HEALTHY WOODS, HEALTHY PEOPLE - 2022 COMMUNITY EVENTS
Join us
Come explore Hampton Park’s meadow to learn about butterflies and bees - their habitat, host plants and what we can all do to support them.
Saturday, September 10th
11 am - 1 pm
With guides Susan Gordon and Lydia Wong
Meet at the Island Park entrance
Sponsored by the City of Ottawa through the CEPGP program
Free. All welcome
Contes et musique sous le Baobab
Samedi 18 juin 2022
Parc du Manoir des Trembles, 150 boul. des Trembles, Gatineau
Veuillez vous inscrire en cliquant sur le lien suivant :
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../sous-un-baobab-tickets...
L'activité « Contes sous un arbre » revient au Manoir des Trembles avec des contes pour enfants et de la musique de kora!
Marie-Eveline Belinga, connue pour les populaires Contes philo-africains, nous racontera quelques contes, tout en encourageant les enfants à utiliser leur créativité. Apportez vos crayons de couleur et du papier ! L'activité est destinée aux enfants de 3 à 10 ans ainsi qu'aux personnes de tous âges qui apprécient une bonne histoire.
Zal Sissokho est un célèbre joueur de kora et griot que nous avons la chance d'avoir ici avec nous au Manoir des Trembles ! Venez écouter sa musique absolument magnifique.
L'événement sera suivi d'un délicieux goûter et de breuvages sénégalais dont, bien sûr, du jus de Baobab!
Lieu : Parc du Manoir des Trembles, près du boulevard des Trembles.
https://www.google.com/.../@45.4268943,-75.../data=!3m1!1e3
Quand : samedi 18 juin 2022
Contes : 15h00-16h00
Musique : 16h00-17h00
Suivi d'un jus de fruit et de snacks
PLANTING DAY IN HAMPTON PARK
Sunday, May 22nd and Saturday, May 28th, 9 am - noon.
Hampton Park has lost a lot of smaller vegetation from an increase in park use, invasive species, and from certain climate-induced impacts.
Restoring native species will help make the Woods more resilient to future stresses, and create healthier conditions for plants, trees, wildlife, and us.
More than 200 plants, representing more than 20 native species will be planted over two weekends. Species include Ostrich, lady, and sensitive ferns, blue vervain, boneset, trillium, and wild ginger.
To volunteer, email CarlingtonHampton@gmail.com and tell us know what day(s) you can come. Children are more than welcome but please leave the dogs at home! Bring gloves, bug spray and a spade if you have one.
SAFETY NOTES: Ticks are prevalent in Ottawa, and there are red ants in some areas. Long pants or boots are highly recommended.
EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS AND PARK STEWARDSHIP
Join Tree Fest Ottawa, Friends of Hampton Park and Friends of Carlington Woods for Earth Day activities all month long.
Free. All welcome. Questions? Contact CarlingtonHampton@gmail.com
April is all a-bat bats!
April 1st is the official start of bat season! As the days get longer and warmer bats come out of their winter torpor to feed on the spring’s crop of flying insects.
Learn more about these fascinating mammals, their biology, and their role in the environment with Nicole Nolan, a terrestrial ecologist who has been doing acoustic monitoring of bats throughout the Ottawa area for the past five years.
Nicole will kick things off with an introductory webinar on April 1 and every Friday after that she’ll lead a bat walk in one of two local parks where you might get a chance to see and hear the first active bats of the year with the help of an ultrasonic microphone.
April 1st Webinar: View it here: Introduction to Bat Biology Webinar
Bat Walks In Carlington Park and Hampton Park
Conditions may be wet. Dress for the weather and bring a headlamp or flashlight if you have one.
Answer: D. Echolocation
Friday, April 8 Bat Walk, Carlington Park. 8:30 pm
Meet at the western end of Morisset Avenue by the gates to Carlington Park.
Friday, April 15 Bat Walk, Hampton Park. 8:30 pm
Meet at the Island Park entrance parking lot.
Friday, April 22 Bat Walk, Carlington Park. 8:30 pm
Meet at the western end of Morisset Avenue by the gates to Carlington Park.
Friday, April 29 Bat Walk, Hampton Park. 8:30 pm
Meet at the Island Park entrance parking lot.
Fête de l’érable | Maplefest
Samedi, le 19 mars, Saturday, March 19th, 10:30 - 1 pm
Parc des Trembles, Gatineau
150 Boulevard des Trembles, Gatineau
Toute est gratuite ! FREE
La fête de l'érable est un rassemblement communautaire et une célébration de la saison du sirop d'érable et de l'arrivée du printemps. Organisé par le Comité de l'arbre et des boisés du Manoir des Trembles avec le soutien de la Ligue des voisins du Manoir des Trembles et Arbre Fest Ottawa.
• 10h30 - Présentation sur l'érable à sucre et ses liens traditionnels avec la culture Anishinabeg par Sheldon McGregor de Kitigan Zibi.
• Café et crêpes avec sirop d'érable (Veillez apporter votre propre tasse et vos ustensiles – ils ne seront pas fournis).
• Tire d'érable sur la neige
• Musique traditionnelle (y compris un violoniste en direct!)
• Jeux pour les enfants : jeux de pièces libres, chasse au trésor, bricolage de mangeoire à oiseaux
• Jeu d'identification des érables
• Et un feu de joie et la conversation chaleureuse
Les crêpes et la tire sont gratuits. Quantité limitée et jusqu’à l’épuisement des stocks!
Manoir des Trembles presents: Maplefest!
Free Festival and Food!
Maple Fest is a community gathering and celebration of maple syrup season and the coming spring. Organized by le Comité de l’arbre et des boisés du Manoir des Trembles with support from la Ligue des voisins du Manoir des Trembles and Tree Fest Ottawa.
• 10:30 - Presentation on maple sugaring and its traditional links to Anishinabeg culture and ceremony by Sheldon McGregor from Kitigan Zibi.
• Free coffee and pancakes with maple syrup (Please bring your own mug and utensils – they not be provided.)
• Free maple taffy on snow
• Traditional music (including live fiddle!)
• Play for children: free parts play; scavenger hunt; nature-based bird feeder craft
• Maple tree ID game
• And a community fire for warm conversation.
The pancakes and maple taffy are free, while supplies last. Come early to make sure you don’t miss out!
For more information, contact foret.des.trembles@gmail.com
NOT YOUR AVERAGE SCAVENGER HUNT
Monday, March 14th and Friday, March 18th, 1 pm - 3:30 pm
Carlington Woods
FREE! Snacks, Drinks and Prizes
Calling all students
Unlike a traditional scavenger hunt with clues and specific items to find, a sensory scavenger hunt puts you in charge. It’s all about finding things you can SEE, SMELL, FEEL or HEAR.
The hunt will take place in Carlington Woods, a 22-hectare urban forest. On the day, we’ll give you the broad categories and some suggestions on what to look for, and then you’ll have the opportunity to explore!
You’ll need to be creative and record your observations with photographs, videos, poems or songs, artwork made from natural materials or trash, imitating birds or animals or by coming up with your own ways.
To register:
Send an email to CarlingtonHampton@gmail.com or scan the QR code. Provide your name, email address, telephone number and any dietary restrictions you have.
You can register as a team (max 4 people) or an individual. All participants will be put into teams of at least 3 people.
GREAT FUN. GREAT PRIZES.
And, if you don’t want to take part but need volunteer hours, we’ve got a job for you! Email to find out more.
CÉLÉBRONS LE MOIS DE 'L’HISTOIRE DES NOIRS AVEC LA CONTEUSE MARIE-EVELINE BELINGA !
dimanche, le 27 février par zoom
15 h 30 - 16 h 30
La merveilleuse conteuse et philosophe, Marie-Eveline Belinga, partagera des histoires traditionnelles africaines ancrées dans les liens avec la nature. Événement virtuel pour enfants - et pour les adultes qui aiment les contes!.
Marie-Eveline anime des ateliers dynamiques qui suscitent la créativité et la réflexion chez les enfants (et les adultes !). Elle a une manière sympa et engageante, que vous et vos enfants vont certainement apprécier.
Installez-vous confortablement en communauté virtuelle avec nous dimanche après-midi!
Enregistrez en écrivant foret.des.trembles@gmail.com et un lien zoom sera envoyé samedi.
Organisé par un partenaire du Tree Fest Ottawa, Le Comité de l’arbre et des boisés, un groupe de résidents vivant au Manoir des Trembles, à Gatineau, Québec,
STORIES, SONGS AND SHARING
Sunday, February 20, 2022, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm on zoom
Free, all ages welcome.
Video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhCkY9uiJI&t=10s.
Matricia Bauer of the Warrior Women collective.
JOIN AND BE INSPIRED
The pandemic has changed many things, including the way we get together in person, but the human need to connect—to share personal histories, cultures, ideas—is so strong that we will always find a way.
As part of its Healthy Woods, Healthy People project, Tree Fest Ottawa and community partners were pleased to host Indigenous storyteller, artist, and botanist Matricia Bauer of the Warrior Women collective for an afternoon of storytelling, songs, and more.
Based in Jasper, Alberta, Matricia brings more than 20 years of experience sharing her culture and art in schools and at national conferences.
We may be separated by geography, by culture or by any number of other differences, but Matricia reminds us of what we all share.
“We have to remember that we have more in common than our differences and one of those commonalities is the heartbeat,” she says. “Not only do we have a heartbeat, but trees have a heartbeat, flowers have a heartbeat, and Mother Earth has a heartbeat. That reminds us that we’re all living things and that we’re all tied together. When we think of the world as a living thing with a heartbeat, we treat it differently.”
Tree Fest Ottawa would like to thank the Storytellers of Canada for connecting us with the Warrior Women collective.
Tree Fest Ottawa’s Healthy Woods, Healthy People project is made possible by the generous funding of the Government of Canada through the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative.
