th and 10th
Please come and visit Amanda, Britta and Karen from a Sea of Bloom at the Sooke Harbour House’s booth during the 31st Annual Wedding Fair at the Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina in Vancouver. Under our romantic wedding canopy, adorned with colourful bouquets designed by Karen Stone of A Sea of Bloom florist shop in Sooke, with a very large backdrop of the panoramic view of the edible and organic gardens of Sooke Harbour House , the ocean and the Olympic Mountains,...
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