Community Canoe Garden

A Community Canoe is a flowerpot that means a lot. It marks lost waters, acknowledges First Nations traditional territory, and grows pollinator habitat!

This was the first Community Canoe Garden planted in the Credit River Watershed. Installed in 2015 at The Grange, in partnership with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Homegrown Community Canoe Project, the Community Foundation of Mississauga and the City of Mississauga, the location of this red canoe holds historical significance, as it is on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and has the first permanent Moccasin Identifier painted on its side. 

The Community Canoe Garden initiative started in the spring of 2013 as part of the David Suzuiki Foundation’s organized Homegrown National Park Project to create abundant habitats for bees, bats, butterflies, and birds, while reminding citizens of the lost, buried and neglected waterways that still meander their way through communities.   We believe that we can help urban wetland ecosystems thrive by restoring our tactile relationships to the plants and animals that call these places home. 

“If we, as First Nations people, don’t get a marker on the ground today, we will be lost forever”  Carolyn King

The “Moccasin Identifier” project has been developed by Carolyn King in partnership with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Greenbelt Foundation. It promotes awareness of historic sites and the ancestral presence of First Nations, Métis and Indigenous Communities.

Garden of Remembrance

The Garden of Remembrance is planted to honour those who answered the call, served and those who fell during the many conflicts throughout our history. All over the world flowers have become a symbol of remembrance, evoking powerful emotion and reminding us of important moments in our history. In this garden you will find 1812 Roses, Poppies, Forget-me-nots, Tulips, Daisies, Laurel, Rosemary, Rose of Sharon and the Maple Leaf.