Today we were honoured to partner with artist, Marisa Pahl, to run a Douglas Fir Watercolour Workshop. 12 participants attended the workshop made possible thanks to funding from Park People. Each participant were supplied with travel paint swatches from Beam Paints, handcrafted in M’Chigeeng First… Read More »Douglas Fir Watercolour Workshop – Feb 24, 2024
We had a wonderful Invasive Pull today on Saturday, Feb 3, 2024. 20 volunteers came out (6 for their first time) to help with invasive removal. Recently, more youth have been coming out to volunteer with Free the Fern. Today, we were happy have 5… Read More »Invasive Pull – Feb 3, 2024
Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming BCIT Forest Resources faculty, Julia Alards-Tomalin for a Buds, Branches, & Bark Walk. Julia, along with her students, have been doing groundbreaking work with identify native plants in Winter. The third edition of their work, Buds, Branches &… Read More »Buds, Branches, & Bark Walk – January 20, 2024
Three years ago, on January 15, 2021, a windstorm had blown through the area of Champlain Heights. Large branches were down in the streets and the surrounding trails. Grace Nombrado decided to go out out behind Kinross Creek Co-op where she lived, along the Red… Read More »Happy 3rd Year Anniversary!
After several days of heavy rain, we were blessed with a bright, crisp, cool day. The sun shone down through the Douglas Fir trees as 17 volunteers gathered on the Red Alder Trail for our first invasive pull of 2024. We focused our efforts just… Read More »Invasive Pull – January 6, 2024
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