Katherine Michelle Gordon

Made to Measure: A History of Land Surveying in British Columbia

Land surveyors have played a fundamental role in the unique settlement history of British Columbia. The story of their work is awe-inspiring. Less than 150 years ago, the province—a rough and beautiful child of imperial ambition—was largely a vast wilderness, occupied by societies without written ma...

The Slocan: Portrait of a Valley

The Slocan Valley, in the heart of the southern interior of British Columbia, is a slender blue-gold arc of water, pastures, and trees lying in the western shadow of the Selkirk Mountains. Although barely 120 years old in terms of European settlement, the valley has been the amphitheatre in which mu...

The Garden That You Are

If gardening is a cycle of growth, enrichment, decay, and rebirth, so is the nature of humanity: in our societies, our cultures, and our relationships. For the gardeners among us, it's more than an analogy. Our gardens and our lives are inextricably intertwined. Who we are; where we were born; our h...

A Curious Life: The Biography of Princess Peggy Abkhazi

When Peggy Abkhazi died in 1994 in her adopted hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, she left behind a life of privilege. Reigning with her royal Georgian husband over the internationally acclaimed Abkhazi Garden, she had come far from her orphanhood in the industrial slums of Lancaster, England. ...

Catherine Gord

Catherine or Katherine Gordon may refer to: Lady Catherine Gordon (c. 14741537), Scottish noblewoman who became a lady-in-waiting in England; Catherine...

The Emerald Peacock

The Emerald Peacock

Peacock in Flight

Systems of Treatment for the Mentally Ill: Filling the Gaps