June 21st & September 20th 2-4pm

Taylor Creek Park – 260 Dawes Rd, East York, ON M4C 5C4

Arts in the Parks presents:

Ties to Nature

Learn about native plants and pollinators in seeded paper and natural rope workshops + family-friendly free play with nature + perennial plant giveaways

Echo Railton & Monica Gutierrez will guide you through seeded handmade paper and rope making from materials gathered from gardens, forests and roadsides.

Hands on native plant based activities in the park for all ages: Handmade recycled paper workshop with native flower seeds, take home the paper you make or add to a long community scroll. Play with seeds, pine cones, and other materials. Learn to make string and rope all while learning about the importance of native pollinators to the complex biodiversity right here in the city.

Offered by artist who are butterfly rangers with the David Suzuki Foundation, members of Pollinator Partnership and trained nature stewards.

We hope to lay a long scroll of paper down and seed the area with native plants to restore biodiversity and build butterfly habitat.