Work Party tomorrow, Thanksgiving, 2:00!
If you can make it, there will be a little work party at 2:00. It’s a busy day for lots of us, so there may be small turnout. We have visitors so I won’t make it. But see you all soon... Cheers, Penny
Britannia Neighbours is a volunteer group in the Grandview neighbourhood of Vancouver. We undertake projects that help to keep our neighbourhood interesting and engaged. Among our projects are maintenance of the Napier Square Greenway at the entry to the Britannia Community Centre, the East Van Garden Tour, and the Grandview Garden Club. If you'd like to get in touch and/or be notified whenever we'll be having a work party, e-mail britneighbours@gmail.com.
If you can make it, there will be a little work party at 2:00. It’s a busy day for lots of us, so there may be small turnout. We have visitors so I won’t make it. But see you all soon... Cheers, Penny
Hi Folks, There will be a work party tomorrow. Steve and I have a shrub to contribute, but we've consulted and decided that we will bring it down in two weeks. So tomorrow is just sweeping and tidying up. Enjoy. Incidentally, the only two Greenway tables that were not chained to chairs have disappeared. If you find suitable tables that you think would be good to put in the Greenway, let us know. (I won’t make it tomorrow.) Cheers, Penny Here’s Pat Davitt from 2009! A blast from the past.
Work party tomorrow, 2:00. We have a shrub to plant but we haven’t dug it out yet, so plan on that for next week. Otherwise, just the usual … I can’t make it tomorrow, but I’ll be back. :-) In the meantime, keep up the good work!!
Hi. There will be a power outage at Brit for three days starting tomorrow, but we can have a work party nonetheless. Please come if you can make it! Steve and I went through the Greenway tonight and noted that all five tables are still in the Greenway! Also, the book-return bin at the library is closed during the power outage. So hang onto your library books and videos for a few days!! :-) Cheers, Penny
Hi. Just in case you ever wonder if there will be a work party, we have one pretty much every Monday at 2:00 from March to November. I send out reminders most Sundays or earlier on Mondays, but if I don’t send a reminder, you can pretty much assume there will be a work party. If for some reason we WON'T have one (extreme weather or some mysterious calamity), I’ll definitely send a message to cancel. So! You can just assume that yes! there will be a work party! Tomorrow! Monday! 2:00! Come if you can make it! Cheers, Penny
The now-black table is really sticky, so I’ll bring a damp cloth and wipe it off. So far, we seem to have kept both tables. This is good! See you tomorrow, I hope. Great East Van Garden Tour today! Thanks to those who worked on it and those who attended. Next year, another one!! Cheers, Penny
Work Party! It could be raining at 2:00 today. But if it’s reasonable, there will be a work party. :-)
See you tomorrow at 2:00 if you can make it. I’m going to bring some hand sanitizer to wipe off the two little tables. Susan’s wing is still on the mend, so she won’t be sweeping (although she’s welcome to come and observe and comment)! Cheers, Penny
We always welcome new volunteers!
We've been maintaining the Greenway now for 25 years. The City helped us to design and install the Greenway back in 2000–2001, transforming a half block of street and parking spots into an urban oasis and a pleasant entry to Britannia Centre. The City said they'd help us install it if we'd look after it... Now it's 25 years later. Lots of the plants are mature now. We've learned which plants thrive and which don't in that trampled and shady space.
Anyway, we're there most Monday afternoons from 2:00 until 3:00 or later. Do join us any time.
If you'd like to be on our mailing list for work-party notifications, just email britneighbours@gmail.com
We host the East Van Garden Tour on Father's Day every year to raise money to support our efforts.
We’ll have a work party tomorrow, Monday, May 4th, at 2:00. It was pretty hot today but should be a tad cooler tomorrow. See you there! Also, if you find (or have) any little metal or plastic end tables (probably not wood, which doesn’t do that well outdoors), Greenway users seem to appreciate having a little table by every bench. Someone, it seems, stole the plastic one we put there last week. Sigh. And I wrote “Napier Greenway” on it in black magic marker! We may need to chain the tables to the chairs.
Also, all the lights in the Greenway were out for a few weeks, but it seems enough people complained and now they’re back on. Here’s a photo from a few days ago, when they were out. The only light you can see through the Greenway is the lit VPL window way in the distance.
Cheers, Penny
Hi.
Seems like it going to be a nice day tomorrow. Spring! Wow!
Hi folks,
Greetings!
Maybe it's the last one of the season?
Hi. We'll have a work party in the Greenway tomorrow at 2:00 (weather permitting).
Work party tomorrow! As usual! See you there (if you can make it… hope you can!)...
In my opinion it's a horrid day … like Junuary in May. Not a good sweeping day. Too wet. And it's a holiday. But for those enthusiasts among us, let's meet briefly in the Greenway and tidy up.
Hi friends,
Even though it's Easter Monday and many people are away, let's have a brief work party at 2:00 and see how things are doing in the Greenway.
Hi.
Hello and Happy Spring, Brit Neighbours!
The weather is going to improve over the day and it'll be nice by 2:00.
Howdy,
I think Victoria and Clae are starting their work on the mural tomorrow. Yippee!
Because of that, maybe we should concentrate our work on trimming and pulling back the stuff that is planted along that wall so it's easy for them to get to and so that they do as little damage as possible to the plants on the north side that we want to keep.Hi.
Hi. Unless it's just pouring rain and is unthinkable, let's have a work party today and assess the current situation . Steve reports from his early dog walk that Sam/Max wasn't there this morning but there's lots of his debris in 'his' spot (although he has taken his fancy personal garden furniture away with him…).
Hi folks,
Hi Brit Neighbours friends,
I guess it kind of depends on the weather tomorrow, but if it's halfway decent, let's show up in the Greenway at 2:00 and see how it looks and what we can do.
Hi.
The CBC is calling for a thunderstorm this afternoon, but the rest of the week is supposed to be warm and sunny. Especially since a few of us were involved with the plant sale just yesterday, how about if we take a Monday off and instead gather for the work party on some other afternoon this week?
Hi. The weather will be splendid and we will have a work party in the Greenway tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00.
Just got home from a pretty long dog walk in the rain and it's no "sprinkle"!
I know it's raining. Unless it's a huge deluge, let's meet at 2:00, touch base, check the garden out and tidy up a bit.
Yay!
We’re getting 4 yards of compost delivered between 9 and 11 tomorrow morning and Ann’s organized for a young man (or maybe two … and we’re going to pay him/them) to come and move compost for us.
Hi.
It's raining too hard and it's cold out!!
Howdy and happy Daylight Savings Time! And if you can make it tomorrow, it'll be our first work party of the not-quite-spring. 2:00, Napier Greenway!
No work party on Monday! It'll be a deluge. Even if there's a break in the rain, the leaves will be sodden.
Howdy,
Hi folks,
Looks like it'll be a nice day. The leaves will be wet, but the sun'll be shining.
Howdy Brit Neighbours,
Hi.
We're having a bunch of people for dinner tomorrow, so I won't be available, but if anyone wants to, there could be a work party tomorrow.
Hi.
Well, I hope the weather forecast is right and it's just bucketing down rain tomorrow afternoon, but just in case it isn't, we'll have a work party at 2:00.
A few of us decided we'd try 2:00 instead of 3:00 for a while and see if it's better.
2:00!
Hi folks,
Hi. The weather should be pretty nice. And we had that nice huge rain the other day, so things should have been watered sufficiently.
Another gorgeous but dry day! Clae's been keeping up with the watering. See you today at 3:00.
Monday at 3:00 as usual. I'm sending the notice early because I will be away.
I realize tomorrow is a holiday, but we'll have a work party nonetheless!
It's going to be very hot, so I suggest we just putter and catch up and not do anything too strenuous.
Hope to see you for a work party in the Greenway this afternoon at 3:00.
Hi Brit Neighbours,
Hi devoted Brit Neighbours,
Unless it's raining (or hailing or snowing like it was this afternoon), we'll have a work party tomorrow (April 3) in the Greenway at 3:00.
Howdy Brit Neighbours!
Hi. We're back in the swing for spring! Please come and join us if you can. Bring your own tools if you have them -- rake, pruners, leaf blower?, trowel, weeding tools. We always have a few extras, so if you don't have tools but want to work with us, we can accommodate you. Napier Greenway between Choices and Sweet Cherubim on the Drive.