Island Grown:
Green Flags are Farm Stands!
Gabriola is home to an active community of farmers offering local, sustainable food.
Locally-grown goods can be found year-round at markets, farm stands, shops, and on some of our island’s menus. With food trucks, cafes, restaurants, and pubs, we can say with confidence: there are good eats here for everyone!
Find farm stands (green flags on the map!) and more to sustain you using the directory below.
Index codes correspond with our visitor map to help you locate these unique experiences.
Pick yours up FREE at our Gabriola Island Visitor Centre.
Coats Marsh Regional Park
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From the Regional District of Nanaimo: 'In 2008, a long-time Gabriola landowner used the federal eco-gift tax program to help The Nature Trust of BC and the RDN acquire and protect 44 ha of environmentally sensitive wetlands and forest. Coats Marsh Regional Park is the first protected wetland on Gabriola, an under-represented category in the Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory for the southern Gulf Islands which only have 1.7 per cent of their land base in wetlands. The balance of the new regional park contains second-growth Douglas-fir forest that will now be able to mature to old growth status in tandem with the woods of the large 707 Community Park next door. A rough trail network within the property lets you explore the sensitive habitat.'