
Wildscaping Our Neighbourhood Society was formed in 2023 when a few neighbours living in Burnaby Heights saw an opportunity to create a biodiversity park on vacant City of Burnaby property. The mandate of our group is to protect and promote biodiversity.
After observing the tendency to take out natural areas and replace it with large expanses of grass, we developed the goal of incorporating biodiversity as a core objective in park planning.
In September 2023, Wildscaping Our Neighbourhood Society, gave a presentation to the Burnaby Parks Commission. This resulted in a meeting with the Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture Planning, to discuss our ideas. Following which, we began stewarding a natural area adjacent to the park in Burnaby Heights, flanking the Trans Canada Trail, between North Gilmore and North Carleton Avenues. Upon inspecting the natural area, the extent of the invasion of non-native plants was shocking. We had our work cut out for us!
In the Fall of 2023, after receiving training from ISCMV (Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver), we organized our first pull on April 21, 2024. Fifteen people turned out and we had a great start.

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Our club is celebrating our 75th Anniversary, such an exciting year! The planning committee for this event has planned a wonderful gala dinner with delicious food, performers and live band for this special occasion to celebrate our achievements, contributions to the community and years of fellowships!!
Time: 6:00pm to 11:00pm or Midnight
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We are happy to announce the Revive & Thrive Shredathon in collaboration with other Burnaby Rotary Clubs!
Where and When: Come to 5821 Marine Way, the Staples Parking Lot on September 11th from 10 AM until 2 PM.

What Do I do?: With an optional donation per box, you can securely dispose of old documents, papers, and other debris while supporting a great cause: installing life-saving defibrillators at high traffic locations in Burnaby. Businesses are welcome to deal with old paper work in the same way, though note that the event is first come, first serve!
For more information, contact president Ryan McBride (go to https://rotaryburnaby.org/clubexecutives and click "send email" is the best way to contact me).

Our club thought it would be valuable to highlight how us and our partners worked together to serve our community in different areas in the past Rotary Year:
Education Support: Gave each Burnaby High School a $1000 bursary to support incoming BC university students;


To join us, whether for a more casual zoom meeting or for membership, email us at rotaryburnaby@gmail.com

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