Our environmental stewardship group is known as “Free the Fern”, as we remove the invasive plants to free ferns and other native plants. I thought it would be fitting if I take a bit of time to introduce some of our native west coast ferns.… Read More »Types of Ferns
Between January 1, 2022 and April 21, 2022: 21 people have volunteered with Free the Fern Volunteers have spent 230 hours pulling invasive weeds, raking leaves, replanting native plants, moving leaf mulch, and hosting events. Together, we have filled 124 city green bins with invasive… Read More »That is a lot of weeds!
Over the past year, as Free the Fern volunteers have removed invasive weeds and replanted native plants along the Red Alder Trail in South Vancouver, we have also unearthed a collection of garbage artifacts. Some of them date from the 1920’s or even earlier. Prior… Read More »Artifacts
In February 2022 Free the Fern volunteers began to take on the challenge of clearing invasives (English ivy & Himalayan blackberry) from the Triangle. The Triangle was a large thicket of invasives where the Red Alder Trail forks, between Matheson Height’s Co-op and Cartier Place… Read More »The Triangle
Today, on April 14, 2022, Brian Smith, with Fisheries and Ocean’s Canada, in partnership with the Still Moon Art’s Society, organized a Coho Salmon fry release into Still Creek at the Renfrew Ravine. The young salmon were carried in buckets by volunteers, down wooden steps… Read More »Salmon Fry Release!
Today, on April 13, 2022, Free the Fern members Grace & Joe, were invited to present at North Vancouver School District’s BeAwair Fair 2022. This year, Carson Graham Secondary was hosting, with the vice principle, Justin Wong, as the main organizer. Over 3000 students from… Read More »BeAwair Fair
On Sunday, April 10, 2022, Kinross Creek Housing Co-op, held a Spring Planting event. Thanks to support and consultation from Free the Fern director, Grace Nombrado, the Kinross Creek Landscape Committee was able to order 2 truck loads of soil (12 cu yards total) and… Read More »Kinross Creek Co-op Spring Planting Event
Today we received exciting news – Free the Fern has been approved for a TD Park People Grant of $2000! This is our second time receiving this grant, so we know what a tremendously positive impact this grant can have. This grant will allow us… Read More »TD Park People Grant!
Today, on Saturday, April 2, 2022, Free the Fern member, Martin, organized a successful invasive pull. The event took place at an area we call the “triangle”: where the Red Alder trail forks, between Cartier Place complex and Matheson Height’s Co-op. ***Please scroll to the… Read More »Invasive Pull & BBQ
Today, Sunday March 20, 2022, is the first day of Spring. So, I thought I would celebrate by sharing with you some photos taken along the Red Alder Trail, in our Douglas Fir Teaching garden. The first native shrub to flower on the trail is… Read More »First Signs of Spring