Autumn Newsletter

Happy Autumn!

The autumnal equinox takes place on Saturday, September 22, at 6:54 Pacific Time, and both the Northern and Southern hemispheres will experience an equal amount of daylight. For the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the beginning of fall, with daylight hours continuing to shorten until the winter solstice in December. Officially, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 4 at 2:00 AM.

Here is the latest issue of our Newsletter.

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You will find previous issues on our Newsletter page.

Wet Weedbuster Windup

It was a fast transition to Fall weather and our final weedbusters last week was WET! Thanks to the weatherproof group who came out and were able to join us for our season windup. However, a big THANK YOU goes out to each and every volunteer who joined us from April to September to help us remove more than *4300 kg* of invasive species from Burnaby Lake Regional Park.

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Stay tuned for information about our EcoBlitz planting parties in October. We should have details finalised by next week.

Weedbusters Mid-Summer Check-in

HAPPY JULY!

We’ve officially started the second half of the year and as promised in our newsletter, we want to keep you up to date with our progress.

So far, the BLPA Weedbusters have had 4 public work parties since April.

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Of note:

  • We welcomed community members not only from Burnaby, but across Metro Vancouver from West Vancouver to the Tri-Cities.
  • Our April Weedbuster happened to fall on Earth Day, and we had several people come out specifically because they wanted to do something for the environment on this day, including one person who took time from his holidays from Ontario!
  • While we go after the “usual suspects” of invasive species, English ivy (Hedera helix), Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus), Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), a few Black locust or False acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia) trees were discovered on the Glencarin restoration site. This species is originally from the US south, and can grown in dense stands whose shade will suppress seedlings from native trees.
  • The June 10 work party was held as part of the Wild About Burnaby Lake event we co-hosted with Metro Vancouver Regional Parks and the City of Burnaby, and a lot was accomplished considering the group size.

Thanks to all of our great volunteers for all of their hard work and being native plant champions!

Photo credits: (left to right) I. Lau, D. Tan, Jennifer Strang Photography, A. Green