What we’re about
We’re an enthusiastic hands-on group active throughout Metro Vancouver who gather to remove invasive plants and replant native vegetation in our Regional Parks. Have fun, help the environment, make new friends, get some fresh air, and exercise in the great outdoors. Discover all our volunteer opportunities at Regional Parks Volunteer Opportunities.
We have a lot of parklands and we need help with it. With 22 regional parks, two ecological conservancy areas, three regional reserves and five greenways, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks provide vital habitat for countless plant and wildlife species.
Everyone is welcome. No experience is necessary.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- PSPS EcoTeam Work PartyPacific Spirit Park - Sword Fern Trail at University Blvd, Vancouver, BC
Come join Pacific Spirit Park Society’s (PSPS) EcoTeam this Saturday to participate in some hands-on environmental restoration! We are continuing our work at the Acadia Forest site in Pacific Spirit Park to remove invasive species such as English ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and English holly and restore the forest.
Saturday July 12th, from 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Tools and gloves will be provided. Please bring sturdy boots and dress for the weather as we will be getting dirty rain or shine! Long pants are highly recommended as there are prickly plants on site.
Snacks and refreshments will be served halfway through during our break but we ask that you bring water to stay hydrated while you are working.
There is a porta-potty on site, near the cache.
Under 19?: Please make sure to have our Parent or Guardian Permission Form signed and returned to us via email.
If you have any questions, please email volunteer@pacificspiritparksociety.org.
About the Site:
In 2017 & 2018, PSPS worked in another area of Acadia forest, close to Chancellor Boulevard, removing invasive plants and planting native plants. We are now working in an area located between the Fairy Shrimp site and this older restoration area. The whole area has many “aging-out” red alders on the site, several of which are dying or dead. As a result, there are quite a few dead standing or fallen alders all over this area. Before we could start working at this site, Metro Vancouver oversaw a hazard tree survey and subsequent felling of the worst hazard trees.
Although there remain some hazard trees on the site, the site is big enough so that unsafe areas can be avoided if there is wind. We will point out the areas that are best to avoid.Please RSVP to attend.
Thank you again to all our amazing volunteers for your hard work removing invasive plants and restoring the park!
- Pacific Spirit Park Pando – Discovering the Park’s Lost Aspen GroveHuckleberry Trailhead - Imperial and 16th, Vancouver, BC
Pacific Spirit Park Pando – Discovering the Park’s Lost Aspen Grove
Come join PSPS for a EcoWalk in Pacific Spirit Park led by Ryan Regier!
During this walk you will learn about Aspen Groves, one of Pacific Spirit Park's key preservation priorities, and what makes them so unique in this forest.Aspen Groves have been recently come to be understood as one single interconnected tree instead of individuals. On the walk we will talk about Pando, an Aspen Forest in Utah that is maybe the largest and oldest living being in the world.
The Pacific Spirit Park Pando has been forgotten since the 90s and most of the stems have died. However, our Pacific Pando is still surviving but now hidden in the forest around it. Come join this walk and help the Park Society count its living stems and try to put together the mystery of how old and large it is.
We will be meeting at the Huckleberry Trailhead at the corner of 16th and Imperial on Wednesday, July 23th. The walk will go from 5pm – 7pm.
Please RSVP to Join the EcoWalk!
Under 19?: Please make sure to have our Parent or Guardian Permission Form signed and returned to us via email.
If you have any questions, please email volunteer@pacificspiritparksociety.org.
