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Storefront Manitoba's COOL GARDENS 2025 signup sheet

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Cool Gardens is a design competition and curated public exhibition of contemporary garden installations that takes place in various locations across Manitoba, Canada. This year's festival marks the 10th and largest edition to date with installations at Assiniboine Park, Osborne Village, St. Boniface, The Forks, and on the soon-to-be reimagined Graham Avenue pedestrian and active transportation corridor. Visit Storefront Manitoba's website (https://www.storefrontmb.ca/cool-gardens/) to learn more about this year's competition winners and invited installations and to view the interactive map of installation sites across Winnipeg. Cool Gardens 2025 officially opens from July 5th to September 28th, with installations unveiled throughout the month of June.

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Please see the current list of Volunteer Opportunities for COOL GARDENS 2025.

Discover new skills and interests. Meet new people and be part of an interdisciplinary/collaborative team. Have fun and enjoy the outdoors!

You may select more than one (1) Volunteer Opportunity. Once you sign up, we will contact you within 24-48 hours to provide you a Team Contact email to get more details and to further coordinate, if need be.

If you have general Volunteer questions, please contact Choi Ho at choiyuen.ho@gmail.com

To sign up, select a row below

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What and when
Open
 
WOVEN RELATIONS (The Forks) - Cutting/Moving Sod/Soil, Lifting Planters, Mulch+Planting) *steel toe boots REQD/can be provided*
Friday, June, 13 - from 9AM-12PM
Maya E., Karolina R., Owen S., Ryunosuke Y.,
2
2
WOVEN RELATIONS (The Forks) - Cutting/Moving Sod/Soil, Lifting Planters, Mulch+Planting) *steel toe boots REQD/can be provided*
Friday, June, 13 - from 1PM-4PM
6
6
ANYTHING FOR A BREEZE (Art City) - Assist with all ages wind tassel making workshop
Thursday, July 3 - 230PM-630PM
2
2
CG LAUNCH + BLOCK PARTY (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Event Set Up (Transporting tables/AV/signage, refreshments, SfMB info/merch table)
Saturday, July 5 - 12PM-1PM
Oluwatise O.,
3
3
CG LAUNCH + BLOCK PARTY (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Assist with all ages wind tassel workshop led by OSO planning + design
Saturday, July 5 - 1PM-4PM
2
2
CG LAUNCH + BLOCK PARTY (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - assist with refreshments and/or SfMB info/merch table
Saturday, July 5 - 1PM-4PM
Barak A.,
1
1
CG LAUNCH + BLOCK PARTY (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - greet and direct people toward block party, library, washrooms etc.
Saturday, July 5 - 1PM-4PM
2
2
CG LAUNCH + BLOCK PARTY (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Event Take Down and site clean up
Saturday, July 5 - 4PM-5PM
4
4
WOVEN RELATIONS OPENING CEREMONY (The Forks) - Event Set Up, Greeter/Usher
Sunday, July 6 - Time TBD (evening?)
3
3
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Sunday, July 6 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Monday, July 7 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Tuesday, July 8 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Wednesday, July 9 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Thursday, July 10 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Friday, July 11 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Saturday, July 12 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Sunday, July 13 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Monday, July 14 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Tuesday, July 15 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Wednesday, July 16 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Thursday, July 17 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Friday, July 18 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Saturday, July 19 - Anytime
1
1
THE LIVING SHORE + TAWNDAY PE' OOTOTAYAN? (Graham Avenue - between Donald+Smith) - Daily Watering
Sunday, July 20 - Anytime
1
1
WOVEN RELATIONS PLANT TEACHINGS (The Forks) - Set Up/Greeter/Usher - Details to Come
Saturday, August 9 - starting at 12PM
3
3
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