PROJECTS
Learn more about our Free the Fern active projects below:
Nature is for Everyone
In 2025, we launched a Nature is for Everyone Project, welcoming diverse community members to participate in stewardship
Douglas Fir Teaching Garden
In 2021, we planted the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden. In 2023, the garden was designated as a Healing Forest by the David Suzuki Foundation.
Community Food Forest
In 2023, we planted a Community Food Forest on the Red Alder Trail
Stewardship
Our network of stewards have been busy restoring the Champlain Heights Trail system.
Weaving with Ivy
Since March 2022, we have been offering workshops on weaving baskets with ivy.
Learn more about our Free the Fern previous projects:
Plant Propagation
Over several years we experimented with plant propagation from soft wood cuttings
Lending Library
From 2022-2025 we offered a lending library full of nature books for the community
Art for Plants Fundraiser
In March 2021, Free the Fern launched an Art for Plants Fundraiser.
““The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.”
David Suzuki