I sent an email off this morning to Sheryl Mackay, host of the CBC Radio Program, North by Northwest. I had been listening to the radio and heard her ask for submissions from those hosting online events. Well, since we have been planning a Zoom… Read More »CBC North By Northwest
I was surprised to be contacted by Barbara Borchardt who runs the website http://www.iliveineastvan.com She wished to feature our group Free the Fern. She wished to help promote our Educational Zoom on Invasive Removal we will be offering on April 28, as well as our… Read More »I Live in East Van Post
Free the Fern received some exciting news today – we have been approved for a $2000 TD Park People Grant! We will be receiving the funds by the end of April. We plan to use them to purchase 5 sets of tools (shovels, rakes, trowel,… Read More »TD Park People Grant!
This week we began a project to clear an area behind Kinross Creek Co-op, adjacent to the back of an accessible unit. Over the course of many years the area had become engulfed by English Ivy, Himalayan Blackberry, and Lamium. With the help of several… Read More »Roll Back the Ivy Carpet
Free the Fern has just launched a fundraiser – Art for Plants! We will be selling hand painted art made by our volunteer Christine Nombrado (Kiki). She is painting (5×7) canvases featuring local birds and native plants. We are selling the art for $15 each… Read More »Art for Plants!
I had one of the happiest, most satisfying moments in Doug’s Garden on the Champlain Heights Trail today. I was in the area of the garden that I hope to transform into a bed of ferns in the future. So, after removing invasive ivy in… Read More »Such a Happy Moment!
Recently a couple of our members have been christened as “Fern Fairies”. It all began when we heard from a local resident who had been helping trim invasive blackberry on her early morning walks. However, due to physical limitations of using a walker, this local… Read More »Fern Fairies!
Free the Fern recently found out that we have been awarded a $500 Small Neighbourhood Grant to fund a FREE Public Educational Zoom Session on Invasive Weed Removal. We will be hosting this zoom on April 28, 2021 at 7pm. Tasha Murray, Executive Director of… Read More »Small Neighbourhood Grant
We were recently able to plant approx 70 native plants donated by the Environmental Youth Alliance. Plants included: Western Sword Fern, Salal, Western Bleeding Heart, Red Flowering Currant, Oregon Grape, Saskatoon Berry, Bunch berry, and more! Our volunteers planted them over 4 sites along the… Read More »Planting!
Our fellow Free the Fern member, Chris Corless, is not only good at getting ivy out with a rake, he also is a very talented woodworker. Over the last few days he has been working on a very special project that uses to his carpentry… Read More »Wheelbarrow Wow!