The environment is one of the Lions key causes
On the evening of May 15th, 15 or so dedicated Lions arrived at Drumbeg Park to join up with our Island Trails stewards GaLTT in removing the evasive Scotch Broom plants that populate the Garry Oak meadows. This is an annual event that the Gabriola Lions and GaLTT participate in to keep this plant under … Continue reading Broom Pull May 15th 2024
The Lions Club, once again under the fearless leadership of Lion Dixon, teamed up with our local Gabriolan environmental group GaLTT, to pull the evasive Scotch Broom from one of our favourite island parks, Drumbeg. For over 2 hours, 42 volunteers donned gloves and carried clippers to pull, cut, stomp on, spit at and remove … Continue reading Broom Pull Apr 30th 2023
The Lions Club, once again under the fearless leadership of Lion Dixon, teamed up with our local Gabriolan environmental group GaLTT, to pull the evasive Scotch Broom from one of our favourite island parks, Drumbeg. For over 2 hours, twenty two volunteers donned gloves and carried clippers to pull, cut, stomp on and remove hundreds … Continue reading Broom Pull April 30th 2022
Gabriola Lions Saturday’s fun bunch (aka The Breakfast Club) gathered at Gabriola’s Medical Clinic to clean up the tall grasses and weeds as part of our club’s involvement with our beloved community facility. Under the direction of our head landscaper (and firewood chop master) Lion Mike with his Vancouver Whitecaps protégé Mocha, Lions Carol, Kathy, … Continue reading Clinic Landscaping Feb 5th 2022
Lion Dixon and his lovely wife, Lucile spent their weekend hours helping our Gabriola Island trail managers GaLTT remove the invasive plant called Daphne around Gabriola Island. Invasive plant removal is one of the Gabriola Lions environmental concerns and a pet peeve of Lion Dixon who secretly wishes to eliminate Scotch Broom from the surface … Continue reading Invasive Plants Jan 23rd 2022
On Saturday, 8 May 2021, 22 Lions and 20 GaLTT members completely cleared numerous Broom infestations along 1 ½ km of Stalker Rd near Drumbeg Park on Gabriola. With help from the neighbours and an excellent turnout from both organizations, the whole road was cleaned of this invasive species to allow native plants to flourish … Continue reading Broom Bash May 8th 2021
In 2020, the Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT) teamed up with the Gabriola Lions to work together and make the Gabriola Sands Provincial Park more accessible to all Gabriolans with mobility challenges. That summer, GaLTT applied for and received an initial funding grant of $4,500 for Phase #1 and approval from BC Parks to … Continue reading Park Trail Work Feb 20th 2021
