The City of Winnipeg is utilizing sheep at the Living Prairie Museum for the second year in a row as the site’s unofficial maintenance crew.
Going to the Sheep: Museum Welcoming Back Animals for Grounds Maintenance
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Living Prairie Museum Articles
Monarch Butterflies on Display at Annual Festival
By David Klassen The 8th annual Monarch Butterfly Festival is Sunday at the Living Prairie Museum. The free family event will include butterfly-themed crafts, face painting, and live monarch butterflies on display from noon to 4 p.m. Storyteller Joe McLellan will...
Ski, Snowshoe and Geocache at ‘Snow Trek’
By David Klassen An afternoon of outdoor winter fun is being held Sunday at the Living Prairie Museum. The annual Snow Trek will offer families the chance to enjoy cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, geocaching and snow art. Free cross-country ski instruction and...
Monarch Butterfly Festival Set for Sunday
Monarch butterflies will be celebrated on Sunday, July 28 during the sixth annual Monarch Butterfly Festival at the Living Prairie Museum. From noon to 4 p.m., visitors will be able to take in guided prairie hikes, storytelling sessions, a butterfly garden workshop...
Native Prairie Plant Sale an Attraction for Gardeners
By Tyler Sutherland Green thumbs and novice gardeners are being invited out to Prairie Flora's annual native prairie plant sale this weekend. Today through Sunday, the Living Prairie Museum at 2795 Ness Avenue will host the event. “A garden full of prairie plants can...
‘Snow Trek’ Fun for the Entire Family
The Living Prairie Museum will host its fourth annual Snow Trek on Sunday, February 10. A fun way to enjoy the outdoors in the wintertime, the day will include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, urban poling, geocaching and sn-Art (snow art). Free cross-country ski...
Nature Day Camps Offered Up During Spring Break
Spring break begins in Manitoba a week from today on March 26, and to keep the kids busy, the Living Prairie Museum will be running day camps. The fun-filled day of energetic nature exploration will turn children into prairie detectives, investigating local flora and...
City Planting Workshops Begin as Spring Nears
While spring is a few days off, the spring-like weather has certainly arrived early, which has those with a green thumb eager to get into their garden. The Living Prairie Museum is offering Native Prairie Planting Workshops starting next Tuesday (the first official...
Monarch Butterflies Celebrated at Annual Festival
The monarch butterfly will be celebrated on Sunday at the 4th Annual Monarch Butterfly Festival. Held at the Living Prairie Museum from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., guided prairie hikes will be provided to educate visitors on butterflies, plants and animals of the tall grass...
Prairie Grass and Wildflower Sale on This Weekend
By Brian Schultz A native prairie grass and wildflower sale will be held this weekend at the Living Prairie Museum. Beginning today until Sunday, the Prairie Flora Nursery will show the public how to incorporate native prairie plants into their landscaping. Plants...
Spring Break Day Camps Offered at Living Prairie Museum
By Brian Schultz The Living Prairie Museum is holding spring break day camps next week to occupy the minds of young ones off from school. Kids will be offered nature exploration activities, and the chance to become detectives to investigate local flora and fauna to...
One Weekend Remaining to Enjoy ‘Snow Trek’
There's one more Sunday left this winter to take part in Snow Trek, the second annual Winter in Motion. The fun-filled afternoon on February 13 is meant for the entire family to enjoy the outdoors by cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tobogganing and winter walking....
