It was a beautiful, warm morning on the Champlain Heights Trail, as 17 local residents gathered to welcome Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh nations educator, Matthew Williams, as he led a guided Native Plant Walk. As a young boy, Matthew Williams began learning about native plants from his grandmother. Now,… Read More »Native Plant Walk – May 13, 2023
Free the Fern had a lovely invasive pull with 15 volunteers coming out to help today. Despite forecast of 98% chance of rain, we were blessed with a perfectly, cool, dry day. Our focus today was on removing small weeds that were sprouting up around… Read More »Invasive Pull – May 6, 2023
On Saturday, April 22, 2023, Free the Fern participated in Earth Fest. This event, organized by Champlain Heights Community Association and the Everett Crowley Park Committee, was held at the centre of Everett Crowley Park. At the event 13 local non-profits and volunteer groups had… Read More »Earth Fest 2023
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, 10am-12pm, Free the Fern was honoured to welcome eco-artist, Joshua Ralph, for a Bird Nesting Cage Workshop. The workshop was held at the Kinross Creek Co-op common room building. Four participants were in attendance. Filmmaker, Daniel Akinshola, captured the workshop… Read More »Bird Nesting Cage Workshop – April 15, 2023
On April 12, 2023, Free the Fern was honored to attend the BeAware Fair for a second year. This event, which is part of Climate Action week, is organized for North Vancouver Secondary students and staff to come together to learn about the environment and… Read More »BeAware Fair – April 12, 2023
The forecast was calling for rain today, but, instead, we were surprised to see the warm sun shining down and bright blue skies. It turned out to be a very beautiful day, perfect for an invasive pull. 25 volunteers attended (the most we have ever… Read More »Invasive Pull – April 1, 2023
We had two great ivy weaving workshops on Saturday, March 11, 2023. These workshops were funded by the city Neighbourhood Matching Fund as part of our Native Food Forest Project. We had 5 participants in our morning workshop and 5 for our afternoon workshop. Both… Read More »Ivy Weaving Workshop – March 11, 2023
On Saturday, March 4, 2023, we held the first of our Invasive Pulls as part of our Native Food Forest project. The morning was crisp and cool, but dry (the first raindrop didn’t fall until just as we finished the pull and were cleaning up!).… Read More »Invasive Pull – March 4, 2023
On Thursday, February 9, at 7pm, we had the first in our series of 10 Native Food Forest events: a Public Outreach Session via Zoom. The intention of the session was to answer the following questions: We had 8 participants attend the zoom and stay… Read More »Public Outreach Session
On Saturday, February 4, 2023, Free the Fern had successful Invasive Pull. 14 volunteers (3 for their first invasive pull with us) gathered to remove invasive Himalayan blackberry and ivy from the Red Alder Trail. We focused our efforts in the “lower triangle” – an… Read More »Invasive Pull – February 4, 2023