Free the Fern was invited by the Champlain Heights Community Association to participate in the Champlain Heights Summer Fair on June 11, 11am-3pm. 11 Free the Fern volunteers helped with set-up, event outreach, and clean-up. At our event table we had a “Pop Quiz” (designed… Read More »Champlain Heights Summer Fair
Thank you to everyone who came out to our South Van Strawberry Social yesterday! It was an amazing success! We had an estimated: – 300 people attend – 64 pints of strawberries, 200 sponge cakes, and loads of whipped cream given out – 23 volunteers… Read More »South Van Strawberry Social!
Today, Wednesday, May 27, we had 7 volunteers come out to help with tackling two up-and-coming invasive plants along the Red Alder Trail in South Vancouver. The first plant, wild chervil, is a biennial to short-lived perennial in the Parsley family. For past several years,… Read More »Up-and-Coming Invasives
After many months of cold and rain, Vancouver was blessed with a beautiful, warm day today, on May 21, 2022. As the sun warmed the trail, Catherine Munn, of Matheson Heights Co-op, led an Invasive Pull along the Red Alder trail in South Vancouver. 10… Read More »Invasive Pull by Matheson Heights
Free the Fern is excited to be partnering with local artist, Joshua Ralph. Joshua is a 2D animator and digital compositor. He has also volunteered, through the Invasive Species Council of BC, removing invasive plants. (Recently, he was featured in a CBC news article.) Through… Read More »Eco-Art Workshop
I thought I would share the steps Free the Fern is taking in our restoration effort along the Red Alder Trail, specifically in the site we have come to refer to as “The Triangle” (just north of the forested playground). Step One: Clear Fallen Wood… Read More »Restoring the Soil
Thanks to a TD Park People Grant and a Neighbourhood Small Grant, Free the Fern is excited to announce that we will be organizing a South Van Strawberry Social on Sunday, June 5, 1-4pm.At the event there will be: 200 free servings of strawberries (with shortcake and whipped cream) live… Read More »South Van Strawberry Social
Today, on Saturday, May 7, 10am-12pm, Paola Coloma hosted an invasive pull event on the Red Alder Trail, just east of the Cartier Place townhouses in South Vancouver. 12 volunteers were on hand (ranging in age from 8 to 70+ years old) to help with… Read More »Invasive Pull by Cartier Place
I had the privilage of taking out Mrs. Renshaw’s Grade 1/2 class from Champlain Heights Elementary school for another educational walk and down the Champlain Heights trail. For our 45 minute walk we stopped to look at edible native and naturalized plants, including: plantain (its… Read More »Outdoor Education
On April 27, 2022, fellow environmental stewardship group, The Still Moon Art’s Society, who are based to the north of us in the East Vancouver neighbourhood of Renfrew, held a Beaver Pond(er)ing Lodging Celebration! Over the past two months, volunteers with the Still Moon Art… Read More »Beaver Celebration!