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WEEDING & WEAVING
To see what our public ivy weaving workshops are like, you can also view our Instagram Reel here.
Upcoming Events
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Weaving Timeline
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November 2021
Free the Fern members, Joe & Grace, took a ivy basket weaving workshop taught by Varsha Gill, of the Still Moon Arts Society, at the Renfrew Ravine.
After, Joe & Grace practiced weaving together.
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March 2022
Grace & Joe led their first Weeding & Weaving Workshop, outside on the beautiful Fir Trail.
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April 13, 2022
Joe & Grace presented Ivy Weaving at the BeAware Fair in North Vancouver. Hundreds of students across the district came to learn about environmental causes.
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April 23, 2022
Free the Fern displayed examples of woven baskets at the Everett Crowley Park Earth Fest.
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June 2022
Joe, with the support of award winning filmmaker, Daniel Akinshola, Joe demonstrated how to weave ivy in an instructional video.
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August 2022
Joe & Grace ran a weaving workshop outside adjacent to the Douglas Fir Teaching Garden.
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October 23, 2022
On Oct 23, 2022, as part of our Grow Wild! Weekend, Joe & Grace led an Ivy Weaving Workshop at the Kinross Creek Co-op.
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October 31, 2022
Grace was asked to teach Creative Minds Early Childhood Development student teachers how to weave with ivy.
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December 18, 2022
Joe displayed his ivy basket lanterns at the Light up the Night in Champlain Heights lantern festival.
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February 16, 2023
Grace led a Weaving with Ivy workshop for the first time at Champlain Heights Community Centre.
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March 11, 2023
As part of our Free the Fern, Native Food Forest Project, Grace leads a free ivy weaving workshop for the public at the Kinross Creek Co-op common room.
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April 20, 2023
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, Grace Nombrado lead a Weaving with Ivy workshop for the first time at Killarney Community Centre.
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June 9, 2023
On Friday, June 9, 2023, it was a pleasure having five members of Alouette River Management Society out all the way from Maple Ride for a Weaving with Ivy workshop. They will be bringing back their knowledge to run workshops in their own area!