EARTH WEEK 2 - Remove Invasive Blackberry at Terra Nova Rural Park, Richmond!

Celebrate EARTH DAY with the Lower Mainland Green Team and City of Richmond!

April 22nd is EARTH DAY! We will be tackling a large invasive Himalayan blackberry bush that's overtaking other plants and trees at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond in celebration of Richmond Earth Week 2023! We will be working RAIN OR SHINE.

Make sure to check out all the amazing events happening for Richmond Earth Week HERE: https://www.richmond.ca/discover/events/earthweek.htm

All ages, abilities & experience levels are welcome, bring your family & friends! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Gloves, tools, instruction & refreshments provided!

Is this your first activity with the Lower Mainland Green Team? PLEASE REGISTER AS A GREEN TEAM VOLUNTEER AHEAD OF TIME HERE: (http://goo.gl/WRx6jr) THIS IS REQUIRED! You do not need to fill this out again if you have filled it out for a previous activity.

MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
We will meet and be working beside the parking lot of the Terra Nova Farm Centre on the south side of the park off Westminster Hwy. EXACT MEETING LOCATION HERE: https://bit.ly/3Kgvyz9. Look for our signs & green arrows. Call/text Ashton at 778-968-2693 if you can't find us!

GETTING THERE/PARKING
• This park is accessible by public transit (walking distance from 401 bus stop), which is a great way to save on costs and is better for the environment. Use Google Maps or download the Transit app (green icon) on your phone to find the best route for you!
• There is free parking all around the park, we suggest you PARK HERE: https://bit.ly/3zaE1O1 or HERE: https://bit.ly/3TSOQNX to find us easily.

WASHROOMS
There are public washrooms at the Terra Nova Farm Centre beside where we are working, EXACT LOCATION HERE: https://bit.ly/3zblSQ6

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 identify and remove invasive blackberry
• Remove invasive blackberry
• Take a break (yummy refreshments time!) around 11:30am
• Continue removing blackberry until 1pm
• Take home a gift from a sustainable business
• Sign out on your phone or our tablet

WHAT TO BRING
• Refillable water bottle
• Wear clothes and shoes 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
• Rain jacket and hat in case it rains
• Your own gardening gloves, tools, safety glasses (we have lots, don't worry if you don't have any!)

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!)
• Yummy refreshments
• A small thank you gift at the end, donated by a sustainable business

WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS
• A follow-up survey will be sent (filling this out helps us improve our program and secure funding to run more activities!)
• A volunteer letter emailed on request
• Photos taken will be uploaded here: http://goo.gl/hctXBv
• A summary of the activity uploaded here: http://bit.ly/3uigmrb

PARTNER FOR THIS ACTIVITY
Our Community Investment Partner for this activity is the City of Richmond! Thank you to Magnus Sinclair from the City for the financial support and direction to make this activity possible. This activity is part of the celebrations for Richmond Earth Week. Make sure to check out all the amazing events happening for Richmond Earth Week HERE: https://www.richmond.ca/discover/events/earthweek.htm

BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING
• Learn about local environmental issues and how to address them
• 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!

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This activity is taking place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓em speaking peoples who have lived on and stewarded these lands since time immemorial, and continue to do so today. We are humbled to run our program on these lands.

QUESTIONS?
Email ashton@greenteamscanada.ca