Annual General Meeting: Come and learn about the park, including the history of the area and over 150 plant species identified by our volunteers. Consider joining the board as we are looking for new board members.
Special Presentation: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Comox Bay, presented by as representatives of the K’ómoks First Nation, Raini Bevilacqua, M.A, Lia Tarle, PhD, & Jesse Morin, PhD.
Annual General Meeting May 1 2024, 7:00pm in the Comox Community Centre (1855 Noel Ave) – Room B. Mark your calendar!
Come and join the Invasive Ivy Pull Mark your calendar!
UPDATE: extended to Wed, March 20, Sat, Mar 23, Wed, March 27.
from 10:00 AM – NOON. Bring gloves, tools, dress for the weather and look for the volunteers in Macdonald Wood Park.
English Ivy on tree – click to enlarge.
Last year, our dedicated volunteers worked almost until Winter set in, removing English ivy, blackberry and other invasives from the ditches. The Town of Comox has been busy with improvements to trail beds and other areas of the park as well.
Meet us at the Macdonald Wood Park entrance (at corner of Balmoral and Croteau Roads in Comox). We will be focusing in the forest area near the foot bridge near Docliddle Road. You will find pink surveyors’ tape on trees and shrubs marking the location.
Protect other plants:
• Do as little damage as possible to the other plants on the ground.
• Leave the native trailing blackberry.
• Replace the leaves and other debris on the forest floor which you have disturbed.
Ivy on the ground:
• Pull the Ivy along the ground, then uproot the plant by pulling or use a hand tool.
• Pull and remove the Ivy at the base of and around the trunks of trees.
Ivy on and around trees:
• Cut all stems of Ivy growing up trees.
• If the Ivy stems come off easy then pull all off the trunk.
• If it’s hard to pull off the trunk then pull the Ivy down to the ground and remove from the soil.
• Remove Ivy from around the tree.
English Holly saplings:
• If small, pull Holly out by hand, or use a hand trowel to get the roots.
• Larger Holly will be dug out using a spade.
Plants removed can be piled next to the trails on tarps provided. It will be carried out to the side of Croteau Road.
Ivy is great on Christmas cards but not in the Park. Bring gloves, garden hand tools, weatherproof clothing.
Community Ivy Pull in Macdonald Wood Park on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 10-12 am. Meet at the picnic table at the corner of Balmoral and Croteau in Comox.
Bring your gloves, hand tools, and appropriate weatherproof clothing. Tell your friends. See you there!
Are you a member of the Macdonald Wood Park Society? MWPS has been selling lifetime memberships since it was formed in 1993. We now have a list of over 400 members but many of those names do not have up-to-date contact information.
If you are a member of MWPS please contact us to update your information. We do not share your information and we send out only 2 or 3 emails a year for events such as our AGM and our annual invasive pull.
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