May Day 2023 came together organically, as May Day celebrations seem to have a way of doing. May Day 2023 photos by Margaret McConkey-Long. Our organizing team (an offspring of the Conservancy Programs Committee) was co-led by myself and Kat Ferneyhough, with support from Helen O”Brian, Mike Nadeau, Steph McBurney, Read more…
While May Day is a fundraising event for the Mayne Island Conservancy Society, it is much more than that. It’s when we get together to celebrate and cherish this unique little corner of the world in all of its natural glory. May Day has become one of the iconic days Read more…
During my youth growing up in north-western BC, my first physical encounter with stinging nettle was while ambling along a creek side close to where my friends Joy and June lived. Although I was still in elementary school, I had some knowledge of the native plants that grew in our Read more…