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The Park Board wishes you a happy holidays and new year! Keep an eye out for our upcoming newsletter at the beginning of February for news on stewardship events, programs and activities.
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 | Cottonwood Community Garden The garden runs along the south perimeter of Strathcona Park on Malkin Ave, between Chess & Raymur Avenues. There are 145 plots and the fee for gardening is $15 per year plus a $5 membership fee. If you're interested in a plot or want more information contact
cottonwoodgarden@gmail.com.
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Volunteering in our parks? Remember to Make It Count! Use the forms below to track and record the growth of your events and community involvement. If you host numerous events a month, please contact us at parkstewards@vancouver.ca to receive the Stewardship Tracker spreadsheet.
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Park Partners Use the link below to keep track all of your stewardship, education, and research events!
| Park Stewards Use the link below to record your hours of involvement and activity in our parks!
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Eastside Ecostewards Where New Brighton Park, New Brighton Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Eastside Ecostewards brings together members of Vancouver's community to care for our parks and wild spaces in a sustainable, community-oriented way. This event will involve removing invasive blackberry plants from either New Brighton Park or Empire Field in northeast Vancouver. Our invasive species removal events are restricted to youth 14-18yrs and adults.
Registration:
https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/eastside-ecostewards-cleanup/247160
For more information on where to meet and to get a volunteer waiver form please contact us at es.ecostewards@gmail.com.
Date: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: New Brighton Park, V5K 0A1 | | Add To Calendar | | |
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EcoStewards Where Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Natural habitats in Stanley Park are being impacted by invasive species. Join us in the Park this week to enhance Vancouver‘s largest urban forest by removing invasive species such as English ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and yellow flag iris! By participating in this program, you will learn firsthand about the threat invasive species pose to our native ecosystems, make an important contribution to conservation and restoration in Stanley Park, and work with a great group of like minded volunteers in a beautiful outdoor setting.
A reminder email with detailed information about the day‘s activity will be sent to registered volunteers a few days before the event. Volunteers should arrive dressed for the weather with sturdy shoes, and be prepared to work on uneven terrain.
Registration:
https://stanleyparkecology.ca/event/ecostewards-10-a-m-1-p-m-3/2020-01-11/
Date: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Stanley Park | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Everett Crowley Park Stewardship Where Everett Crowley Park, Kerr Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Get dirty, have fun and help the environment!
Join us for monthly stewardship events to help remove invasive plants, plant tree/shrubs and learn more about the unique history and ecology of Everett Crowley Park. Gloves, tools and light refreshments are provided.
Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear sturdy, close-toed shoes. Weather permitting.
Registration: https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/everett-crowley-park-stewardship/250734
Date: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Location: Meet at the entrance of Everett Crowley Parking Lot (8200 Kerr St)
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EcoStewards Where Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Natural habitats in Stanley Park are being impacted by invasive species. Join us in the Park this week to enhance Vancouver‘s largest urban forest by removing invasive species such as English ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and yellow flag iris! By participating in this program, you will learn firsthand about the threat invasive species pose to our native ecosystems, make an important contribution to conservation and restoration in Stanley Park, and work with a great group of like minded volunteers in a beautiful outdoor setting.
A reminder email with detailed information about the day‘s activity will be sent to registered volunteers a few days before the event. Volunteers should arrive dressed for the weather with sturdy shoes, and be prepared to work on uneven terrain.
Registration:
https://stanleyparkecology.ca/event/ecostewards-10-a-m-1-p-m-3/2020-01-11/
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Stanley Park | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Traditional Medicine-Making: Tinctures Where 712 Lost Lagoon Path, Vancouver, BC V6G 2S1, Canada Description Craft your own cures with Senaqwila Wyss, an ethnobotanist with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). Learn about the medicinal qualities and traditional uses of native plants in Spapeyeq (Stanley Park).
What are we making?
Please stay tuned for more information!
Who is the workshop leader?
Senaqwila Wyss is Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Tsimshian, Sto:lo, Hawaiian and Swiss. She will be graduating from SFU in the fall with her B.A. in the faculty of Communications, Arts and Technology, minor in First Nations Studies. She just completed the SFU F.N. Languages Proficiency Certificate in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim. She is raising her 3-year-old daughter to be a First Language speaker, which has not been done in her family in four generations. She practices ethnobotany with traditionally trained mom Cease Wyss with
Indigenous plant medicines. She was raised learning these ancestral teachings and uses plants as teas, medicines, tinctures and ceremony.
Pre-register: $36 members / $45 non-members
Drop in: $40 members / $50 non-members
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/traditional-medicine-making-tinctures-tickets-73483088897?ref=ecount
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020
Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm
Location: Stanley Park Nature House on Lost Lagoon | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Strathcona Garden Monthly Workbee Where Strathcona Community Garden, Malkin Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Garden members meet on the last Sunday of every month for a garden work party. Work on the shared areas of the garden: compost, paths, orchard, nursery, herb garden, etc. Bring food for the pot luck lunch.
Date: Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Location: Strathcona Garden | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Strathcona Garden Monthly Meeting Where The Garden house in Strathcona Community Gardens Description The monthly meeting of the Strathcona Community gardeners to discuss upcoming events, budgets, projects, issues, and plans for the garden.
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2020
Time: 1:00-2:00pm
Location: The Garden house in Strathcona Community Gardens | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Annual Garden Celebration Where Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Join us for dinner as we start planning our 2020 season. Get up to date on our Drip Irrigation and Trellis Entranceway project. Sign up to be involved in our communications, work parties and other initiatives.
Date: Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
Time: 6-8:30PM
Location: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Society (3981 Main St, Van, BC) | | Add To Calendar | | |
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