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CJME – Building Green Thumbs at the Regina Floral Conservatory

Regina Floral Conservatory education coordinator Laurie Hudyma and communications coordinator Sarah Ludlow spoke with 908 CJME about the educational programs on offer at the Regina Floral Conservatory and highlighted the hard work of our dedicated volunteers.

From the CJME web story:

“Hudyma thinks it’s important for people to connect with nature to improve their mental health. “If you think back to pre-historic times, human beings lived and grew with nature all around them,” she said. “It was what sustained them and provided them with food and shelter. We believe we have that aspect within us. We still have that connection. But having moved populations into cities, many people have lost that connection. People come here to make those connections with nature.”

She said the floral conservatory is successful because of the community it helped build. She said families have been coming back year after year with their children. “It feels wonderful,” she said. “We know we are providing something important to them. We get to know the families. We get to know the older brothers and sisters and then the babies and toddlers when they come and the grandparents.”

The conservatory is open from early September until mid-June, seven days a week from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

June 9th, 2024 will be the last day it is open to the public until September.

Read the full story here!