Remove Invasive Ivy & Blackberry from Rocky Point Park, Port Moody!
Details
We will be removing invasive ivy and blackberry from beautiful Rocky Point Park in Port Moody! We will be working RAIN OR SHINE.
Everyone is welcome, bring your family & friends! No experience necessary. Gloves, tools, instruction and refreshments provided!
If this is your first activity with the Lower Mainland Green Team, PLEASE REGISTER AS A GREEN TEAM VOLUNTEER AHEAD OF TIME by clicking: http://goo.gl/WRx6jr
MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
We meet on the Shoreline Trail behind the off-leash dog park, where all of the trails meet. Exact location HERE: https://bit.ly/3mrbCO0
COVID-19 PROTOCOLS - PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY
Following our COVID-19 Safety Plan, we ask that you do not participate (and to un-RSVP) if:
- You feel ill, or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms such as a sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, loss of taste or smell
- You or a member of your family have traveled internationally in the last 14 days
- You have been exposed to someone in the last 14 days who has been diagnosed with or is suspected to have COVID-19
Safety protocols to be followed at the activity:
• Physical distancing (at least 6 ft apart from those not in your household)
• There will be a hand sanitizing station. Please sanitize your hands when you arrive & before you leave
• Cough/sneeze into a tissue or into the bend of your arm
• Avoid touching your face
• Masks are recommended, but not required (we will have some)
• If you start to feel ill, inform staff & leave immediately
• Please bring your own gardening gloves, tools, safety glasses (we will provide clean ones to those who don't have any)
• Dogs must be on leash (or please don't bring your dog)
• Do not share items with those not in household
• Anyone not practicing physical distancing or who are exhibiting known COVID-19 symptoms will be asked to leave
FLOW OF THE ACTIVITY
• Meet at 9:45am (please be on time)
• Sign in on your phone or our tablet
• Receive instruction and demo on how to remove invasive plants
• Remove invasive plants & plant native plants
• Take a break (yummy refreshments time!) around 11:30am
• Volunteer until 1pm
• Take home a reward from one of our in-kind sponsors
• Sign out on your phone or our tablet
WHAT TO BRING
• Refillable water bottle
• Rain jacket in case it rains
• Your own gardening gloves, tools, safety glasses
• Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty
• Long sleeves and long pants to protect you from thorny plants & ticks
• Sturdy, comfortable closed toe shoes/boots or rain boots
• Mask (we encourage everyone to wear a mask so try & bring your own. We will have some available if needed)
WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU
• Gloves, tools, safety glasses if you don't have your own
• An educational instruction on what to do (no experience necessary!)
• Refreshments
• A small thank you gift at the end, donated by a business
WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS
• A follow-up survey will be sent
• A volunteer letter emailed on request
• Photos taken will be uploaded here the same day: http://goo.gl/hctXBv
• A summary of the activity uploaded here: http://bit.ly/3uigmrb
PARTNER FOR THIS ACTIVITY
Many thanks to Angela Crampton & the City of Port Moody for being our partner and making this activity possible!
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING
• Meet new people & be part of a community
• Improve your mental & physical health by being in nature
• Get exercise & fresh air in a beautiful green space
• Revitalize a local green space & increase biodiversity
• Learn how to identify invasive plants & how to remove them
• Get volunteer hours
• Have FUN!
OTHER AWESOME LOCAL GROUPS
• Port Moody Ecological Society: www.noonscreek.org
• Burke Mountain Naturalists: www.bmn.bc.ca
• Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society (BIMES): www.mossomcreek.org/
• Maple Creek Streamkeepers: https://sites.google.com/site/mcstreamkeepers/home
• Watershed Watch Salmon Society: www.watershed-watch.org/
QUESTIONS?
Email ashton@greenteamscanada.ca