Bev Cloud, left, with Green Stream Lawn and Vegetation Management, hauls out phragmites as Chad McKeown, also with Green Stream, goes back for more. They were among 50-60 people taking part in an appreciation barbecue hosted by the Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group Saturday at the Lambton Centre. Tyler Kula/Sarnia Observer/Postmedia Network

Phragmites group thanked its partners and volunteers Saturday with an appreciation barbecue

A stretch of open beach at the Lambton Centre in Lambton Shores simply didn’t exist two years ago.