Forest Tails

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Last updated on

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Experience type:

In-Person

Program Description

Salmon, squirrels, ravens, and raccoons are just some of the tails you might find in the forest. And people have been telling tales to teach about those tails for thousands of years. What tales will you discover?

Big Ideas

Plants and animals have observable features.

Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.

Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment.

Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.

Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.

Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.

Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.

Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.

Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.

Stories and other texts connect us to ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Our communities are diverse and made of individuals who have a lot in common.

Stories and traditions about ourselves and our families reflect who we are and where we are from.

Trip Details

City:

Coquitlam

For Grades:

K, 1, 2

Months Available:

April, May, June, September, October

Days Offered:

Wednesday, Friday

Times Offered:

9:30 am, 12:30 pm

Duration:

See notes. minutes unless otherwise stated.

Maximum Students:

Offered In French:

Also Offered For:

ESL, Guides, Homeschool, Other

Packages Provided:

Pre-Visit Information Package

Fee Details

Fee Notes:

Small class (15 or fewer students): $150

16 to 22 students: $220

23 to 30 students: $300

SD43 Discount! All SD43 classes will receive a 20% discount on their field trips and farm bookings.

We strive to make our programs accessible to all groups. If cost is a barrier, please send an email to education@freshroots.ca.

Additional Notes

A field trip to the Suwa’lkh Medicine Garden and Healing Forest at Millside Centre in Coquitlam (map) is like no other Fresh Roots field trip. Our program space includes a native plant propagation greenhouse, medicine and food gardens, small orchard, and a seven-acre forest with a forest classroom and a salmon stream. Field trips at Suwa’lkh incorporate First People’s ways of knowing, helping students connect with Traditional Ecological Knowledge, in both cultivated and natural food lands. Coquitlam field trips have been designed in consultation with Indigenous knowledge keeper Carrie Clark and are co-facilitated, whenever possible, with an Indigenous knowledge keeper.

We strongly suggest a 1:6 ratio of adults to students for grades K-3. Required adults are included in the group cost. If your group needs more adult assistance, please let us know on the registration form.

Learn more and book your trip at https://freshroots.ca/learn-on-the-farm/.

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