Jericho Stewardship Group
Conserving Jericho Beach Park for Future Generations
The Jericho Stewardship Group is a registered non-profit organization comprising residents, students, naturalists, and more. We work with the Vancouver Park Board to restore and encourage the natural habitat of Jericho Beach Park.
Our main activities include: invasive shrub removal and planting native species.
Volunteer with Us
Stewardship Events
Join us for one of our stewardship sessions to help us restore areas of the park that are overrun with invasive species. Our events are typically on the second Sunday of every month (weather and holidays permitting).
Over the next few months we will be planting native species throughout the park, the perfect time to start volunteering!
February Work Party
Join us for our next stewardship session on Sunday, February 9, from 9:30am – 12:30pm. Help us mulch native plantings and remove invasive blackberry and ivy from the park.
The Jericho Wildlife Calendar is back for 2025!
Bring the beauty of Jericho’s wildlife into your home! All proceeds support the Jericho Stewardship Group’s work in the park, funding the purchase of tools, gloves, snacks & more for our volunteers! Calendars are $25 each and will be available for purchase at the January 12 work party! If you would like a calendar mailed to you, or to pick up at a different time, please email [email protected].
2024 Planting Season Recap
This fall, we had an incredible planting season with the Jericho Stewardship Group, and it’s all thanks to our amazing volunteers! Together, we planted over 550 native plants across the park, including 24 different species carefully chosen to support local wildlife.
We focused on flowering and berry-producing shrubs like Serviceberry, Red-flowering currant, and Twinberry to provide food and habitat for birds, bees, and other wildlife. Our volunteers worked hard to clear the ground, dig holes, and get those plants into the soil just in time for the colder months.
Thank you to everyone who lent a hand and helped make this season such a success! We couldn’t do it without you. Here’s to watching these plants grow and thrive in the years to come!
20th Anniversary Celebration
Thanks for celebrating 20 years of the Jericho Stewardship Group! We had a lovely picnic reflecting on 20 years of work in the park. Our awesome volunteers made t-shirts to wear to our stewardship events and enjoyed relaxing by the ponds together. We at JSG really enjoyed the event and have decided to make it a yearly tradition. Join us next September for another party celebrating the hard work of volunteers in the park!
If you help the natural world, the world becomes a better place for everybody.
-David Attenborough