Recently we have been noticed that quite a number of the salal plants which we planted last fall have been struggling. Many of their leaves are turning brown and drying up. Concerned about the state of the plants, I took a closer look. What I… Read More »Salal Die-Off
On Saturday, August 13, 2022, Grace & Joe led an outdoor Weaving with Ivy workshop beside our beautiful Douglas FIr Teaching Garden. 9 participants gathered on a refreshingly cool August morning to learn a new skill together. After everyone introduced themselves, Joe & Grace led… Read More »Summer Weaving Workshop
On Monday, August 8, 2022, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by CBC Radio Meteorologist and Science reporter, Johanna Wagstaffe. She came down to the Champlain Heights Trail to record audio, video, and photographs and learn more about our important Free the Fern stewardship… Read More »Interview with CBC Radio
This evening, Sunday, July 10, 2022, 7 Free the Fern volunteers met up to help with a Plant Propagation Experiment (Vol 2). Teresa & Denis offered to lead our experiment. They donated the materials needed (peat moss, sand, and rooting hormone) to Free the Fern.… Read More »Plant Propagation Experiment (Vol 2)
Olakunle Oyeneye & Daniel Akinshola of One House Multicultural Communications Society generously volunteered their time to film & edit an Ivy Weaving Tutorial Video for Free the Fern. Joe Boyd volunteered to demonstrate the twining technique. We have now uploaded the completed video to our… Read More »Ivy Weaving Video Tutorial
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