 |
  |
Part of your City of Winnipeg,
Public Works Department, Parks and Open Spaces Division, Naturalist Services Branch
|
 |
  |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
The Living Prairie Museum is a 12 hectare (30acre) tall grass prairie preserve located
inside the City of Winnipeg. Set aside in 1968, this preserve is home to over 160 species
of prairie plants and a great array of prairie wildlife. Prior to European settlement,
tall grass prairie covered one million square kilometres in central North America,
stretching from Texas to southern Manitoba. Today, tall grass prairie is all but gone.
In Manitoba only 1/20th of 1% of the original tall grass prairie remains. The Living Prairie
Museum is one of the few remaining fragments of this once vast ecosystem.
|
|
The goal of Living Prairie Museum is to provide awareness and conservation of natural areas, specifically tall grass prairie, through environmental education. To download a copy of our
Environmental Education Brochure for print,
click here.
|
|
|
Living Prairie Museum News
| |
|
| SPRING EVENTS
PRAIRIE PLANTING WORKSHOP- Last one of the year!
From Anemones to Zizias, John Morgan of Prairie Habitats will teach you everything you need to know about native prairie plants and how they can be included in your home or cottage landscape design. The workshops include a slide presentation, discussion and wildflower seed-planting demonstration.
Choose from the following dates:
Wednesday, May 1st 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: $45 plus GST, includes all seeds and materials ($35 with Friends of Living Prairie Museum membership).
John Morgan is Manitoba's leading expert in prairie plant propagation and prairie restorations.
NATIVE PRAIRIE PLANT SALEInterested in starting a prairie garden or looking for a 'green' gift for a loved one? Prairie Flora will be at LPM this May long weekend with a superb selection of native prairie plants for purchase.
Friday, May 17 3:00-6:00 pm
Saturday May 18 10:00am- 4:00 pm.
Sunday May 19 10:00am -4:00pm
Every Sunday: May and June 12:00-4:00 pm
For more information and access to the prairie flora plant catalogue, check out Prairie Flora's web page http://www.prairieflora.com.
|
|
|
|
Admission is Free
| |
|
 |
The Living Prairie Museum Interpretive Centre opens for the season with the blooming of the
Prairie Crocus,
Manitoba's provincial flower. During
Crocus Day, usually the latter weekends in April (weather permitting),
special programs and guided hikes are available to celebrate spring's arrival. The Interpretive Centre has
displays on prairie history and ecology and a second story observation deck that offers a great view of the prairie. Books and wildflower
seeds are available for purchase through our
Prairie Bookstore.
|
|
|
|
May to June - open Sundays only from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
July - August - open daily from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Interpretive Centre is located at:
2795 Ness Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3J 3S4
Phone: 204-832-0167
Fax: 311
Everyone is welcome to visit the prairie year-round from dawn until dusk whether or not the Museum Interpretive Centre is open.
Self -guiding trail booklets are available at the front entrance to the
Interpretive Centre.
|
|
| Modified: Friday, February 17, 2012 Top |
 |
|
 |
|
|
| Going Batty |
| Looking to explore one of Manitoba's animals? Our presentation on bats will make your class go batty ... | program details »
|
|
|
| Swamp Milkweed |
| A tall plant (to 150 cm) with upright stalks and long narrow leaves. Blooms in late June to July. Remains ... | more on this plant »
|
|
