On Oct 31, 2022, Free the Fern President, Grace Nombrado, led a workshop for a group of student teachers from Creative Minds Early Childhood Education. The student teachers learned about ivy removal, native plants, and weaving. They plan to bring back their knowledge to teach preschool-aged… Read More »Creative Minds Early Childhood Education
On Sunday, Oct 23, 2022, Free the Fern ran 3 eco-art workshop as part of our Grow Wild! event. Our second set of workshops, were two paper making workshops led by eco-artist, Joshua Ralph. We began by creating a paper pulp using torn up pieces… Read More »Grow Wild! Paper Making Workshop
On Sunday, Oct 23, 2022, Free the Fern ran 3 eco-art workshop as part of our Grow Wild! event. Our first workshop was an Ivy Basket Weaving workshop, led by Free the Fern directors, Joe Boyd & Grace Nombrado. In preparation for the workshop, Joe… Read More »Grow Wild! Ivy Basket Weaving Workshop
On Saturday, Oct 22 2022, Free the Fern hosted a successful Grow Wild! planting event along the Red Alder Trail in South Vancouver. Please Note: I wish we could have captured photos of each one of our volunteers, but we were so busy with our… Read More »Grow Wild! Planting Event
On Sunday, Oct 16, 2022, 1pm-3pm, 6 Free the Fern volunteers gathered to tackle invasive regrowth in areas that we will be planting as part of our Grow Wild! event, Oct 22, 2022. Volunteers worked adjacent to 4 stewardship areas: Matheson Heights Co-op, Cartier Place,… Read More »Invasive Regrowth Pull
On Saturday, September 24, 2022, Free the Fern President, Martin Collins, hosted a Weed & Feed event west of Alexander Laidlaw Housing Co-op, on the Red Alder Trail. 18 volunteers came out to help with removing a large thicket of Himalayan blackberry. We succeeded in… Read More »Weed & Feed
On Sept 17, 2022, 10am-12pm, Joe Boyd, Free the Fern Treasurer, organized a Neighbourhood Clean-up Party. It was a beautiful, late summer morning, just perfect for being outside. 15 volunteers met up at the the entrance to Fir Trail. There were volunteers of all ages,… Read More »Neighbourhood Clean-up Party!
Recently we have been noticed that quite a number of the salal plants which we planted last fall have been struggling. Many of their leaves are turning brown and drying up. Concerned about the state of the plants, I took a closer look. What I… Read More »Salal Die-Off
On Saturday, August 13, 2022, Grace & Joe led an outdoor Weaving with Ivy workshop beside our beautiful Douglas FIr Teaching Garden. 9 participants gathered on a refreshingly cool August morning to learn a new skill together. After everyone introduced themselves, Joe & Grace led… Read More »Summer Weaving Workshop
On Monday, August 8, 2022, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by CBC Radio Meteorologist and Science reporter, Johanna Wagstaffe. She came down to the Champlain Heights Trail to record audio, video, and photographs and learn more about our important Free the Fern stewardship… Read More »Interview with CBC Radio