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Even cloudy days are beautiful at Gabriel Dumont P

Even cloudy days are beautiful at Gabriel Dumont Park! Our newest Adventure Guide gives you all the information you need to find the park, plan an adventure, and learn more about the natural world that you will find there. Our NatureCity Adventure Guide to Gabriel Dumont Park is available on our website: https://wildaboutsaskatoon.org/gabriel-dumont-park/ Hashtag your pictures and posts from Gabriel Dumont with #naturecitycontest to enter our prize draw. Any day is a great day for an adventure. @meewasinvalley @cityofsaskatoon Photo credit: Nikki Moggey

To promote our new NatureCity Adventure Guides, we

To promote our new NatureCity Adventure Guides, we are launching a monthly contest with a great prize each month! It's easy to enter the prize draw:
1) Check out our latest Adventure Guide on the new NatureCity Experience website: https://wildaboutsaskatoon.org/adventures/
2) Use the guide to head out on your adventure!
3) Tag photos or posts about your adventure on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the hashtag #naturecitycontest Our first adventure guide is a guide to Gabriel Dumont Park. This weekend, head over to Gabriel Dumont and don't forget to tag us in your photos! The first prize draw is December 15 so get on it. Enjoy your adventure!

Our friend Shannon made a goal to visit all 300 of

Our friend Shannon made a goal to visit all 300 of Saskatoon's parks and green spaces during her maternity leave. As of yesterday, she has already visited 95! Photo: Shannon Dyck

Meet the snowberry (Syphoricarpos spp.) These sho

Meet the snowberry (Syphoricarpos spp.) These short shrubs reach 0.5 m to 1 m in height and often are found growing in patches in grassland depressions, ravines, open wooded areas and in overgrazed pastures. The leaves are oval and opposite of each other, while the flowers are bell-shaped and light pink to white in colour. The fruit of the snowberry is light green to purple or white and is waxy looking. Two species of snowberry are commonly found in Saskatchewan: the common snowberry (with white berries, S. albus) and the western snowberry (light green turning to dark purple berries, S. occidentalis). Both of these species contain toxins and the common snowberry (pictured) is considered poisonous, especially for children; however, if used carefully, each species can be useful medically. Medical Uses: The First Nations have used snowberries as a decongestant and for the treatment of sinus and head colds. A typical dose is four to five berries, eaten raw and whole. When made into a tea, snowberries have been used as an eye wash for sore eyes and snow blindness, and can be used on minor cuts and rashes. Irritation caused by poison ivy can be relieved by crushing the berries into a pasty substance and applying to the affected area. This information about snowberries comes from The Path to Wild Food: Edible Plants and Recipes for Canada by Sandra Walker. Sandra is a member of Wild About Saskatoon and we value her deep and extensive knowledge. Photo: Common Snowberry, gardenia.net. Please note this picture captures the more poisonous Common Snowberry. If you are going to use snowberries, it may be advisable to seek out the Western Snowberry.

Winter days provide a beautiful array of pastel co

Winter days provide a beautiful array of pastel colours and gentle light. Wild About Saskatoon's Janet McVittie captured this recent picture of ducks on the South Saskatchewan during one of her riverside walks. Sunday's frost provided a particularly magical experience for skiing, sledding, and walking about our #naturecityyxe. Did you take any beautiful frost pictures? Share your favourite one here!

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