The Greater Victoria Green Team removed a ton of invasive English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry from UVic’s Mystic Vale Woods with over 50 volunteers! Thank you to the University of Victoria Sustainability and Campus Planning for partnering with us!
Thank-you so much to everyone who participated: students and teachers from Oak and Orca Bioregional School and Claremont Secondary School (Joanna Linger’s Grade 12 Biology class!). Thanks to everyone for attending: Andrew, Carina, Colin, Jessica, John, Martin, Mary, Mercy, Natalie and Paige!
Thank you to our in-kind sponsors for providing thank you gifts to our volunteers: LUSH Cosmetics for providing great bath items, Camino Chocolate for providing chocolate. Plus our granola bars were donated by the awesome Nature’s Path
PHOTO ALBUM FROM THE EVENT IS FOUND HERE
Highlights
- 52 volunteers participated including students from Oak and Orca Bioregional School and Claremont Secondary School. In total 110 volunteer hours were contributed!
- 15 of the volunteers were introduced to removing Himalayan Blackberry or English Ivy!
- 14 volunteers had never been to Mystic Vale Woods before
- We removed approximately 6 cubic metres Himalayan Blackberry and English Ivy from an area measuring 100 square metres!
Before and After photos
Volunteers in Action
