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STUDENTS Are you looking for volunteer experience in ENVS or BIO this spring? We need help surveying queen bumble bees – Sundays from May to 1st week of June We’re looking for student volunteers to help survey queen bumble bees during their...
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GROW WITH US K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre & Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens Student Native Plant Conservationist May – August 2026 (16 weeks) $17.5/hour The K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre is a unique educational centre where learning, research, and community come together...
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The Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens is the perfect space for Acadia University students to learn hands-on about the natural world and our place within it. More than a repository of plants, it is an outdoor classroom where learning and research take place....
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You’re invited to a cozy evening of caroling, ornament making, storytelling and tree trimming. Enjoy complementary hot apple cider, hot chocolate and gingerbread cake while helping us decorate the tree in the Lobby of the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre. Monday Dec...
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Introduction to the Night Sky – All Day Course The Blomidon Naturalist Society and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens are excited to co-host a full day course in the classroom and under the stars. Sunday November 23, 1-8pm Come learn about the wonders...
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The Red Spruce Mental Health Centre is offering nature-based workshops in support of wellness and connection with nature and others weekly at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens this fall. Sessions facilitated by Acadia University Masters of Education Counselling Students Stephanie and Allie....
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Thursday October 9, 2025 6:30pm – 8pm Lecture / Seminar Wheelchair Accessible FREE ALL WELCOME K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium Join us for a fun and educational talk on native bees of Nova Scotia. Bee expert and Landscape Ecologist Steve Javorek of Agriculture...
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Native Bees of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia has over 200 species of native bees. We even have a bee that exists in this province and nowhere else in the world. The Sable Island Sweat Bee is a tiny native bee that is...
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PEMSIK MAQA’TASIKL ANKO’TMU’KL & HARRIET IRVING BOTANICAL GARDENS invite you to a FREE full moon event. Gather with us to celebrate the ‘Birds Shedding Feather Moon’, a time that traditionally marked the July full moon and is known as Peskewiku’s (bes-gay-we-goos) in...
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An Invitation to Connect: Discovering Botanical Medicine at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens If you’ve ever wandered through the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens and wondered what stories the plants might tell, this is your chance to listen. New this summer, Botanical Medicine...
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