Last week, a second Joe Fafard statue was installed in the park. It represents Austin, a young calf, and it is situated where it can watch the children in the playground.
Thanks to Mike Nesbit and our team who collaborated with City officials to get authorization to install Austin in the park.
Fortunately Austin can’t wander around grazing like a live calf, because our gardens are looking so great this year thanks to the excellent work of Mary and her husband.
Thanks to Mike Nesbit, a lovely statue of a filly by Joe Fafard adorns the park. Named Geraldine by the artist, she is charming visitors.
The structures in the Children’s Garden are in place and already engaging children. Next year plants will be added to beautify the area.
Kari Enns, our gardener, has started building a children’s’ garden adjacent to the play structure. It will be a combination of plantings and landscaping designed to appeal to children.
The year is kicking off with lots of blossoms and great weather attracting lots of people to enjoy the park
After lots of snow over the winter, the drought was over. The park was in great shape through the summer. Many people of all ages came to play or relax in the park during the nice weather.
Former resident Maria den Ousden has created a snowman contest; https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=lastsnowmanwinnipeg
Thanks to Sonja, we built five snowmen in the park to enter in the contest
#snowmanland_contest
Thanks to Councilor John Orlikow we were allowed to spend up to $2,000 of a grant allocated to the park to buy some trees for the park to fill in holes where trees were dying. We hauled the trees back from Jeffries Nurseries in Portage in Roger’s truck, and had a successful planting bee on Saturday October 2nd. Thanks to everyone who helped plant the trees!
We were amazed at how dry the soil was when we dug our holes, so it’s a sign that we need to give all our young trees lots of water before winter sets in.
Thanks to Ida for hosting a wonderful fall fundraiser and feeding us with her amazing pizzas. We had to limit attendance because of COVID restrictions, but the event helped build up the balance in our bank account to pay gardening costs next year.
