You’re invited to the RMG Garden Party!
Join us in The Backyard at The RMG on Sunday, August 9, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM for a day of art, nature, live music, planting, pollinators, and community connection.
Activities will be hosted by Oshawa Garden Club, who have also planted beautiful planters throughout the Backyard, including a sensory garden for visitors to explore. Guests can learn about native plants, pollinator habitats, and garden care while enjoying hands-on creative activities, artwork, and a magic kaleidoscope.
We will also be joined by two David Suzuki Butterflyway Rangers, who will be on site to answer questions about pollinator habitats, native plants, and nature-based community action.
Presented with support from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, with activities from Oshawa Garden Club and The LivingRoom Community Art Studio. First 10 guests will receive a special gift bag.
Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and settle in for the afternoon.
Come spend the day with us in the Backyard.
Learn from David Suzuki Butterflyway Rangers
Butterflyway Rangers are volunteers who lead local efforts to create pollinator habitat and bring people together around nature-based action. Learn about pollinator habitats, native plants, and nature-based community action with two guest Butterflyway Rangers.
The LivingRoom Community Art Studio
The Mobile Art Hive will be stopping by. Connect with community and express yourself creatively with art-making materials.
Sunprints with Artist
Haley Uyeda
Haley Uyeda works primarily in painting and print media. She takes inspiration from atmospheric conditions of weather, movement and light to both reference and engage with the temporal conditions of nature. Join her in the backyard to create Sunprints!
Pollinator Mural Activity with the RMG YAAC
Design pollinators to contribute to a community hand-painted mural created by the RMG Youth Art Action Council. Use watercolour and crayons to bring each bee and butterfly to life!
Live Music with
Adriano Clarke
Adriano Clarke (or Freetherevolution) is a colorful artist of Jamaican and Ecuadorian origin whose music is genre-bending, blending Pop, R&B, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Disco, and Latin into something that feels both ancient and contemporary.
Presented by CMI Courtyard Concerts.
Live Music with
Siobhan Bodrug
Indie-pop/rock artist Siobhan Bodrug is one of Canada’s most exciting young voices. At just 21, her vocal performances have been described as “impeccable” (Lemon Fresh Music) and “impressive” (Indie Music Center). Siobhan’s retro-modern indie-pop evokes the vulnerability of Billie Eilish, while channeling the commanding presence of Alanis Morissette.
Presented by CMI Courtyard Concerts.
Gabe + Pancha’s
Coffee Bar
Gabe + Pancha will be in attendance to serve fresh botanical lemonade and a special ice cream flavour. Enjoy these sweet treats while we celebrate our newly planted gardens.
About the Butterflyway Rangers
Butterflyway Rangers are volunteers who lead local efforts to create pollinator habitat and bring people together around nature-based action. Rangers organize small teams, support garden projects and help establish a Butterflyways in their communities.
Rangers are community builders, educators and habitat creators. They don’t need to be gardening experts — just people who care, are willing to learn and are excited to work with others. Rangers receive online training from David Suzuki Foundation staff and guest experts and have access to online toolkits, resources and seasonal guidance. Rangers also can connect to a national network of Rangers through webinars, online meetups and regional gatherings.
Supported by
Live Music Presented By
Community partners
