Proclaiming 2022 Canada’s Year of the Garden: A national movement to connect with plants
The Year of the Garden 2022 invites everyone to ‘Live the Garden Life’!
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ardens and gardening contribute to the development of our country, our cities, and the lives of Canadians in terms of health, quality of life, inclusion, environment and sustainability. Gardens are cultural landscapes, and their aesthetic, horticultural, historical and environmental richness evokes interest in young and old, allowing people from all walks of society to connect. Gardens often serve as a shared third space in communities and enable people to link back to the land. The Year of the Garden 2022 is the Centennial Celebration of Canada’s ornamental horticulture sector marked with the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. From January 1 to December 31, 2022, a national celebration will 26 • 2021
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commemorate Canada's rich garden heritage, celebrate today's vibrant garden culture, and create legacies for a sustainable future. Numerous promotions are planned to highlight a year of exciting activities, celebrations, special events organized by members of Canada’s Garden-Family that will take place in communities, schools, businesses, public gardens and Issue 1
backyard gardens in all parts of Canada. The Year of the Garden 2022, led by the Canadian Garden Council in collaboration with members of Canada’s Garden-Family, will engage Canadian gardeners, families, students, tourists and communities and invite them to ‘Live the Garden Life’. A year-long marketing campaign will focus on our unique Canadian garden culture and history in the context of post-pandemic recovery and the challenges that we face, like environment, health and Truth and Reconciliation. The ‘Live the Garden Life’ campaign will guide the conversation on the importance of public and private gardens in our rural and urban landscapes. By focusing on people and connecting them to the benefits of plants, we will create more healthy and localgardener.net
