Today, I had the pleasure of taking out a class of grade 1/2 students from Champlain Heights Elementary for a walk down the Red Alder Trail, in the Champlain Heights Trail System. We discussed the idea of “plant blindness” and how the cure for it… Read More »Outdoor Education
Back in November 2021, two of our Free the Fern members, Grace & Joe, attended a ivy basket making workshop run by Varsha Gill, Eco-Arts Program manager, at the Still Moon Arts Society, Renfrew Ravine. Since the workshop, Grace & Joe have have met together… Read More »Weeding & Weaving
Today, Saturday, February 5, 2022, Catherine Munn, hosted a successful Free the Fern Monthly Pull Event adjacent to Matheson Heights co-op along the Red Alder Trail. 11 volunteers (ranging in age from 8 years old to 60 years+) came to help remove English ivy that… Read More »Invasive Pull – Matheson Heights Co-op
Today, on an mid January morning, I went on a foggy walk along the Champlain Heights Trail system. I walked north, up the Red Alder trail, then east, down Birch Trail. Walking through the still morning mist, I was reminded how much I love these… Read More »Misty Morning on the Trail
Tonight, on December 19, 2021, we held a very successful, inaugural, Winter Solstice Lantern Procession on the Red Alder Trail. Originally, this event was scheduled for Winter Solstice, December 21, but due to a rainy forecast, we switched dates to tonight. It turned out to… Read More »Winter Solstice Lantern Procession
I am excited to share that we have 19 volunteers, including 16 student volunteers from BCIT Ecological Restoration Program, signed up to volunteer from December 27-29 with our Invasive Plant Mapping project. Volunteers will be working along a portion of the Red Alder Trail to… Read More »Invasive Plant Mapping
Thanks to the support of a Neighbourhood Small Grant and the Kinross Creek Housing Co-op Social Committee, Free the Fern hosted two Lantern Making Workshops today, December 12, 2021. 30 participants, ranging in age from 4 to over 70 years old, attended the two workshops.… Read More »Lantern Making Workshops
On Saturday, December 4, Free the Fern member, Susan Atkey, hosted a very successful Invasive Weed Pull along the Red Alder Trail, adjacent to the Cartier Place Townhomes. 14 volunteers, from the ages of 4 to over 70 years old, showed up to lend a… Read More »Invasive Weed Pull – Cartier Place
On Saturday, December 4, 2021 we had a Free the Fern table set up at the Tugboat Landing Artisan Market. The Tugboat Landing Artisan Market was a great event organized by Barbra Borchardt, a local community planner and editor and chief for ILiveInEastVan.com. Many local… Read More »Tugboat Landing Artisan Market
On Saturday, November 6, Free the Fern member, Martin Collins, hosted our monthly Invasive Weed Pull, adjacent to his co-op, Alexander Laidlaw, along the Red Alder Trail. We had 6 volunteers out to support the removal effort. The focus was on removing the invasive ground… Read More »Invasive Weed Pull – Alexander Laidlaw Co-op