Road Mural Repainting, 2025
The road mural on Falaise Crescent is now bigger and brighter because of the repainting party on August 17, 2025. We had over 30 people show up to do the repaint. The mural, which was designed by Desiree Shelley, has been in place since August 2022. It was first repainted in August 2023, when purple camas flowers were added to the yellow montane violets. This year’s refurbishment featured the addition of red currant flowers. We now have three native flowers that are found in Falaise Park represented in the road mural. The kids had a lot of fun repainting the acorns at the roadside.
Quick drying road paint was used so the road closure for the event was kept to a minimum. A big thanks to everyone who turned out to repaint and the patience of residents whose driveways were blocked off during the day. A special thank you goes out to Saanich Councillor Teale Phelps Bondaroff, a Greater Victoria Placemaking Network volunteer, who inspired us to paint the mural in the first place and to keep it fresh. Teale said he was happy to see so many young people taking part in the painting effort.
Road Mural Repainting, 2023
After one year, the Falaise Cr. road mural was showing signs of wear. Also, some residents thought it would benefit from some additional colours other than yellow. There was a good supply of yellow paint left over and there was still a small amount of money left over from the Saanich grant. So it was decided to repaint the yellow and to add some purple camas flowers for additional colour.
The day for repainting was set for Sunday, August 20th and Saanich approval was obtained to block off a section of Falaise Cr. for a few hours. Teale Phelps Bondaroff brought his organizational skills as well as some additional painters to complement those from the Falaise community. The FCA set up their tent and provided refreshments for all the helpers.
John Cameron took a series of pictures during and after the painting and a small selection is shown below.
Road Mural Painting, 2022
The possibility of a road mural for the Falaise community was raised by a local resident more than a year ago. He knew of the work by Teale Phelps Bondaroff on promoting road murals for other communities so Teale was invited to give a presentation at the FCA AGM in November, 2021. The project quickly gained momentum, ably lead by FCA president, Stuart Macpherson.
Saanich approval was required as well as financial support. Various designs were discussed with local artist, Desiree Shelley, before settling on a theme based on the Montane violet which grows in Falaise park.
It all came together on August 13th, when a small section of Falaise Cr. was closed to traffic and a group of volunteers began painting. John Cameron kept a photo diary of the proceedings and it was covered by some of the local media.
A sampling of media coverage is given below:
Teale created a time lapse video showing how the mural developed.
Teale and Stuart have prepared a detailed overview of the event and it is posted on the Victoria Placemaking website.
Below is a small selection of the pictures taken by John Cameron during the painting of the mural.
