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See all- Ivy Weaving WorkshopChamplain Heights Community centre, Vancouver, BC
Learn how to turn invasive species (removed from Everett Crowley Park) into something both useful and a piece of art. This is a beginner friendly workshop and will be led by experienced weavers Grace Nombrado and Joe Boyd. Invasive species disrupt ecosystems and contribute to habitat loss for our native species. Removing and using invasive species is advantageous for both creativity and biodiversity! In this workshop, we will work with English ivy, which is an accessible and forgiving material abundantly available in our region. During this workshop, you will get the opportunity to make a basket to take home, learn about uses for invasive English Ivy, and get involved with the local community.
The ivy used for these baskets will be collected from Everett Crowley Park. If you would like to get involved with this collection, join us at our stewardship event on Saturday 9th October.
Please pre-register on Meetup.com
Meeting location: Champlain Heights Community Centre
Meeting time: 10amAbout the facilitators:
Grace Nombrado is an invasive species educator in Vancouver. She works for the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver. as Communication Coordinator, In addition, she is the founder and Executive Director of Free the Fern Stewardship Society, an environmental nonprofit in South Vancouver.
Grace holds a B.A. (English) and a B.Ed. (Teacher Certification) from Simon Fraser University. She uses her teaching skills to plan environmental events and art workshops. Grace has taught ivy weaving workshops at the Van Dusen Gardens, the Harmony Arts Festival, Champlain Heights Community Centre, Killarney Community Centre, and outdoors along the Champlain Heights Trail system in South Vancouver. She has a passion for bringing the community together through stewardship and art.Joe Boyd is a long time East Van resident who has been active in stewardship in natural but disturbed areas locally: Everett Crowley Park, Champlain Heights, Still Creek watershed. His stewardship has led him to explore ways of weaving invasive and non-invasive plants into objects of various shapes and sizes and usefulness, and of teaching others about invasives and weaving. He has worked primarily with (invasive English) ivy, willow and cedar. Ivy in particular is satisfying to weed and weave into useful objects and lanterns.
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If you are no longer able to make it, please let us know so we can make the space available for someone else.
This workshop is organized in a partnership between Everett Crowley Park Committee and Free the Fern Stewardship Society. If you have any questions, contact ecpcstewards@gmail.com.
Credit to Free the Fern Stewardship Society for the ivy basket photo.
The Everett Crowley Park Committee and Free the Fern Stewardship Society humbly acknowledge that we work and live on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.
