It’s time to get wild! Saskatoon’s fourth annual NatureCity Festival runs from May 24 to 29 and there are over 50 activities to choose from. Here’s just a sampling of the fun to be had.
Explorers & Adventurers
May 25 & 27 @ 7 pm, May 28 @ 10 am – Discover Montgomery Place’s forest, the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area.
May 28 @ 1-2 pm – Do your kids know how to avoid getting lost in the woods? Saskatoon Search and Rescue will teach kids K-5 how to Hug-a-Tree and Survive. (A similar program is being offered on May 25 @ 7-8 pm.)
May 29 @ 9:30-11:30 am – Off limits! But not today. Take a walk among the wildflowers on the Kernen Prairie.
Starry Skies
May 25 @ 7:30-8:30 pm – Join Elder Wilfred Buck, Manitoba First Nations, and gain a new appreciation for the energy ablaze in the night sky.
May 25 @ 9-11 pm – Gaze at the night sky through one of 7 telescopes provided by members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
May 25 @ 9-10:30 pm – Listen for the calls of the night birds at the Northeast Swale.
Creepy Crawlies
May 25 @ 5:30-6:30 pm – Jeff Boone, City of Saskatoon entomologist, will help you identify the insects, birds, and mammals that may be living in your backyard.
May 28 @ 10 am – 2 pm – Meet Charlotte and Wiggles, two Saskatchewan snakes. They’re feeling misunderstood and need a little love.
Talk to the Trees
May 26 @ 11 am – 12 pm – Take a walk among the trees on the U of S campus
May 27 @ 10-11:30 am and @ 1-3 pm – Alerces Spanish Preschool & Kindergarten invites you to look at the bushes with children’s eyes.
Green Thumbs & Dirty Fingernails
May 26 @ 7-9 pm – Families with children are invited to plant their own flower – and maybe find out about bugs!
May 27 @ 6:30-8 pm – Turn compost into squash by building a squash grow pile at the Saskatoon Food Bank’s Garden Patch.
May 28 @ 1-4 pm – Take a herbal medicine plant walk at Wanuskewin.
Playgrounds, Bicycles & Beer
May 25 @ 7 pm - Join Renny Grilz at Winston’s Pub for A Weed Warrior’s Rant: What May Be Your Pretty Backyard Plant May Be Someone Else’s Nightmare.
May 26 @ 10 am – 12 pm – Explore Saskatoon nature from the seat of a bicycle.
May 27 @ 5:30 pm – Raise a pint of beer at the Woods Alehouse with Green Drinks Saskatoon.
May 28 @ 2-7 pm, May 29 @ 10:30 am – 4:30 pm – Make your own fun at a loose parts pop-up playground organized by the Preston Early Learning Centre.
All NatureCity Festival events are listed on their website.
EcoFriendly Sask was pleased to support Wild About Saskatoon's 2016 NatureCity Festival with a $5,000 EcoFriendly Action Grant.
