Join the 'Seaweed Lady' on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Diane Bernard of Outer Coast Seaweeds is known as the "Seaweed Lady" on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Bernard provides area resorts, restaurants and spas with her hand-harvested seaweed and seaweed body care products.

From May to September, visitors can don rubber boots and join Bernard at Whiffen Spit, 45 minutes west of Victoria, British Columbia to explore the ocean garden and experience first-hand the inner and outer benefits of seaweed, the most nutritional plant in the world.

The Wild Seaweed Tour is two hours and is offered to groups of four to 25 people. The Wild Seaweed Culinary Tour is four hours and is offered to groups of minimum 15 people and includes lunch at Sooke Harbour House.Custom tours for large groups are also available.

Visitors can follow up their seaweed tour with a seaweed spa treatment at a Victoria-area spa at their leisure. For more information, visit www.outercoastseaweeds.com.