Month: June 2016

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WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE TO BE ANNOUNCED / ART SUBMISSIONS ON PUBLIC DISPLAY

  • 2016 marks 12th Annual Student Environmental Art Challenge by ACAP Humber Arm.
  • This art challenge is open to all primary and elementary students within Corner Brook, the Bay of Islands, Pasadena and Deer Lake.
  • The theme of the art challenge changes annually.  This year’s theme was: “Plastics and the Marine Environment”.
  • 330 submissions received in 2016
  • All submissions reviewed by a judges panel.  This year’s judges included:

o   Diane Crocker, Western Star

o   Wendy Woodland, Rogers TV

o   Dave Lewis, NF Power

o   Kim Sheehan, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

o   Sheldon Peddle, ACAP Humber Arm

  • A winner is selected at both the Primary and Elementary level.
  • Winners are presented with a new bicycle and helmet, compliments of NF Power.  NF Power has sponsored this prize since the contest began in 2004.
  • The 2016 Elementary Level Winner will be announced 11am, Monday, June 6th at St. James All Grade in Lark Harbour

o   Sheldon Peddle of ACAP Humber Arm and either Carl Bishop or Matthew Hatcher of NF Power will be in attendance to announce the winner and present the bike.

o   Media are welcome to attend; photo of student only, not other classmates.

  • The 2016 Primary Level Winner will be announced 1pm, Tuesday, June 7th at Ecole CC Loughlin in Corner Brook.

o   Greg Moore of ACAP Humber Arm and Dave Lewis of NF Power will be in attendance to announce the winner and present the bike.

o   Media are welcome to attend

  • ALL submissions received will be on display for public viewing at the Corner Brook Rotary Arts Centre during Environment Week, June 6th – 10th
  • Digital copies of the winning submissions and top ten finalists in each grade category are available upon request.
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5th Annual Rhododendron Festival at MUN Botanical Garden

Everything’s Coming Up Rhodies at MUN Botanical Garden.  Please join us for special programs, all about rhododendrons.

Special Tour Dates & Times: 2:30 – 4 pm, June 18 & 19
MUN Botanical Garden has over 200 varieties of rhododendrons. Join us for special exhibits, talks and walks; all about rhododendrons.
Format: Garden walk (outdoor program)
Fee: General admission / Free for FOG + MUN students
Drop-in program. Pre-registration is not require

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MUN Botanical Garden: Care and Cultivation of Rhododendrons

Gardening Workshops Registration:  Care and Cultivation of Rhododendrons Date: Saturday, June 18, 10 am – noon Location: MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road

Would you like to own a “One-of-a-Kind” rhododendron hybrid, available only from MUN Botanical Garden?  Space is still available for the rhododendron workshop on June 18.  All registered participants will take home a unique plant for their garden.

Pre-registration is required and is available on-line.  For more information, please call 864-8590.  To register on-line, please visit the Garden’s webpage at www.mun.ca/botgarden.

 

Anne Madden Education Coordinator MUN Botanical Garden

amadden@mun.ca

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Nature NL – Two June Events

Two June Events

Our June meeting will be a Walk Around Mundy Pond
June 16 @ 6:30 pm

Join Nature NL for a guided nature walk around Mundy Pond on Thursday, June 16 at 6:30 pm. Megan Boucher will talk about the birds that historically  frequent the area, hopefully locating some of them during our walk. We will also give a short overview of the history of the Mundy Pond community with a look at the changes to the pond itself over the past century. We will meet in the parking lot across from the Mews Center.

Our Annual Charlie Horwood Memorial Pink Lady Slipper Orchid Walk
June 18 @ 10:00 am

NatureNL has an annual short fieldtrip on Mount Scio to view the pink lady slipper orchids. Initially the walk was led by Charlie Horwood, a long-time natural historian and a founding member of NatureNL. Since his death, we have continued the traditional outing as the Charlie Horwood Memorial Lady Slipper Walk. While the re-growth and development of trails in the area have markedly reduced their numbers, we normally see several hundred blooms in the 75 minute easy walk.

Meet leader Allan Stein on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 10:00 am at the MUN Vivarium Parking Lot, off Mount Scio Road, opposite and a bit east of the MUN Botanical Garden entrance. Park in the paved lot off that roadway, on the right very near Mount Scio Road.

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“Salmon the Leaper” Kids Club Program for June at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium

Join your friends at The Fluvarium and discover the salmon life cycle, hear a story of the mysterious Salmon People, and play a game about the great journey a salmon takes to the ocean.

 

Every Saturday and Sunday from June 4-26 at 1:30pm

Program runs approx. 45-60 minutes

 

This Fluvarium Kids program is Family Fun and can include an outdoor component, game, story and craft!

 

Fluvarium Kids Club Weekend Programs

Have you heard? Kids ages 5–10 and their families are invited to join Fluvarium Kids! Receive updates, collect stickers, and earn a Fluvarium Kids Fresh Water Friends certificate when you attend sessions in four different months!

 

Fluvarium Kids programs are complimentary with admission.

Ask about our Annual Family Pass.

 

For more information contact:

754-3474 – kids@fluvarium.ca

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Sunday Nature Programs at MUN Botanical Garden

Drop by the Botanical Garden every Sunday for nature programs.  Activities may include: bird watching, nature hikes, duck feeding, ‘meet the critters’, story time and more.

Fee: General admission.  Registration is not required.  FREE for members of the Friends of the Garden, MUN students and children 5 years old and younger. For more information, please call 864-8590.

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Breezes, Breath, and Bellows – World Listening Day

(not all of the bellows will be in an accordion)

 
Last year, in conjunction with the UN International Year of Soils, we celebrated the earth element and “tasted the place” with wild edibles.  The theme of the events in The Boreal Poetry Garden this summer is the element of the air, especially the wind.
 
(Boreal means northern, from Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind—the strongest and speediest of all winds. He was the bringer of snow and hail but, at times, he could be nice and calm as well.)
Sunday 17 July at 2 pm (rain date Monday 18 July at 7 pm)
Wednesday 20 July at 7 pm (rain date Thursday 21 July at 7 pm)
The Boreal Poetry Garden, Portugal Cove
 
Join us for a walk, some words, a woodwind, an accordion, and two moose horns in the woods:
Christine Carter, clarinet and principal moose horn; Marlene Creates, poetry; Florian Hoefner, accordion; and Don McKay, poetry and assistant principal moose horn.
 
These events are being held in conjunction with World Listening Day, an initiative of The World Listening Project—an annual global event held in July to create awareness of the soundscape in our surroundings: http://www.worldlisteningproject.org
 
Limited to 25 people. Advance registration required.
For directions and to register:
adults $25 | seniors and students $20 | children $10
with special thanks to the
Canada Council for the Arts