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11 May 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PDT
IN-PERSON PROGRAM
Join SPES and Vancouver Tool Library for a hands-on birdhouse-building event on World Migratory Bird Day! Learn about the design and placement considerations for birdhouse building, and build your own Tree Swallow nest box. Registration fee covers the cost of materials for one nest box.
To participate, youth ages 12+ require adult supervision, and those who are 18+ may attend by themselves.
About Vancouver Tool Library:
The Vancouver Tool Library (VTL) is a cooperative tool-lending library located at 3448 Commercial Street. The tool library loans a wide variety of tools for home repair, gardening, and bicycle maintenance, as well as a range of affordable workshops on tool-related skills and projects. https://vancouvertoollibrary.com
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Accessibility notes: The nature house is accessible by stairs, or gravel path. The workshop involves hands-on activities including using tools like hammers, screws, and nails. Participants in the workshop with sit, stand, bend, and work with wood and tools for up to 2 hours. If you have any questions about accessibility, please email Chris at outreach@stanleyparkecology.ca
This program will meet at the Nature House on Lost Lagoon (located near the intersection of Alberni and Chilco Street, underneath the viewing platform). Please arrive 5 minutes early to sign in. (1) (2) (3)
Terms and Conditions
(1) Registration required - NO DROP-INS ARE ALLOWED. Fees for this program are based on a sliding scale – you choose what you pay!
(2) Weather dependent - Please check your email 12 hours before the program date and time to confirm it has not been cancelled due to inclement weather such as high winds, heavy rain, or extreme heat.
(3) Program Availability – Program full or you cannot attend this day or time? Sign up here to be notified when the program runs in the future.
We gratefully acknowledge that the land on which we gather and help steward is the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation. Since time immemorial, Coast Salish peoples have lived reciprocally with the land, harvesting and cultivating foods and medicines and practicing ceremony. The abundance of these lands and waters, which enables us to live, work, and play here today, is a result of the past and on-going stewardship and advocacy of the Coast Salish peoples.