Mattick's Farm Weathervane - Victoria, BC - Unique Weathervanes on Waymarking.com

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Bill Mattick began growing vegetables and flowers on the property during the mid 40s. His farm prospered and grew to the point where he began exporting daffodils and tulips to Eastern Canada, shipping them by chartered aircraft. Mattick’s talents and interests went beyond farming. He was a consummate showman. He built the market and tea garden in the late 1950s and started the golfing tradition on the property when he built the popular par 3 course and old driving range in 1956. Mattick was an accomplished golfer himself despite the fact that he had lost his left hand in a farming accident during childhood.

Mattick sold the farm in the late ‘60s and for the next several years until his death in 1985, Mattick commuted the short distance between his home and his office on the property. His working day started punctually at 9:00 am with a “Black Russian” and a freshly rolled cigarette. Were he alive today, Mattick would probably not feel quite right in the restaurant that bears his name: too fancy, too big, no horse skins. We will do our best to make him comfortable, by filling the place with daffodils each Spring.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   08/08/2013 The A-Team visited it