Upcoming Events

Call for Artists & Performers Now Open

Every autumn for over twenty years, Still Moon Arts Society has presented the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival which honours the harvest moon, the Still Creek watershed, community, art and the diverse cultural traditions of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood. The Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival invites you to experience enchanting live music, giant lanterns, and illuminated art set against a backdrop of towering trees and the flowing waters of Still Creek. This year’s festival runs from September 7 to 26.

Wings of Spring: Renfrew Ravine Bird Parade & Survey

This event blends community science with joyful creativity: a bird survey and a bird parade happening side by side. Whether you’re an experienced birder or just bird-curious, you’re invited to help observe and count birds as we move along the trail, all while celebrating in bird-inspired costumes and accessories.

Come dressed in your finest feathers and take part in this lively migration celebration! Still Moon will also provide bird costumes for folks to wear! We’ll walk a 1.3 km route through the ravine over the course of a couple of hours.

Blackberry Removal & Cordage Making at Mid Ravine

Join Still Moon for an afternoon of digging up Himalayan blackberry that is encroaching on native plantings. We will learn how to identify, remove, and use blackberry to make cordage. Blackberry cordage makes excellent twine for the garden, can be used to make net bags, or makes a great cat toy!

Still Moon will provide gloves, tools, and light snacks for the day—just bring yourself!

Plant Maintenance & Bioblitz at Renfrew Community Park

Help Still Moon Arts tend native plantings along Still Creek at Renfrew Community Park! It’s time for our annual maintenance to remove the bindweed, blackberry, and buttercup regrowth, so our Sitka Spruce and various shrubs can continue to thrive.

At this stewardship session, we will both remove invasive species and do a bioblitz to better understand the species present in the park! We will use iNaturalist to identify and catalogue plant, insect, and bird species in our restoration area.

Blackberry Removal & Salmonberry Celebration

Join Still Moon for an evening of digging up Himalayan blackberry that is encroaching on native plantings. We will learn how to identify and remove blackberry, as well as how to recognize native shrubs, especially the Salmonberry! Salmonberry fruits will likely be nice and ripe at this event. Come eat some berries and learn about this amazing plant!

Still Moon will provide gloves, tools, and light snacks for the day—just bring yourself!

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: preparing fabric for dyeing (mordanting), planting seedlings & seeds weeding and watering.

Blackberry Removal & Bioblitz at Nootka & 14th

Help continue to make space for future plantings by removing invasive blackberry!

At this stewardship session, we will both remove invasive species and do a bioblitz to better understand the species present along Still Creek! We will use iNaturalist to identify and catalogue plant, insect, and bird species in our restoration area.

Still Moon Arts will provide gloves and all tools necessary for invasive removal. Just bring yourself and a phone with iNaturalist downloaded if you want to be involved in the bioblitz!

Meadow and Riparian Maintenance & Cordage Making

Join Still Moon for a morning of tending Still Creek through invasive plant removal. We will be removing blackberry, bindweed, and other plants from the meadow and the riparian area along the creek. We’ll use the blackberry we remove to make cordage!

Still Creek along Cornett Road is a particularly special restoration site for Still Moon. This is the farthest west that chum salmon have returned to spawn in Still Creek, making it a key location for ecological renewal.

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: TBD.

Natural Dye Workshop: Dye a T-Shirt with Weeds

Create a unique 100% cotton t-shirt using natural dyes from weed plants like St John’s wort or tansy. Clamp & stitch your fabric to create interesting patterns. All skill levels are welcome, including complete beginners. Discounted tickets are available for those who volunteer at our Gardeners’ Gatherings.

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: TBD.

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: TBD.

Indigo Dye Batik Workshop

Join us for a full-day, meditative, hands-on workshop to learn about the art of batik. This introductory-level workshop will walk you through the basics of how to use a canting, a traditional pen-like tool used to design batik tulis or “handwritten” batik. You’ll also learn about specific batik patterns and the history of how fabric can be used as a form of storytelling. After creating your design on a large cotton handkerchief, you will dye it using a natural indigo dye bath.

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: TBD.

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: TBD.

Immersion & Bundle Dye: Natural Dye Workshop

Create a silk scarf using two natural dye techniques and fresh flowers. Our beautiful natural dye garden will be at its peak! Gain knowledge and experience with natural dye techniques and take home a beautiful creation.

This workshop uses 14″ x 72″ Habotai silk scarves.

Gardeners’ Gatherings at the Dye Garden

Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, connecting with gardeners in the community, and exchanging gardening knowledge. At Gardeners’ Gatherings, we weed, water, and maintain the Colour-Me-Local Dye Garden, which provides the dye, fibre and medicine plants that Still Moon uses in its community arts programs.

Activities depend on the plants and the weather, so we can’t make any guarantees. This session will likely feature: TBD.