Dig Invasive Blackberry Roots to Help Trees by the Pitt Meadows Community Garden

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Dig up invasive blackberry roots to help trees while making new friends with the Lower Mainland Green Team and City of Pitt Meadows! We will be digging up invasive Himalayan blackberry roots from beside the Pitt Meadows Community Garden to help new trees that will be planted this fall! We will be restoring local habitat while also having fun & connecting with each other in nature. We will be working RAIN OR SHINE. All ages, abilities & experience levels are welcome, bring your family & friends! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Gloves, tools, instruction & snacks 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. • FILLING OUT THIS FORM DOES NOT SIGN YOU UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY, it just registers you as a volunteer with our organization. Please sign up for this specific activity here on Meetup or by emailing Ashton at ashton@greenteamscanada.ca. WASHROOMS There are public washrooms at the Pitt Meadows Athletic Park, a short walk from where we are working. EXACT LOCATION HERE: https://bit.ly/3RFNN4T 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 snack 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 • Sturdy, comfortable closed toe shoes/boots you don't mind getting dirty or rain boots • Long sleeves and long, thick pants (like jeans) you don't mind getting dirty to protect you from thorny plants & ticks • 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 snacks • 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: https://bit.ly/LMGT-in-action PARTNER FOR THIS ACTIVITY This activity is being made possible thanks to funding and direction provided by our partner, the City of Pitt Meadows! 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 sq??c?iy?a?? t?m?x? (Katzie), Stz’uminus, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lo), k?ik?????m (Kwikwetlem), Kwantlen and Coast Salish First Nations who have lived on and stewarded these lands since time immemorial, and continue to do so today. QUESTIONS? Email ashton@greenteamscanada.ca