Work party tomorrow, Monday, 2:00
We'll have a work party tomorrow if it's not too stormy and wet.
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.
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.
What was once a rather grim half block of Napier Street just to the west of Commercial Drive (between the Drive and Britannia Community Centre) is now a Neighbourhood Greenway, arguably one of the busiest “parks” in the City of Vancouver. Although it’s not technically a “park”…
The group Britannia Neighbours in Action worked with the City’s Green Streets Branch to design and create Napier Greenway. It took about a year and a half from conception in 2000 to the Grand Opening ceremony, which happened May 4, 2002.
Oct 18, 2001 City Council approved $140,000 funding to develop the Greenway; it also approved a $5000 yearly maintenance budget.
The deal with the City was, essentially, “The City will work with you to put this Greenway in, provided you folks will look after it — forever!” And that’s pretty much what we agreed to.
At the outset there were six “Britannia Neighbours” community members actively working on the project (Pat Davitt, Karen Martin, Alan Ross, Mark Johnston, Margaret Jones, and me) plus someone assigned to work with us from the City (Karyn Thompson); soon thereafter there were two artists involved as well (Glen Anderson, who did the mosaic workshops and installation, and Pat Beaton, who designed the art posts workshops and installation).
I’m the only one of those six still actively involved with the Greenway from that original group, although Britannia Neighbours had already been in existence for quite a few years having put on the East Van Garden Tour since 1993 and having already worked with the Park Board to install Mosaic Creek Park.
We currently have a dedicated community work crew of about twelve — a few of whom are Master Gardeners and a few of whom are big and strong — and we also have a list of about 40 longtime supporters who hear about all our work parties and occasionally show up.
The garden is quite mature now. We have learned which plants work well and which don’t work in our very high-traffic area.
In order to keep the Greenway well tended and tidy and to keep the plants alive and looking their best, we need money. To that end Britannia Neighbours puts on the East Vancouver Garden Tour, now in its 25thyear, to raise money to pay for:
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The Britannia Renewal Master Plan identifies opportunities to locate non-market housing at the renewed Britannia site.Help us understand opportunities and concerns relating to this by sharing your thoughts at one of our online events:
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Proceeds to GGC. For more info about Grandview Garden Club, e-mail grandviewgardenclub@gmail.com or visit our website at https://grandviewgardenclub.blogspot.com (although we haven't used it much since COVID began). Also, since COVID, members have been meeting on Zoom. Let us know if you'd like to join us.
Monday, April 20th! Pandemic work party in the Greenway at 3:00!
Although Figaro’s store is closed due to Covid-19, they have their plant lists up and ready for ordering and pick up. Check out the link below.
Howdy Britannia Neighbours,
Hello!
We had a delightful work party today at which we dead-headed all the hydrangeas and raked the pathways and a few of the beds. Janet repaired some of her fences. Bea Miller, the Arts and Culture Programmer at Brit came out to help us for an hour or so. And Rocco Cillo, who works in the Accounting Department at Brit stopped by to say hello. He recently took two fantastic Greenway photos of the moon through the trees with the glowing coloured lights that he shared with us. Thank you, Rocco!
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GWAC Annual General Meeting, Saturday March 7, 2020
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