Adrian Zoldy (left) removes a basswood tree from a pot under the direction of a park employee. (Photo by M. Zoldy)

Around 75 individuals got down and dirty recently at Henteleff Park during an annual spring tree planting event. Key organizer and local resident Mark Zoldy said approximately 100 trees were planted at the park, located at 1964 St. Mary’s Rd., on June 15. Refreshments were served, courtesy of Gunn’s Bakery, and the project was supported by the Walmart-Evergreen Green Grant Program, Zoldy said.

The event was sandwiched between an early morning birding hike, led by Nature Manitoba members Gord and Jaye Grieef, when 17 individuals identified 26 species of bird, and the Henteleff Park Foundation’s annual general meeting.

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Grade 6 students of Niakwa Place School created an excellent video called The History of St. Vital.

Different students interview Yude Henteleff and his story of growing up in St. Vital. He recalls his one classroom school, growing up on his father’s farm (part of which is now Henteleff Park), the 1956 flood, and changes in St. Vital leading up to today.

Henteleff Park Foundation has developed a fully articulated and visionary plan to build a comprehensive interpretive centre at the park. This facility will provide an educational context for the priceless local and environmental heritage of this beautiful and historically significant riverside park.

The planned 1,500-square-foot interpretive centre will replicate the farmhouses that dotted the riverbank a century ago and will feature galleries will explore the four main themes of the park.

We’re very excited about the future of the park and this new facility. Won’t you join us?