WORK PARTY CITY PARK STEWARDS Join residents, community stewards, Evergreen and CNV Parks staff in our ongoing monthly Community Invasive Plant Removal. We're always looking for new members so please feel free to pass the invite on to friends, family and coworkers. Everyone welcome, no experience necessary. Training, gloves, tools, and refreshments provided. RAIN OR SHINE. But not snow or ice, or wind storms. We meet on the 4th Saturday of each month. Wear warm clothes. Our gloves don’t keep your hands warm, they just keep you safe from thorns (sometimes). North Vancouver Parks Monthly Events NEXT DATE Saturday, April 24, 2014 TIME 9:00 am to 12:00 noon LOCATION TBA For more information and to confirm meeting place: Dylan Rawlyk, Urban Ecology Project Coordinator, Evergreen Foundation at 604-689-0766 extension 221 (phone) or 604-417-7146 (cell) or drawlyk@evergreen.ca (email) GENERAL MEETING NORTH SHORE STREAMKEEPERS MEETINGS 3rd Wednesday of January, March, May, September, and November. NEXT MEETING May 21, 2014 7:00 to 10:00 pm District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall Watershed and project updates. NATIVE PLANT DEMONSTRATION GARDEN MAHON PARK After many meetings with the city, we have all decided that the garden would become an interpretive area, with signage, and no longer be a demonstration garden. The Mahon Park Stewards created the garden in 2004 in order to showcase the region’s native plants and encourage people to stop planting invasives in their gardens. By all accounts it was a success in that regard, being on the edge of a high use area. But nature was determined to take over - some native plants thrived, and some did not. The garden is well on its way to being absorbed back into the forest, and we think that’s a good thing. With new interpretive signage, people will still be able to identify native plants and wildlife, and this area will continue to be an educational resource for all who walk by it. Thanks to everyone who had a hand in creating and caring for this space. This was one of Evergreen’s first native plant demonstration gardens, and our longest running. We learned so much from the experience and have much to be grateful for. LOCATION The garden is near the water park, North of the running track. You can enter the East side of Mahon Park from Jones Ave, North Van. Between 17th and 18th Streets. Stephanie Levy, Mahon Park Stewardship Manager, Evergreen Foundation at 604-417-7146 (cell)