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| Share Your Stories! The newsletter was created as a platform to share updates from the Park Board and for our Park Partners and Stewards to learn about what is happening in our parks and connect with each other.
Send an email to parkstewards@vancouver.ca with any comments, feedback, and articles to be featured in the upcoming editions of the newsletter! To share your work and events, please be aware of the following dates:
- Featured articles must be submitted by the 15th*.
- Stewardship events must be submitted by the 26th* with event details.
*of the current month to be featured in the following month.
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The Vancouver Park Board started the Environmental Stewardship Newsletter in February 2019 as a pilot to showcase the amazing work stewardship groups do year-round, share information and resources, and curate a list of events where anyone can become a steward.
We created this survey to obtain feedback and make adjustments that would better serve the needs and interests of those receiving and contributing to the newsletter.
This survey should take ~5 minutes to complete.
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| Vancouver is home to some of the world‘s most beautiful urban parks. With the variety of parks in the city, each one offers a unique opportunity to access nature. Environmental stewardship in parks can provide an opportunity to create a personal connection to the natural environment while protecting and enhancing it at the same time. As a community we can steward our parks and natural areas to improve biodiversity and maintain our parks‘ ecological health.
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From Sept 21 to Oct 20 we're celebrating Park Stewardship Month! This is part of a city-wide effort led by the Vancouver Parks Board to highlight and support local park stewardship, help grow the urban forest canopy and ultimately develop a diverse and resilient ecosystem. The weekend kick-off to Park Stewardship Month will include the Park Board's annual
Fall Tree Sale on Sept 21st, Stanley Park Ecology Society's
Big Tree Weekend and
TD Tree Days. During this time there will be stewardship events occurring across the city including planting events, stewardship work parties, and educational nature walks. Check out the list of upcoming stewardship events to see what is happening around the city and in your neighbourhood!
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| The Vancouver Park Board Fall Tree Sale is back! It is an opportunity ( for Vancouver residents only) to take home a variety of trees, plant them on their private property, and contribute to the growth of Vancouver's urban forest. Bring the urban forest home! The Park Board is selling ~1500 trees and 21 varieties of fruit, flowering and evergreen trees. They will be
available online for purchase starting September 10th for $10 each! Pre-order your trees and pick them up on Saturday, Sept 21st at Nat Bailey Stadium's overflow parking lot. Urban Forest Our urban forest includes all trees in Vancouver including, trees in parks, on city lands, along streets and in private yards and developments. The forest plays a vital role in cleaning the air, managing rain water, providing habitat for wildlife and improving general health and well-being.
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Since 2010, we have planted over 125,000 trees! The Park Board is committed to growing the urban forest beyond 2020 with thousands of new trees planned for parks and neighbourhoods across the city. If you purchased a tree by mistake, email
PBTree@vancouver.ca to get a refund. Event Details: Pre-order date: Starting Tuesday, September 10th at 9am Pick-up date: Saturday, September 21st, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 4:00 pm Location: Nat Bailey Stadium overflow parking lot
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 | Still Creek Community Garden There are 6 accessible plots and 4 non-accessible plots available at the Still Creek Community Garden (2750 E 29th Ave).
Email stillcreekcommunitygarden@gmail.com for details.
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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. There are 17 plots available; 11 in-ground plots and 6 raised bed plots located in Cottonwood's accessible garden. 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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Colour Me Local Dye Garden Work Party Where Renfrew Ravine Park @ Renfrew St and 24th Avenue Description Join us at a work party! Help weed and water, and learn about different dye plants and how they make natural dyes. We need many hands to maintain the garden full of plants for dyes, medicinal uses & supporting pollinators. No experience is necessary and everyone is welcome.
The Colour Me Local Dye Garden was installed by Still Moon Arts and the community installed in April 2019 as part of the Alder Eco-Arts Hub residency at Slocan Park Fieldhouse. The garden will support pollinators, natural dye programs, and medicinal plant programs with Resurfacing History. It has plants that can be used to create a range of vibrant colours for dying natural materials such as cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Different parts of these plants can be used to create dyes, including roots, stems, bark, leaves, flowers and fruits.
Date: Wednesday, September 4,
2019
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Renfrew Ravine Park @ Renfrew St and 24th Avenue
To sign up visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/834207876965099/?event_time_id=834207896965097 | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Commons Work Party Where Riley Park Community Garden, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description All welcome. There are no late-comers! Share in the planting, maintenance and harvest. All who participate receive produce. We are a food security project aiming to grow food for those in our community who are food insecure. Help us grow our garden and community.
Snacks Provided by Matchstick Riley Park (32nd Main).
Date: Every Saturday (September 7, 14, 21, 28)
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Riley Park Community Garden (50 East 30th Avenue Vancouver Canada) | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Jericho Park September Work Party Where W 4th Avenue and NW Marine Drive, Vancouver Description Join Jericho Stewardship Group's September work party on September 8th! Help make sure that Jericho Beach Park remains a healthy ecosystem for Vancouver!
• What we'll do
We will be removing overgrown invasive plant from the growing native plants in our parks.
• What to bring
Please bring sturdy shoes, and water. Tools and snacks will be provided.
• Important to know
The weather will be cool so dress for the weather!
Date: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Location: Meet at the bridge between the duck ponds (W 4th Avenue and NW Marine Drive, Vancouver) | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Resurfacing History Where Description This Indigenous-led project focuses on developing a community process for promoting understanding of the land around us and in our communities. We work together to build capacity for Indigenous communities to learn and practice land-based teachings.
All community members, including non-Indigenous neighbours, are welcome to join in. Together we explore knowledge to integrate actionable steps that can make social ecosystems and infrastructure work for urban Indigenous families and community members.
•Friday, September 13
(Alder Eco-Arts Hub, 2750 East 29th Avenue)
•Saturday, September 14: Rose hips, or other fall favourites
•Thursday, September 19: Medicine paints and pigments
•Friday, September 27: Renfew Ravine
(Alder Eco-Arts Hub, 2750 East 29th Avenue)
Limited spaces. Advance registration required.
Please
contact:
Jolene Andrew (Wet’suwet’en & Gitxsan Nations)
Indigenous Community Developer
604.879.8208 ext 139 | jandrew@mpnh.org
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Canine Library Where Emery Barnes Park, 1170 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description The Canine Library is presented in partnership by the Park Board, VPL, Paws 4 Stories and St. John Ambulance BC/Yukon.
Free sign-up (at the event) to borrow a dog from the Canine Library, check them out using their bark-code and read your dog their favourite poem during your 15 minute session.
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17th Annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival Where Slocan and Renfrew Park Description The Annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival is back for the 17th year on Saturday, September 14th, 2019! This popular, family-friendly event in Renfrew-Collingwood will bring you tons of live music, entertainment, beautiful art displays, food, and more, for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and evening. Each year, the festival attracts upwards of 5,000 participants from local East Vancouver neighbourhoods to enjoy the environment around them with displays of colour, light, and music that pay homage to the Renfrew Ravine: one of the last vestiges of both open stream and urban forest in the city.
Co-produced by Still Moon Arts Society and the Renfrew Park Community Association, the festival celebrates the harvest abundance and the full moon. The festival spans the afternoon and evening, beginning as a harvest celebration during the day and ending off as a lantern
festival during the night. As dusk gathers, a procession will begin to form along the banks of the ravine, featuring illuminating lanterns that are beautifully hand crafted by local artists, community members and students.
Event Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1955281091239316/
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2019
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Location: Slocan Park, Renfrew Park | | Add To Calendar | | |
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5th & Pine Pollination Stewardship Event Where 1696 W 5th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Become a steward of Fifth and Pine pop-up park!
The Park Board is hosting a community stewardship event to tidy up the space and build on the existing pollinator habitat with more flowering plants and grasses. Come by for a few minutes, an hour, or the whole event. Bring your friends!
Be prepared: Rain or shine - Please dress for the weather.
What to bring: We have gloves and tools for everyone, but if you have favourite gardening gloves or tools, please bring them along. We’ll also have light refreshments to share.
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Location: 1696 W 5th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Registration: | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Fall Tree Sale Where Nat Bailey Stadium Overflow Parking Lot Description The Vancouver Park Board Fall Tree Sale is back! It is an opportunity (for Vancouver residents only) to take home a variety of trees, plant them on their private property, and contribute to the growth of Vancouver's urban forest. Trees will be available online for purchase starting September 10th for $10 each!
Order your trees online and pick them up on Saturday, Sept 21st at Nat Bailey Stadium's overflow parking lot.
Date: Saturday, September 21st, 2019
Time: 9:00am - 4:00 pm
Location: Nat Bailey Stadium overflow parking lot | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Environmental Restoration in Vancouver Where Mount Pleasant Community Centre, Kingsway, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description What role can citizens take in caring for public lands? In this program, we‘ll visit 4 local sites where citizen groups are restoring habitats for birds, fish, and other animals.
We‘ll also learn about the City of Vancouver‘s plan to support stewardship initiatives and promote biodiversity.
Registration: Online at Vancouver Recreation, by phone at
604-257-3080 or in person at 1 Kingsway.
Ages:16+
Cost: $50.00
Date: Saturdays, September 21 to October 26 (6 sessions)
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: Mt. Pleasant Community Centre + 4 local sites | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Big Tree Weekend Where Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description September 21, 10:00am-12:00pm
Big Tree Weekend: Tour the Giants I
http://stanleyparkecology.ca/event/big-tree-weekend-tour-the-giants-i/
September 21, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Big Tree Weekend: Tour the Giants II
http://stanleyparkecology.ca/event/big-tree-weekend-tour-the-giants-ii/
September 22, 10:00am-12:00pm
Big Tree Weekend: Fun in the Forest
http://stanleyparkecology.ca/event/big-tree-weekend-fun-in-the-forest/
September 22, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Big Tree Weekend: The Hollow Tree and Friends
http://stanleyparkecology.ca/event/big-tree-weekend-the-hollow-tree-and-friends/
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Pandora Park Work Party Where 2325 Franklin St Vancouver, BC V5L 1S2 Description The Pandora Park Community Garden Society was formed in early 2009 by a group of people from the Hastings Sunrise area of Vancouver. We’ve been meeting since February 2009 and have a steady core group of nearly 15 participants.
They have regular work parties scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Time: 10:00am
Location: Pandora Park (2325 Franklin St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1S2)
Email pandoraparkcommunitygarden@gmail.com for more information or to get on the wait list. | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Harvest Festival Where Strathcona Community Garden, Malkin Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Strathcona and Cottonwood Community Gardens are hosting a Harvest Festival with EYA, Red Fox and Earthand Gleaners. Come for cider pressing, bees, mushrooms, seed saving, history, and more!
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Time: 11:00am-3:00pm
Location: Strathcona Community Garden, Hawks Ave at Prior St | | Add To Calendar | | |
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TD Tree Days Where Stanley Park Yacht Club Parking Lot Description TD Canada Trust’s flagship volunteer and urban green program: Join a group of volunteers to plant trees and learning more about environmental stewardship in Stanley Park on September 22 as part of TD Tree day in partnership with Stanley Park Ecology Society.
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2019
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Location: Stanley Park Yacht Club Parking Lot
Registration:
https://www.tdtreedays.com/en-ca/events/1207-stanley-park-yacht-club-parking | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Cracks in Creeks Final Showcase Where Collingwood Neighbourhood House Annex Description Cracks in Creeks: Live Streaming is a site-specific movement performance, sonic installation, and visual eco-art presentation on the banks of Still Creek, created with Still Moon Arts mentors and youth performers. The inspiration is from the Still Creek Watershed and ecosystem where salmon spawn in urban Still Creek next to roads, train tracks, and big box stores. Inspiration is also drawn from three other artworks about Still Creek and the salmon, as well as teachings about Indigenous plants and medicines.
The emerging artists that form this youth troupe performed a site-specific version of Cracks in Creeks: Live Streaming in the Renfrew Ravine on August 11th, as part of the Vines Art Festival. The performers embraced the natural sounds and beauty of the ravine in their surroundings, while the audience moved through the creekside space in Renfrew Park with
the performers.
On September 22nd, you can witness the culmination of this youth mentorship project at the adapted indoor performance in the Collingwood Neighbourhood House Annex. Entrance to the final performance is based on a sliding scale from $5 to $20. Light refreshments will be served to go alongside this special story about our natural ecosystem. | | Add To Calendar | | |
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45th and Windsor Fall Planting Where Corner of East 45th and Windsor (beside South Memorial Park) Description Join the Pollination Pathway Team and the Parks Board to plant shrubs and tress at this new pollination park. We will provide gloves, tools and a pizza dinner!
Be prepared: Rain or shine - Please dress for the weather.
Date: Monday, September 23, 2019
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Location: Corner of East 45th and Windsor (beside South Memorial Park) | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Still Creek Streamkeepers Meeting Where Slocan Hall, 2750 E 29th Ave Description Interested in the Health of Still Creek and the Renfrew Ravine? Join the Still Creek Streamkeepers for our monthly public meeting. Everyone is welcome! Light refreshments provided.
The Still Creek Streamkeepers are a group of neighbours and citizen scientists who help take care of Still Creek and Renfrew Ravine, with the support of Still Moon Arts Society. We monitor the health of Still Creek and run activities that help improve water quality and ecosystems. This includes water quality testing, garbage removal, invertebrate sampling, and removing invasive species and replanting with native plants.
Event Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/484662855429345/
Date: Monday, September 23, 2019
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Slocan Hall, 2750 E 29th Ave | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Means of Production Garden Stewardship Where East 6th Avenue & St Catherines St, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Help with the autumn harvest of the artists’ bounty that grows at MOP. From gathering iris and daylily leaves for future weaving projects to flower picking for autumn dye pots.
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Location: East 6th and St Catherines St | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Moon Music at Dye Garden Work Party Where Dye Garden at Renfrew St and E 24th Ave Description On September 25th, join us at the Colour Me Local Dye Garden for an evening of relaxing music and knowledge-sharing. The event will feature an acoustic performance on the Guzheng performed by Vi An. Around the garden, we will be displaying samples of past dye projects, as well as having a demonstration to show the natural dye process using the garden‘s plants. Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy the autumn beauty of the dye garden.
The Colour Me Local Dye Garden was installed by Still Moon Arts and the community in April 2019 as part of the Alder Eco-Arts Hub residency at Slocan Park Fieldhouse. The garden supports pollinators, natural dye programs, and medicinal plant programs with Resurfacing History, a project that focuses on developing a community process for promoting understanding of the land around us and in our communities. The garden has
plants that can be used to create a range of vibrant colours for dying natural materials such as cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Different parts of these plants can be used to create dyes, including roots, stems, bark, leaves, flowers and fruits.
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Time: 6:30 - 7:30pm
Location: Dye Garden at Renfrew St and E 24th Ave | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Everett Crowley Park Committee Planting Party Where Entrance/Parking for Everett Crowley Park Trails, Kerr Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description The Everett Crowley Park Committee (ECPC) is excited to announce that our monthly stewardship events are now open on the City of Vancouver Active Recreation Website for free registration: https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/everett-crowley-park-stewardship/235752 up for our upcoming invasive pull event on Sept 28!
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Entrance to the Everett Crowley Parking Lot (8200 Kerr St)
Gloves, tools and refreshments will be provided. Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear sturdy, close-toed shoes. If you are running late to the event, check the park signboard, as we will post a map/directions to our work area.
Feel free to get in contact with us if you have any questions or would like more information at:
twitter: @ecpcstewards
E-mail:
ecpcstewards@gmail.com
Hope to see you there! | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Trillium Studio to Stewardship Program Where Corner of Malkin and Thornton Streets Description September studio focuses on dye pots. We will be dying cotton yardage for shade screens to be used at Trillium in future programs, come check out our locally grown weld and other plants great for local colour!
Sponsored by Vancouver Park Board Arts Culture and Engagement, the $10 non-refundable booking fee goes towards lunch — and helps us know you will show up and not leave a space empty that someone else wanted.
For more information about EartHand Gleaners programs visit www.earthand.com
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Corner of Malkin and Thornton Streets
Link to register:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7CNBESKGZW9QE
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Jericho Stewardship Where Jericho Beach Park, Point Grey Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Join the Jericho Stewardship Group for a special planting event on Sunday, September 29 from 9:30 to 12:30. It's part of Vancouver's Park Stewardship Month. We'll be planting shrubs and trees in areas that have already been cleared. Our aim is to enhance the park as habitat for birds, pollinators, and amphibians (and for humans wanting a peaceful, beautiful place to walk and rest).
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2019
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Meet at the bridge in Jericho Park
To sign up, email jerichostewardshipgroup@gmail.com or check our website -- jerichostewardship.ca | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Vanier Stewardship Planting Event Where Vanier Park, Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada Description Join Vancouver Park Board Staff to enhance bird habitat by planting trees and shrubs around the new bike pump track. We will provide gloves, tools and a pizza dinner!
Be prepared: Rain or shine - Please dress for the weather.
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019
Time: 4:00 - 6:00pm
Location: Vanier Park Bike Pump Track | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Family-Friendly Planting at Trout Lake Where Trout lake - Meet at the south side of the lake by the swimming beach Description All ages welcomed to help us plant, prepare nesting boxes for birds and bees, and have have fun! We will provide gloves, shovels and light refreshments. We ask that you bring sturdy shoes and a water bottle.
Feel free to email us at admin@wildcoastecological.com if you have any questions or just come by October 5.
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2019
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Meet at the south side of the lake by the swimming beach | | Add To Calendar | | |
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Mushroom and old-growth forest ecology walk in Cypress Provincial Park Where Entrance of Black Mountain Lodge of Cypress Provincial Park Description A joint event for Friends of Cypress Provincial Park Society (www.cypresspark.ca) and Nature Vancouver (www.naturevancouver.ca). Membership in those societies is not required.
Walk leader and Interpreter: David Cook.
Registration is required: Because of a need to limit the size of the group and because the event may be rescheduled due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, registration is required. Contact David at cookeco2@yahoo.com to register.
Description of event: The walk will take us through the Yew Lake area and the old-growth forest grove where we will talk about wetland ecology and old-growth forest ecology. We will then proceed along the Pump-house Road to view plants such as sundew along a seepage area. Then part-way along the upper Sunset trail to look for the mushrooms that will be “blooming” at that time of the
year.
Meeting time, duration and location: 11:00am at the entrance to the Black Mountain Lodge of Cypress Provincial Park. (NOT the new Cypress Creek Lodge). Approximately four hours. There is no bus service available so if you need a lift contact David and an attempt will be made to arrange a lift amongst other registrants.
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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.
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2019
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Location: Meet at the entrance of Everett Crowley Parking Lot (8200 Kerr St).
Registration: https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/everett-crowley-park-stewardship/235748 | | Add To Calendar | | |
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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 New Brighton Park in northeast Vancouver. Our invasive species removal events are restricted to youth 14-18yrs and adults.
For more information on where to meet and to get a volunteer waiver form please contact us at es.ecostewards@gmail.com.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eastside-ecostewards-invasive-species-removal-oct-19-tickets-64427499385
Date: Saturday, October 19th, 2019
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: New Brighton Park, V5K 0A1 | | Add To Calendar | | |
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