On Oct 4, 2025, 20 volunteers gathered at the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden for our monthly Invasive Pull. The event was co-led by Grace Nombrado, our Executive Director, and board President, Erin Knock. After a welcome and a stretch we headed down the Red Alder… Read More »Invasive Pull – Oct 4, 2025
Today, Free the Fern Executive Director, Grace Nombrado, and Free the Fern board director, Joe Boyd, led a Weeding & Weaving Workshop at the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden. 11 participants gathered in the garden to learn how to gather, prep, and weave ivy into a… Read More »Weeding & Weaving – Sept 20, 2025
On Wednesday, Sept 17, Vancouver Green Party Councillor, Pete Fry, made an important motion at City Council: Greening the City – Enhancing Livability and the Tree Canopy Through HealthyAfforestation. This was an important motion to Free the Fern, as it was focused on expanding our… Read More »City Council Motion: Greening the City – Sept 17, 2025
On Sat, Sept 13, Free the Fern Executive Director, Grace Nombrado, led an Ivy Weaving Workshop at The Sharing Farm in Richmond. The Sharing Farm is a beautiful nonprofit has been managing a farm in Richmond since 2002. They offer educational workshops, donate food to… Read More »Ivy Weaving at the Sharing Farm
Today, on Sat, Sept 6, 2025, 10am-12pm, we held our first Invasive Pull after our summer break. We had a great turn out with 22 volunteers (ranging in age from 2 to 72), helping at our event. 10 were volunteering with us for the first… Read More »Pulling Together
Thanks to the support of the City of Vancouver Neighbourhood Matching Fund, we were able to run a truly community-collaborative art project this year – Braiding Community. We partnered with textile artist, Lorna Moffat, who had the pleasure of first meeting in Aug 2024 at… Read More »Braiding Community Project 2025
We were excited to host our first ever Eco-Arts Festival on June 28, 2025 from 10am-2pm! The event was held beneath the trees in the beautiful Douglas Fir Teaching Garden (east of 3530 Swansacre, Vancouver). We partnered with 8 local eco-artists, who use plants or… Read More »Eco-Arts Festival – June 28, 2025
Today, Saturday, June 7, 2025, we had a beautiful, sunny stewardship event. 16 volunteeers (4 of them first-timers!) gathered at the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden to help remove invasive plants from along the Champlain Heights Trails. Free the Fern Director, Robin, was the co-lead today,… Read More »A Sunny Stewardship Day!
On a very rainy Saturday, May 31, 2025, 16 participants gathered at the Kinross Creek Co-op for a Buzz about Bees workshop! The workshop was led by nature educator, Kristen Penhall. Kristen began with a very engaging powerpoint presentation, full of photos and videos of… Read More »The Buzz about Bees!
On Saturday, May 24, 2025, we welcomed the 33rd Kerrisdale Centennial Group of Beaver & Scouts to the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden. The event was led by Free the Fern director, Cole Reintsma, with support from Executive Director, Grace Nombrado, and President, Erin Knock. Cole… Read More »Beaver & Scouts Event!