The Saturna Olive Consortium (SOC) is a small nursery on Saturna Island dedicated to promoting the planting of olive trees in the warmer pockets of southern British Columbia. Since 2009, SOC has been selling Italian olive tree cultivars selected for the zone 8 areas found in parts of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.

This year SOC continues to offer Frantoio, Leccino and Maurino trees in pot sizes from one gallon to 2 gallon. Please check our cultivar description page for more information.

Please note that at this time we do not ship trees—options for picking up your trees are:

• come to Saturna Island (by appointment)

• pick up your trees in Victoria on June 16 at Fol Epi bakery from 10am to 1pm. Vancouver drop-off on June 23 at Phoenix Perennials. See our blog page for further information.

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* Pretty much any olive can be dual-purpose—there are just some whose most common use are for oil and others that are primarily used for the table; e.g., Leccino olives, which are almost always only used in making Tuscan olive oil, can also be cured for table olives. Leccino cured olives are particularly favoured by those in the know such as Ari Zingerman of the famous Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan