Join us for an accessible all-ages event hosted in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Spark of Brilliance. Visitors will enter the garden and be given a passport card with a list of fairies: the Pollinator, Underground, Wildlife, Bird, Water, Plant, Climate, Tree, and Sun Fairy will all be hiding in the garden.
Visitors will search the garden and as they find the sculpture or painting of a fairy they will be met with someone who can share that fairy’s secrets: how the fairy cares for that aspect of the garden, and how humans can do the same. There will be hands-on activities at each station as well.
The visitor will get a stamp on their passport from the fairy’s helper and move on to find the next fairy. Volunteers will be circulating the garden to assist visitors, a fully-stamped passport will gain the visitor entry into our craft area/makerspace, where an Art Therapist and volunteers will guide them through making a keepsake to take home from the visit.
When:
- Date: Saturday, September 20th 2025
- Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
- Location: Guelph Enabling Garden, Riverside Park
- Cost: Free!
- Rain or shine.
Activities:
- Fairy scavenger hunt
- Discover the fairies’ nature secrets
- Guided crafting space
- Costume contest
- Fairy house contest
- Nature-themed art sale
- Enchanted stories
Accessibility Information:
- Paved, wide pathways
- Two accessible parking spots
- Shaded areas
- Bariatric chairs and benches with arms
- Bathrooms on-site at Riverside Park but not in the Guelph Enabling Garden itself
Seeking handmade fairy house submissions for art and nature festival, Sept 20th
Guidelines
- One submission per person
- Footprint max: 2 feet by 2 feet
- Height: unrestricted
- Building materials: at least 75% natural materials; preferably with Eco-friendly adhesives, paint
- Sturdy outdoor display
- No hazardous or sharp elements
- Application Deadline: Wednesday September 10th at 5:00p.m.
For an application email mgray@cmhaww.ca
