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Edible Weeds
Recipes and Activities
Discover how to forage for common edible weeds found in your backyard.
Butterfly Garden
Make Your Garden a Sanctuary
This helpful leaflet offers a list of caterpillar and butterfly-friendly plants that grow in our Canadian climate.
Gardening Activities
Practical advice and information for making particular types of gardens (such as for butterflies and birds, and using native plants).
Ocean Plastics SOS
Take Action
It's time to curb our reliance on plastics. We need to work together to save the oceans and protect the diverse life they sustain. Here are eight actions you can take now to help reduce plastic pollution.
Colour, Draw and Paint!
Easy-to-follow instructions and templates for art crafts inspired by nature.
Ice-Cream Toppings
Recipes and Facts
Simple recipes for ice-cream toppings—inspired by plants that need the cold. The recipes.
Stretching Out, Arctic-Plant Style!
Make like an Arctic plant: chill out and try these simple stretching poses.
Paper Crafts
Cut and fold paper in creative activities that are inspired by nature.
Word Games
Try some paper-based word games. Each sheet has pictures to colour, too!
String Figure
Arctic Hare
Make a traditional Inuit string figure that "hops"! String length: 130 cm (50 in.).
Flat-Botanist Paper Dolls
Colour and cut out these paper dolls and their outdoor clothes.
Native-Plant Gardening
Helpful Leaflets
Practical advice and information to help you with native plants in gardening.
Snowflake Extravaganza
Let It Snow!
Create your own unique digital and paper snowflakes and invite the beauty of winter into your home… without the cold!
Bird Bingo
Whether you're gazing through your window or out enjoying the snow, it's always a great time for a game of Bird Bingo.