Aphrodite's Garden Oyster Co.
We are dedicated to providing high quality oysters farmed with traditional methods on the coast of British Columbia.
What sets our oysters apart is the exclusive use of wild local seed from natural spawning in Pendrell Sound.
Instead of farming methods using hatchery seed, our use of local wild larvae means that each one of our oysters grows in their natural environment considerably reducing the carbon foot print , and keeping intact the taste of the pristine waters of Desolation Sound.
Our Products
West Coast Wild
Extra small oysters grown
from wild seed
BC Beach Oysters
Medium and large oysters grown in their natural environment
Manila Clams
Naturally grown oysters from wild seed
Oyster farming has a wide variety of methods, being the more common the industrial one that consist in getting laboratory grown larvae from nursery hatcheries, which are subsequently grown into cages or bags suspended in the water.
Our process, by other side, consist in collecting local larvae from Desolation Sound, raising them in the same waters, and once they are enough strong and vital for surviving predation and elements, we place them on the beach, where they naturally belong.
As a result of our farming process each individual is unique on its shape, and preserves during its whole development the taste and nutrients from Desolation Sound, BC.
Therefore, when you are tasting one of our oysters you are having an encounter with a local shellfish grown wild, and carefully delivered from the beach to your plate. Enjoy!
Aphrodite's
Garden Oyster Co.
1840 Highway 101
Powell River BC Canada
V8A 0G6
+1 (604) 4839007