Made on the West Shore: West Shore

Greenhouse with a long dining table set with flowers

Home & garden · Sooke

Artisan's Garden

Known for a greenhouse you can rent by the hour

Pallets of canned beer stacked outside the brewery building

Since 2017

Farms & makers · Otter Point

Bad Dog Brewing Company

Known for beer brewed on the owners’ own property in a neighbourhood locals call Dog Patch

Board-and-batten farm shop lit up at dusk with wreaths and string lights

Farms & makers · Metchosin

Bilston Creek Farm

Known for lavender in bloom from late June and products distilled in a copper alembic on site

Since 1994

Farms & makers · Metchosin

Galloping Goose Sausage Co.

Known for boerewors, droewors and biltong made to a family South African recipe

Community · Downtown Langford

Goldstream Farmers Market

Known for a homemade, handmade or homegrown rule for vendors

Potter working at a wheel in a ceramics studio with tall windows onto trees and water

Arts & culture · Pedder Bay

Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA)

Known for two weeks of residential-style art workshops on Pedder Bay

Since 1987

Food & drink · Metchosin village

My-Chosen Café

Known for a weekday happy hour with poutine and beef dip

Cook in a black apron chopping fresh parsley on a blue cutting board

Farms & makers · View Royal

Refire Kitchen

Known for shepherd’s pie, lasagna bolognese and other dinners you just reheat

Distillery storefront with a Bottle Sales sign

Since 2025

Farms & makers · Millstream

Ryes & Shine Craft Distillery

Known for Apple Pie O’My moonshine and house cocktails

Purple and pink wildflowers blooming in a grassy meadow

Since 2013

Home & garden · Metchosin

Satinflower Nurseries

Known for locally sourced native plants and seed for meadows and restoration

Gin being poured into a row of tasting glasses

Farms & makers · West Shore Parkway

Sheringham Distillery

Known for Seaside Gin and free guided tastings

Bags of colourful freeze-dried candy lined up on a wooden shelf

Farms & makers · Sooke

Sunny Sweets Candy Factory

Known for freeze-dried Skittles and Sour Cherry Puffs

Farms & makers · Sooke

The Stick in the Mud's Roastoreum

Known for the Tsunami espresso blend

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A day out · 5 stops

A Sunday in Metchosin

Five stops within a few minutes of the village, all open on a Sunday. Start at the café and end in the lavender.

A day out · 6 stops

West to Jordan River

Sooke Road and West Coast Road in one day, east to west. Leave early: the cafés out past Sooke close mid-afternoon.

A day out · 7 stops

Station Avenue on foot

Records, tarot, games, books, guitars and fabric, all within a few blocks of downtown Langford.