Resources
CRD Resources
Check out this informational brochure on alternatives to pesticide use.
Growing Green Factsheet Series
The following factsheets provide information on healthy gardening techniques and provide tips on how to avoid those pesky pests.
- Aphid Factsheet (PDF
) - Beneficial Insects Factsheet (PDF )
- Black Spot of Rose Factsheet (PDF )
- Broad Leaf Weeds Factsheet (PDF )
- Caterpillar Factsheet (PDF )
- Codling Moth Factsheet (PDF )
- Cutworms Factsheet (PDF )
- Leather Jacket Factsheet (PDF )
- Root Weevils Factsheet (PDF )
- Slugs Factsheet (PDF )
- Spider Mites Factsheet (PDF )
- Yellow Jacket Factsheet (PDF )
Gardening Without Pesticides
The following resources are excellent for gardeners who want to control lawn and gardens pests naturally.
- SOUL, Society of Organic Urban Land Care Professionals
- Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
- Victoria Horticultural Society
- Gaia College
- Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre
- BC Landscape & Nursery Association
- Life Cycles
- South Island Organic Producers Association
- The Oaklands Greenways Project
- Gilkeson, Linda A. West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control. Victoria, BC:Trafford Publishing, 2006.
Regulatory Agencies
The following regulatory agencies manage pesticide use.
- BC Ministry of Environment
- Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency
- Pesticide Use and Human Health (PDF )
- Vancouver Island Health Authority
- US Environmental Protection Agency, Healthy Lawn, Healthy Environment (PDF )
Environmental Organizations
Interested in learning more about the movement toward the reduction and eventual elimination of the non-essential use of pesticides? Check out these Websites for more information.
- City Green
- Pesticide Action Network North America
- PAN Pesticides Database
- Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
- CEPA - Canadian Environmental Network
- Georgia Strait Alliance
- Sierra Club of Canada, BC Chapter
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What are communities doing?
Pesticide-Use Bylaws in Canada
Find out how other cities in Canada have developed a pesticide use bylaw.
- Victoria's Pesticide Use Bylaw
- Esquimalt's Pesticide Use Bylaw
- Saanich's Pesticide Use Bylaw
- Halifax' Pesticide Use Bylaw
- Toronto's Pesticide Use Bylaw
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