Broombusting in Nanaimo
Welcome Volunteers of 2026!
Community Cuts. Please wear sturdy shoes, long pants and sleeves, a sunhat, gloves. Bring water. Wearing sunglasses or eye protectors is recommended. See you soon!
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April 25. Saturday. 9:00-11:00. Highway 19 Lantzville. A special event. Nanaimo Broombusters will help the Lantzville broombusters on our mutual highway. We will cut along the wooden fence on the side of Hwy 19 Northbound after you leave Nanaimo. Meet on Lantzville Rd near Owen Rd. It is safe parking and an easy walk to the broom against the fence.
Completed Cuts of 2026
April 16, Thursday, 3:00-5:00 PM. Third Street Park. Meet in parking lot behind Nanaimo Ice Centre. We’re cutting broom in the meadows along the path. We cut tall broom in this area last year, so this is a maintenance cut of mainly shorter broom, likely sprouted from seeds.
April 17, Friday, 10:00-12:00 noon. Lakeview Park. Park on Salal Drive, accessible from Ross Road on the north side of Long Lake. Meet at the lower end of Salal Drive, at the walkway sign near the corner. Sturdy footwear is essential, as there’s forest debris and steep inclines. Bring water and gloves. Loppers will be provided. We hope to also remove broom from a wee gem of a park at the top end of Salal Drive, called Salal Park.
April 11, Saturday, 10:00-12 noon. Bowen Park. Organized by the City of Nanaimo. This is not a Broom cut, but BroomBusters have been invited. There are plenty of other invasives! Meet at the Duck Pond parking lot. All necessary equipment and training provided.
April 2, Thursday, 3:00-6:00. Lotus Pinnatus Park. We are planning to meet at the end of Lotus Pinnatus Way, as you enter Lotus Pinnatus Park. This is the area where the bin will be placed.
Completed Cuts 2025
April 29, Tuesday, 10-12:001015 Park Ave, Between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
May 1. 9:30-11:30. Aulds Road & Nanaimo Parkway.
May 3, Saturday. 10 am-12 pm. Koram Park
May 6, Tuesday. 10:00-12:00. Nanaimo Parkway – just south of the 5th Street light, on the mountain side. (Right hand side when you are going south.).
May 7, Wednesday, 10:00 – 11:30. Nanaimo Parkway – Same place as Tuesday.
May 10, Saturday, 10-12:00 and 1:30-3:30. 3rd Street Park near Arena.
May 13, Tuesday, 10:00-12:00. Doumont & Armins Place. Bring your loppers if you have them., but Less and Dave will also have some.
May 14, Wednesday, 10-12:00. Doumont close to Armins place. The group may have moved to the other side of the underpass, closer to Jenkins.
May 15, Thursday. 10:00am – 12:00. E&N Trail, at end of St. David Street. Jan is leading.
May 17, Saturday, 10-12:00. Parkway Trail at Northfield. Meet at Northfield and Nanaimo Parkway, where the old visitors center used to me. This is a City sponsored Cut.
May 19, Monday, Kentwood Park. 10:00-12:00. 8th & Kentwood Way. The recovery of this neighborhood park started on Saturday. Let us return to clear more of the park. It’s an important Garry Oak ecosystem. It’s all Glory Broom! (The big stuff – bring a saw.) All are welcome!
May 20, Tuesday. 10 am – 12 pm. Third Street Park. Meet near the ice skating arena.
City Cut.
May 21, Wednesday, 10:00 am – 12:00. E&N Trail beside Terminal Avenue. Park on Waddington Road or Strathmore Street.
May 22. Thursday, and May 31, Saturday. 10-12:00. Nanaimo River Canyon Park Trail.
May 25, Sunday. 1:00. Corner of Nanaimo Lakes Road and Dogwood Road with Travis and Neighbourhood Church of Nanaimo. Broombusters welcome!
May 27, Tuesday, 9:30 am – 10:30. E&N Trail beside Terminal Avenue. Park on Waddington Road or Strathmore Street. The E&N Trail is almost finished!!!
May 27, Tuesday, 10-12:00. ALSO at Jenkins Road and the adjacent E&N Trail.
May 30-Jun 2. 3440 UPLANDS. Hours are flexible. Goal of 50 hours. Contact info@broombusters.org.
5626 Linley Valley Drive.
Drop Zone event for the public is May 31.
Completed Cuts 2024
April 27, Saturday, 9:30-11:30. Meet at the Westwood parking lot near the trail.
May 2nd, Thursday 10am to 12pm. Parkway Trail at Northfield and the old Tourist Center. Meet in the parking lot.
May 4, Saturday. 10:00-12:00. Westwood Rd, sort of across from the SPCA. You can park on Camus Rd or on the east side of Westwood on the shoulder. Just be careful crossing the road as it can be busy. There will be a bin there.
May 11, Saturday 10am to 12pm. Koram Park.
May 14, Tuesday 10am to 12pm. Third Street Park. Meet in the parking lot of the ice center on the north side.
May 16, Thursday, 1-4:00. VIU banks on Hwy 19. VIU students visiting from around the world gathered to clear the broom on the steep VIU bank.
May 19. Sunday. Dogwood Road. 1:00-3:00. Kitty corner from Morrell Nature Sanctuary. A bin will be provided. Parking on the street which is nice and quiet.
June 1st, 10am to 12pm. There will be a drop bin for anyone to deposit their cut invasive species . Bowen Park off of Wall Street.
Completed Cuts 2023
April 13 Saturday 9:30 am – noon. Kye Bay Road at the top of the hill. Park either where Wireless Rd joins Kye Bay Rd. or in the pull-out area on the left just before driving down the hill.
April 15 – 16 Monday and Tuesday: Cut on your own days
April 17-19, Wednesday – Friday 9:30 – noon: Kye Bay Road at the big bend just before the hill. Park either where Wireless Road joins Kye Bay Rd or in the pull out area on the left just before you drive down the hill.
April 20, Saturday 9:30 – 12:00 This will be our last day cutting in Kye Bay Rd. Park where Wireless Rd meets Kye Bay Rd just before the big curve.
Apr 22 – 26 Monday – Friday 9:30 – 12:00. Ryan Rd starting at Anderton Rd and working towards Crown Isle Drive. Every year we return to cut the new growth that has come up (and the plants we missed the previous year.)
April 27 Saturday 9:30 – 12:00 Hardy Road parking lot for Seal Bay Park. We will be joined by the Back Country Horsemen today!
April 29, 30, May 1 and May 3 (Monday – Wednesday and Friday) 9:30 – noon: We’re continuing to work our way along Ryan Road. Join us for an hour or more and let’s see how far we can get. This is all small broom that has come up from seed.
May 2 (Thursday) Cut broom on your own day. Ryan Road, NE Woods or the Hardy Road parking lot for Seal Bay are suggested sites.
May 4 Saturday 9:30 – 12:00: By the parking lot for the Bevan trails. Lots of medium sized and large broom plants as well as some very large broom for those who like to cut big things!
May 11 Saturday 9:30 am – noon. Hardy Road parking lot for Seal Bay. We were here a couple of weeks ago and hope to get all of the remaining broom cut. Medium sized broom.
May 18 Saturday 9:30 – noon Nikkei Park in Cumberland. This is a new area for us. The park is on Cumberland Road, just past the new firehall. Park on Third Street or Kendall Ave. Medium sized broom with some larger broom plants on the adjoining greenways.
May 25 Saturday 9:30 – noon: No 1 Japanese Town in Cumberland: Drive down the main street in Cumberland (Dunsmuir) and turn left after the Rec Centre onto Comox Lake Road. Follow this to the signposted turn into No 1 Japanese Town – the Broombusters sign will be where you are to turn. We began cutting broom here 11 years ago when it was a sea of yellow. Since then the Village of Cumberland has developed it into a park with trails and signage and it is a lovely quiet place to be. Small to medium sized broom.
Completed cuts of 2022
Our experienced broombusters also cut in any public area, street or park near where they live or where they see the need. When other areas, such as a developers’ property, ask for our assistance we then hold group cuts to get the job done! Please contact Nancy Lutes for more information on broom cuts.
Saturday, May 14. 10:00-12:00 Sugarloaf Mtn. We should be able to finish it this year.
Wednesday, May 11th from 10 to 12 at Northfield Rotary Lookout Park ( the Tourist Information Center at Northfield and the Parkway).
IN 2021: Between April 29 and May 29, 2021, Nanaimo Broombusters worked on Linley Gyro park, Pipers Lagoon, Lotus Pinnatus Park, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Bowen Park, as well as countless neighborhood streets. A separate crew worked on District 68 school properties. Another crew worked on the Nanaimo Parkway trail. In previous years, Broombusters also worked on 3rd Street Park, and many other places.
Contact
Nanaimo: Jan Weir
Email: mw757@telus.net
Executive Director Joanne Sales
Email: info@broombusters.org
This year is Broombusters 20th Anniversary. Nanaimo has been cutting broom since 2010 – so that is 16 years! What a difference the volunteers have made. You are welcome to join them, in April and May, for 2 hours or 20 hours. There is room for everyone.
Jan Weir is the new area organizer. She is your contact person, and will be the person sending you emails inviting you to participate.
Thank you for your interest!
