Cook Elementary School Flags at Half Mast for children lost at residential school
Garden workshop with Melissa, interviewing a plant
Learning about Pollinators and Plants
South outdoor classroom area
Blank heart cut outs to paint orange in remembrance of children who never came home.
Metis Artist Pat Calihou, cut out hearts for the children to paint orange
Orange hearts to remember the children who went to residential school that never returned
Painted orange hearts, stained and ready for install on to the fence.
The children in our classes in remembrance of the Kamloops residential school that never made it home painted orange hearts.
Milling wood for four directions Canoe Garden.
Pat Calihou with milled wood
Raw western Red Cedar donated by City of Richmond Parks via the Richmond Food Security Society
Four Directions Canoe Garden Installation
The Four Directions Canoe Garden are design for the young ones to sit in and imagine they are on a journey. Here one of the school childrens father who is of Haida Indigenous descent demonstrates how it can be done 🙂
young hands harvesting, identifying and separating different parts of the plant, leaf, stem, root and flower. Here we have Indigo which is a commonly used plant for dyeing
Harvesting indigo from the center of the Four Directions canoe garden
Salmon paddle by Simon Winadzi James in the West facing Canoe symbolizing the Indigenous Coastal Peoples
Indigo Seeds harvested by young learners, will lie dormant until Spring planting
Comfrey which is a commonly used native plant for topical healing and in use with salves.
young hands separate out the comfrey
Nasturtium harvest
Colour and Bird Wood Craft
Colour and Bird Wood Craft
wood crafting and hand tools
Bird colouring, work in progress.
Winter solstice inspired lantern making
Winter Solstice lantern making based on the Philippine Parol Star Design
Lantern making work in progress
Box Lanterns
Kids custom sanding his wood crafted bird
Wood burning design on birds.
Woodburning is a favourite activity
Two Wood Burners and the young working hands patiently wait and share time, thankfully there is enough other work that can be done.
April 2022 – Canoe Garden planting
Native Pollinator plants in Canoe Garden
Native Pollinator plants in Canoe Garden
Native Pollinator plants in Canoe Garden
Native Pollinator plants in Canoe Garden
Native Pollinator plants in Canoe Garden
Native Pollinator plants in Canoe Garden
Yolanda leading the class in the creation of hanging nests
Foraged natural items from land and seashore
a nest made of natural fibres, with a bird made from maple buds
hanging nests work in progress
a hanging nest fully stocked with natural foraged items and ready to hang from branch.
a hummingbird drops by to see the nest creations in progress
getting comfortable with plant fibres for creation
Creative Cafe Artist Collective 