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Joanne Feely De Graaf

Artist & Visual Arts Educator

Artist & Visual Arts EducatorArtist & Visual Arts Educator
WOODS OF WONDER-CAWTHRA TRAIL

Forest Art Installation

An open air art installation that encouraged  visitors to:

  • Look for  the artwork trail markers to learn about local species. 
  • Listen  to recordings and access more information by using the QR codes and videos. 
  • Consider how we each play a part in this forest ecosystem's wellbeing. 

Video

This video captured the artwork as installed physically along the Cawthra-Elliot Estate forest trail. While it has now been removed, the content can still be enjoyed using the map and  videos  provided here. 

1. Purple-Flowering Raspberry

Learn more about Purple-Flowering Rasberries

2. Blue Flag Iris

Learn more about the blue flag iris

3. White Trillium

Learn more about white trilliums

4. Wild Red Currant

Learn more about wild red currants

5. Elm & Morning Cloak Butterfly

Learn more about Moring Cloak Butterflies

6. Sugar Maple

Learn more about Sugar Maple Trees

7. Common Blue Violet

Learn more about Common Blue Violets

8. Chipmunk & Red Oak

Learn more about Eastern Chipmunks

9. Sensitive Fern

Learn more about sENSITIVE FERNS

10. Yellow Trout Lily

Learn more about Yellow Trout Lilies

11. Red Trillium

Learn more about red trilliums

12. Jefferson Salamander

Learn more about jefferson Salamanders

13. Pileated Woodpecker

Learn more about Pileated Woodpeckers

14. Canadian Thistle & Grove Snail

Learn more about Grove Snails

15. Red Osier Dogwood

Learn more about Red Osier Dogwood

Thank you to the sponsors and collaborators

  • Funded by Mississauga Arts Council’s MicroGrant Program through the support of RAMA Gaming House - Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga.  
  • Opportunity to exhibit in Cawthra Woods and guidance provided provided by City of Mississauga Parks and Forestry Departments. 
  • Thank you to the talented individuals who offered their voices in audio recordings: Eric and Sophia DeGraaf, Makya Dovick-Collins, and Kendra Johnston.
  • Thank you to the talented nature photographer Liz Murray who allowed her images of local Mississauga wildlife to be referenced in the creation of two of the wildlife paintings .  


Mississauga Arts Council

Mississauga Arts Council

RAMA Gaming House

Mississauga Arts Council

Charitable Gaming

City of Mississauga, 50th Anniversary

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Location: Cawthra Woods.

Cawthra Woods, East of Cawthra Rd, Mississauga, Ontario L5G 4L1, Canada


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