Families in Nature. Register with the Ecowellness Centre or just show up at 1:30 on the first Sunday of each month, until May. (Ten dollars per family with two children, all ages, but carriages do not run well on forest trails.) If weather impossible, we meet the following Sunday. Seasonal activities, For example, in Feb we built a quinzhee and tracked animals in the snow. In March we tap a maple tree and make a map of circumpolar constellations showing the spring star Arcturus. Wintergreen leaves are availabale for tea in April and by May of last year we were finding ripe wild strawberries. Survival tips, "project wild" awareness games, monitoring forest seasons, with a heated "learning centre" available when needed. Each session ends with a pick- your- own "wild" herb tea and dandelion flower jam on rye bread. For more information check www.carpridgelearningcentre.ca
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT I am volunteering to take groups into the South March Highlands in the Kanata area so that more residents will realize its potential for a city ecopark and help to protect it. Call me at 613 839 5217.