Monthly Archives: May 2015

May long weekend cocktail party raises awareness for Phragmites

Phragmites Awareness Talk

Talking about fighting Phragmites at Sarge Cottage. Photo credit – Christina Sine.

It was a beautiful warm Sunday when Barb and Tim Sargeant hosted their annual May Long Weekend Cocktail Party in Woods Bay.

Boats from all around converged on Sarge island to enjoy some cocktails, excellent food, great company, and something a little different.  A receptive audience crowded into the 100 year old living room to hear… a stimulating PHRAGMITES AWARENESS PRESENTATION. Our attention was quickly seized by Colin Dobell and Cameron Wood’s Phragmites Intro video from stoptheinvasion.ca, which effectively showed us how this invasive plant is threatening our waterfronts. We all felt  we need to do something!

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