Netflix filming sites in British Columbia

Yahoo Travel published a guide this week to the British Columbia locations behind Netflix’s “This Is a Gardening Show,” pointing readers to the farms, forests and island communities that appear across the six-episode series. The piece, by Emma Hynes and published on May 14, says the show was filmed primarily on Vancouver Island and presents the sites as destinations viewers can visit. Netflix released the series on April 22, Earth Day, with Zach Galifianakis as host. Netflix says the show follows Galifianakis as he visits growers, foragers and schoolchildren in a comic documentary about gardening and food. ### Which parts of British Columbia does the guide say anchor the series? Vancouver Island is the guide’s main setting. Yahoo Travel says the production traded studio sets for working farms, orchards, forests and school gardens, with most filming concentrated on the island and nearby rural areas. Denman Island is singled out as central to the show’s identity. (travel.yahoo.com) Yahoo Travel says the island’s working farms, garden plots and coastal landscapes recur in the series, and it notes reporting by Victoria News that Galifianakis owns property there. The guide also says visitors reach the island via BC Ferries’ Baynes Sound Connector from Buckley Bay. ### Which real farms and experts appear on screen? The Times Colonist and Netflix’s Tudum site identify several participants by name. Those include Danielle Bellefleur of Fruit Forest Farm, Royann Petrell and Sylvain Alie of Steller Raven Ecological Farm, Arzeena Hamir of Amara Farm, and Murray McNab of McNab’s Corn Maze & Produce Farm. (travel.yahoo.com) Courtenay and the Comox Valley appear repeatedly in outside reporting on the show. The Times Colonist said locations in the series include Fruit Forest Farm in Cobble Hill, Courtenay’s Steller Raven ecological farm, Amara Farm and Ladysmith’s Corn Maze & Produce Farm, along with scenes involving children from Comox-area elementary schools. (timescolonist.com) ### What does Netflix itself say the show is about? Netflix describes “This Is a Gardening Show” as a 2026, six-episode documentary series. On its official title page, the company says Galifianakis “digs into the world of gardening,” interviewing “curious kids and eccentric experts” in what it calls a celebration of food. Tudum, Netflix’s editorial site, says the comedian visits apple orchards, tomato farms, forests and corn fields while learning from agriculturalists, foragers and food historians. (timescolonist.com) The same article says the series was directed by Brook Linder and produced by Chris Kim. ### Why are school gardens and children part of the filming story? Comox-area elementary schools are part of the show’s recurring setup. (netflix.com) The Times Colonist said Galifianakis’s interactions with children from local schools are a common thread through the series. Netflix’s Tudum also says Galifianakis interviews elementary school students as part of the program’s effort to show families where food comes from. (netflix.com) In a separate Tudum article, Galifianakis said, “We have to reconnect with the ground we walk on,” describing the project as both comic and instructional. ### What can a reader actually do with the Yahoo Travel guide? (timescolonist.com) Yahoo Travel frames the article as a visit-planning guide rather than a production note. The piece gives travel details for at least one featured location, Denman Island, and says the best time to visit is late spring through early fall. It also packages the filming sites as a route through the landscapes seen on screen. (netflix.com) Netflix’s series page says the show is streaming now, and Yahoo Travel’s guide remains available on the publication’s Canada-Vancouver travel pages. The combination gives viewers two next stops: watch the six episodes on Netflix, then use the Yahoo guide to locate the featured British Columbia sites. (netflix.com) (travel.yahoo.com)