2025 Broombusting Events in Ladysmith
Contact
Ladysmith: Nikki Toxopeus
Email: hollandcreekinvasives@gmail.com
Thank you to all volunteers !
Ladysmith Community Cuts 2025
Welcome!
April 22nd, Tuesday. 10:30 am – 1:30 pm. Trillium Park. Organised jointly with the CVRD, who will remove the broom. Meet at the Chandler Rd entrance and work along the Christie Rd edge of the Park.
May 4, Sunday. 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Hwy/rail corridor south. Meet at the corner of King Rd and Roland Lane near the Estuary Trail head. We will start from Hwy 1A and work northwards. If needed, we will revisit the estuary area.
May 5, Monday. 10:00 am – noon. Transfer Beach. Meet in the Kinsman Hut to have coffee (BYO) with Friends of Holland Creek. We will be tending the native plant beds and doing broom busting and invasive work along the park edges and towards the pedestrian tunnel.
May 11, Sunday. 2:00 – 4:00 pm Place. Holland Creek Estates. Meet in the Holland Creek Estates on Rollie Rose Road and Colonia Drive. The priority is to work along the south edge of Holland Creek. There is also dense broom on the uphill side of the estate under the hydro lines and on the gated, undeveloped, cleared areas. We will also check the area by the entrance which was cleared last year.
May 12, Monday. 10:00 am – noon. Arbutus Hump/upper Holland Creek. Meet in the parking lot by the waterwork, accessed via Ryan Place gate. Continue to clear the area around the waterworks and towards Arbutus Hump. Check areas cleared last year.
May 17, Saturday. 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Hwy/rail corridor north. Meet on Ludlow Road near the Home Hardware and work south along the highway/rail towards Transfer Beach access.
May 19, Monday. 10:00 am – noon. Holland Creek. Meet in the Info Hut on Methuen and 6thavenue to join Friends of Holland Creek to clear broom from the patch cleared last year and along the trail up towards the Rotary Lookout. On the way we will clear Colonia bridge embankments if we have access.
June 2, Monday. 10:00 am – noon. Transfer Beach. Meet in the Kinsman Hut to have coffee (BYO) with Friends of Holland Creek. We will be tending the native plant beds and doing broom busting and invasive work along the park edges and towards the Dogpatch and then the Waterfront.
Completed Cuts 2024
April 11, Friday. 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Transfer Beach. Meet in the parking lot on Warf Rd, here. We will check what we did last year and continue to the south and back along the boundary with the rail line.
April 14, Sunday. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Volunteer Fair at Aggie Hall here. Come and chat with us at the YES/Broombuster/Kiwi Food Bank Garden stand.
May 3, Friday. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Holland Creek Estuary. Meet by the Ladysmith sign on Roland Rd/King Road. We will continue to clear the rail and road right of way near the creek.
May 12, Sunday, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Upper Holland Creek north side. Meet at the parking space by the Park information stand on 6th Avenue/Methuen St. We will start at a large patch identified by one of our new recruits (thanks Sue) and then work up towards the top of the park to catch the broom which is working its way down into the creek. There are some blackberries at the big patch.
May 17, Friday. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Upper Holland Creek south side. Meet by the Workshops near the water tanks, We will clean up the slopes down to the river, where we started 2 years ago and we may be able to start on Arbutus Hump. Again some of the rights of way have been mowed and look good.
May 24, Friday, 1:00- 4:00. Nanaimo River Canyon Park.
Completed Cuts 2023
June 3rd, 1-3pm we will revisit Holland Creek Estuary.
May 26, Friday. 1-3:00 pm Upper Holland Creek Park Trail. Meet at the Parking lot by Waterworks.
May 20th, Saturday 10:00am Yellow Point Road organized by YES.
May 8, Monday, 5:00. Ladysmith Transfer Beach Broom Cut.
May 11th, Thursday. 10:00 am Nanaimo River Canyon, organized by the Friends of the Nanaimo River Canyon Park
May 13th, Saturday. 1:00 pm Lower Holland Creek Estuary Trail. Meet at the corner of King Rd and Roland Lane near the Estuary Trail head. We will start from Holland Bank (lightly infested) and work back towards the E&N rail/Hwy 1 (already in bloom and heavily infested and visible to the public).
May 2nd, Tuesday 7:00 pm Zoom meeting with Joanne Sales, CEO of Broombusters, organized by Yellow Point Ecological Society.
May 5th, Friday. 10:00 am Transfer Beach Trail. Meet in the Transfer Beach Parking lot near Dogpatch Trail Head. Start from Transfer Beach and work towards the Marina.
Transfer Beach After Cutting. May 2023
Holland Creek Before Cutting. May 2023
We welcome those of you who are new to broombusting! Feel free to come to any (or all!) of the community cuts. We cut as a group for a couple of hours. You can come late or leave early if that is best for you. There is no need to let me know if you are coming (or not coming) to a community cut – just show up when you have time in your schedule. There are also opportunities for you to cut on your own after coordinating with Nikki, the area organizer.