Citizen Spring

Take part in this stimulating and engaging event—entirely free of charge—held at the Frédéric-Back Tree Pavilion at the Jardin botanique. Each weekend, explore a theme related to socio-ecological transition: relaxation and reconnection with nature, responsible consumption, biodiversity, and sustainable food.

This family-friendly event offers a unique opportunity to learn, be inspired, and have fun, in collaboration with 40 organizations that promote reconnection with nature. An invitation to empower yourself to take action and make a concrete commitment to socio-ecological transition.

A line-up
with something for everyone

April 4 and 5: Nature’s Good for Me

• Create – Origami and watercolour workshops, creating a tale, and soundscape exploration
• Get moving, relax – Gumboots dancing, creating dance moves in nature, mindfulness in the wild, forest bathing, and discussion about eco-emotions
• Learn – Introduction to bonsai, screen-printing with vegetable inks

April 11 and 12: Consuming differently

• Making and fixing – Beeswax food wraps, recycled and seeded greeting cards, tawashi sponges, worm composters, basket-weaving, repairing clothes and other items
• Eco-friendly consumption – Discovering Montreal’s local currency (island), conference on the life cycle of objects, cargo bike demonstration
• Get moving – Create dance moves in nature, guided hikes among the trees in the Arboretum

April 18 and 19: On the importance of biodiversity

• Create – Nature journaling and introduction to watercolour painting with a bird theme
• Discover – Demystifying native seedlings, encountering birds of prey, introduction to urban foraging, Mission Monarch, and forest bathing
• Meet researchers – Discovery walk on phyto-technologies, adaptation of flowers to pollinators, reconstruction of forest history, restoration of wetlands, threats to urban forests and solutions, and replacing tomorrow’s fertilizers and pesticides
• Dream – Restoring wasteland and creating a garden for birds

April 25 and 26: Discover the Yummy Side of the Transition

• Learn – Introduction to urban agriculture, creating a gourmet landscape
• Making things – Conference-workshop on homemade herbal teas, microgreens workshop, and cuttings workshop
• Listen and taste – Immersive Abenaki workshop, lecture on edible flowers

Practical information

• All activities are free of charge
• Check the details: some workshops have limited places (first come, first served) and/or are specifically aimed at young or adult participants.