On Sunday, Dec 17, 2023 we celebrated our third annual Light up the Night in Champlain Heights event! This year we had 11 local artists collaborating to create beautiful lanterns for the festival. A month prior to the event, Lead Artist, Joshua Ralph, led an… Read More »Light up the Night in Champlain Heights – Dec 17, 2023
Today we had a busy day full of lantern building! We began the morning with a Globe Lantern Workshop from 10am-12pm. It was led by Artist, Kiki Nombrado. 9 participants joined in for the free workshop. Kiki taught the technique of creating a lantern using… Read More »Globe & Jar Lantern Workshops – Dec 9, 2023
After several days of rain, today the sun broke through the clouds to shine down on the Red Alder Trail in South Vancouver. 16 volunteers gathered together for our invasive pull, mulching, and planting event! Thanks to a donation from The City of Vancouver Green… Read More »Invasive Pull, Mulching, and Planting – Dec 2, 2023
Free the Fern Executive Director, Grace Nombrado, was honoured to be invited by Biologist, Angela Danyluk and UBC researchers, Dana Johnson, Joe Fitzgibbons, and Dan Forrest, to contribute her expertise and ideas to the workshop: “Visualizing future scenarios to support people and nature in Vancouver”.… Read More »Visualizing Future Scenarios – Nov 18, 2023
On Saturday, Nov 18, 2023, on a beautiful, bright autumn day, Free the Fern welcomed special guest, mycologist, Cody Labossiere, to host a Mushroom Walk on the Red Alder Trail. The walk began at 10am in the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden (just east of 3530 Swansacre)… Read More »Mushroom Walk – Nov 18, 2023
On Wednesday, Nov 15, were honoured to welcome 10 local artists to gather for an Artist Collaboration. This was in preparation for our upcoming Light up the Night in Champlain Heights lantern festival on December 17. The collaboration was held at the Kinross Creek Co-op… Read More »Artist Collaboration – Nov 15, 2023
On Friday, Nov 3, we were happy to welcome a group of 4 Environmental Science 9 students and their teacher to the Red Alder Trail. Free the Fern Executive Director, Grace, took them on a tour of the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden and our recently… Read More »Outdoor Education!
Today began dark and wet, and we expected to have an Invasive Pull that was rained out. As our 22 volunteers gathered at the base of the Red Alder Trail, in the Alexander Laidlaw Co-op, the rain seemed to get heavier. Hiding beneath the carport… Read More »Invasive Pull + Planting – Nov 4, 2023
Free the Fern was invited to return for a second year to the Harvest Festival organized by South Vancouver Neighbourhood House and held outside David Thompson Secondary School. It was truly a lovely community event, with complimentary chili, hot chocolate, and treats for the kids.… Read More »Harvest Festival – Oct 28, 2023
After 10 months, 146 volunteers, 299.5 hours, and 14,820 L of invasives removed, the Red Alder Trail in South Vancouver was ready for our Native Food Forest Planting! We were blessed with a break in the rainy weather for our planting event. 58 volunteers dedicated… Read More »Native Food Forest Planting – Oct 21, 2023