Native Plant Garden Tour: The Mâmawêyatitân centre

Come visit the new native plant garden/land-based learning area at mâmawêyatitân centre. Located on the south side of the building - access through the main parking lot off 7th and Elphinstone, or from the sidewalks that run past the basketball court/soccer pitch. This garden was started in summer 2023 with financial support from the 2022 Grey Cup Legacy Grant Program. It is becoming a beautiful place for learning, enjoyment and connecting with native perennial plants. Scott Collegiate classes, mc staff and community volunteers are all contributing to the development and upkeep of this new space and extending the meaning of mâmawêyatitân (Cree for “let’s be all together”) to our outdoor environment.

ETIQUETTE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDEN TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

1. The event will be identified with a Nature Regina yard sign.

2. Don’t pick the seed. Many gardeners would like to save the seed for birds. Seed may be available from Nature Regina.

3. If the site is a private garden ask permission to take photos. Many Volunteers have been showing their yard all day. Don’t outwear your welcome, leave at the time noted on the schedule. Front yards can of course be viewed outside of official garden hours. Put show respect and stay on the public sidewalk. Stick to the pathways unless the garden caretakers say you can walk on the lawn;

4. If its hot remember a water bottle and hat.

5. If you have children, please monitor them. Do not let them run through the garden beds. No pets in the gardens.

6. Be kind and understanding. Using native plants has a different aesthetic, and success is not measured in garden design elements, but in the

number of insects and birds that come to your yard. We have many types of yards from manicured to wild, from newly planted, to well-established.