Coast Salish Plant Walk with Cease Wyss

June 22, 2025 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Update: Event is now full

Join T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss, ethnobotanist, media artist, educator and activist of Skwxwu7mesh/Stó:lō/Hawaiian/Swiss ancestry, for a Coast Salish Plant Walk. 

Location: Meet at the Coast Salish Plant Nursery (2649 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver). We will be walking through Maplewood Flats.

Event Description:

Cease Wyss and Coast Salish Plant Nursery Staff will guide you on a botanical discovery through Maplewood Flats. Cease will share her extensive plant knowledge, including medicines, traditional teachings and the interconnectedness of nature and the forest.

Following the walk, participants will have the opportunity to browse and purchase a wide variety of native plants at the Coast Salish Plant Nursery.

This event is part our our Stewardship Series and is being organized in partnership with the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park Ecology and the Wild Bird Trust/Coast Salish Plant Nursery. 

About the Wild Bird Trust:

Wild Bird Trust of BC is a forward-thinking conservation organisation with strong community partnerships, and a growing and diversifying membership. Their mission is to provide wild birds with sanctuary through ecological protection and restoration, and support communities with education, culture, and reconciliation programs.

The Wild Bird Trust of BC (WBT) is a non-profit society and registered charity that manages Maplewood Flats and the Coast Salish Plant Nursery in North Vancouver. They acknowledge that Maplewood Flats is situated within the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN).