Grey Jay Healing Inc.

03/18/2026

Prairie up! Thank you.

03/17/2026

Planning has begun for a proposed provincial park, located at Lemay Forest, in Winnipeg. Attend an open house on Thursday, March 19 in St. Norbert to learn about the park planning process. For details, visit https://bit.ly/4suXMtc.

03/08/2026

This is why we are native plant proponents. Because fostering native plants and advocating for them is an act of decolonization. Because caring about native plants gives rise to valuing Indigenous ways of life. Because breaking the status quo is the least we can do. Because we are allies and accomplices in reconciliation. Because being metis, for us, is about standing strong beside all our relations. Because our families and our friends need us.
Because it's the right thing to do.

I'm a native plant proponent because I see fostering native plants as an act of decolonization, reconciliation, and community building in a time of mass extinction.

I'm a native plant proponent because I see the tradition of horticulture as being, in part, a contributor to cultural supremacism and a privileging of one group over others when it could be something else.

I'm a native plant proponent because as we alter the climate at breakneck speed it's imperative to give the few species that might be able to adapt the chance to do so in whatever pocket of habitat we can provide with plants they evolved alongside.

I'm a native plant proponent because, in a suburban world of the same plants across the country, it's a celebration of the local, of place, of resilience in the face of a marauding system geared to a sameness that makes us more controllable and subservient to a ruling class that extracts our wealth while poisoning us physically and psychologically.

I'm a native plant proponent not because I'm bigoted against humans or any group of humans, but because I seek a liberation for all species together that intersects in the space where a caterpillar munches on leaves and a human understands that when "the least of these" thrives, we all thrive, we are all liberated and empowered together, and become the threat we need to the oppression a hierarchical society perpetuates.

Prairie up.

03/07/2026

We will be releasing a long-form interview in the next while that will cover who we are, what we are up to, and hopefully showing you our passion for native habitat restoration and knowledge integration.
To see some of what we do right now join the Beez Please Pollinator-Friendly Yards group for lots of information and free knowledge sharing.
For even more about who we are and what we offer check out

03/01/2026

Thank you Prairie Up for posting this. Wise words from someone we look up to for their incredible work.

It's time to decolonize our yards and ourselves like our lives depend on it.

02/28/2026

Does your school want to put in native plants? This is a great opportunity.
If you need help with making a plan let us know, we would love to help.

Passons à l’étape 3 de votre parcours ! 🐝🌸 Remplissez la demande pour des plantes et envoyez votre plan de jardin pour avoir la chance de recevoir des plantes indigènes gratuites pour pollinisateurs pour votre école!

📅 Les demandes seront acceptées jusqu’au 31 mars 2026

➡️ Détails et inscription: https://bit.ly/3ZW9Nf4

02/28/2026

This is why we do what we do. It's political, it's radical, and it's powerful. Use your privilege to make change for the better.

Thank you Prairie Up for this incredible post. We will continue to make change however insignificant it may feel to others. We know how important this work is.

Contact us if you need help rewilding your space. Every bit helps, will you do your part?

Millennia-old systems of hierarchy and patriarchy don't work and never have worked for the masses, but the upper-upper classes always find a way to warp perception and trick folks into us/them blame games vs up-down awareness -- or just through blunt-force trauma (de-humanizing, othering, marginalizing, blaming the weaker for the ills of the weak, buying lawmakers to make laws that benefit a few people).

Butterflies and owls aren't stopping economic progress for a new proposed strip mall or de-regulated power plant emissions, no more than a brown person is keeping you from being a millionaire or billionaire or having access to affordable healthcare or having a pet.

The work to upend the artificial hierarchies that have been forced upon us starts local -- hyper local. In the grass roots. Communities of one, two, ten and one hundred. And the most dangerous tool we have at our disposal is empathy. That's why many of us gardeners made the switch to more plant diversity and using more native plants. When the "garden" *gestures broadly* becomes a place of defiant compassion, the tools of the master are blunted.

Today, cultivate empathy. That can look like host plants for moth larvae, flowers for bees, cover for birds and spiders and frogs -- or it can look like other forms of mutual aid such as donations of time and money to food banks, homeless shelters, non-profit conservation orgs, cell phones for women leaving abusive relationships, running for local office, or reading a little news before tearing out more lawn and waving to the neighbors with the biggest, stupidest grin on your face in a time of mass extinction and yet another gilded age.

I'm waking up wondering how to help my kid navigate the horrors we allow through fear, ignorance, and anger -- maybe we'll name some birds at the feeder, maybe we'll hug. But damn if I'm not going to try to connect the dots and see through the haze or wool or sand, recognizing I have the privilege to do so and need to better use said privilege that so many don't have because the system was designed to keep us from thinking or feeling or having the time or finances to think or feel or question or fight back for one another.

Read. Plant. Wander. Wonder. Wear other shoes. The time is now for a real change that goes down to the roots. Maybe we're really lucky to be alive at this point in history.

02/27/2026

Want help with a plan? Ask us!

Step 3 of your journey is here! 🐝🌸 Fill out the plant request form and submit your garden plan for your chance to get FREE NATIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS for your schoolyard!

📅 Submissions accepted until March 31, 2026

➡️ Sign up and learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZSrWua

12/11/2025

We need help. Please contact city council. Raise your voice. We need you to stand up for our environment, our relations, all of these precious lives!

Why Winnipeg’s decision matters for Halifax

Winnipeg recently moved to scrap its bird-friendly window bylaw, less than a year after it came into effect. Conservationists are “shocked,” calling it “a backwards move for birds.” The changes on the table include dropping the bird-friendly window requirements. A bird-safe window is one that is built or retrofitted with features like patterned films, decals, glazes, or coatings to reduce strikes. Environment and Climate Change Canada estimates that between sixteen million and forty-two million migratory birds die in Canada each year due to window collisions.

Meanwhile, Halifax still proudly carries the designation of being a Bird Friendly City. Last year we presented to the ESSC about the importance of bird-friendly design, especially to prevent deadly window strikes, and successfully got language into our Regional Plan calling for future developments to “consider birds and fatalities.”

Of note, in Winnipeg it was the Urban Development Institute of Manitoba, the developers’ lobby, that pushed for the bylaw’s removal — the same type of lobby groups that lobbied to remove bird-friendly wording from Halifax’s proposed Regional Plan. Lobby groups pushed us out of the Regional Plan. Many bird-friendly initiatives are hard-fought, and our progress in Halifax is precious. If Winnipeg can reverse itself so quickly, it shows how fragile these protections really are.

If we care about Halifax birds, it is up to us to keep the pressure on: demand bird-safe design, support Bird Friendly Halifax, and make sure that “consider birds” does not become “forget birds.”

To date, we have passed out hundreds of free window strike kits to local residents. While it is too cold right now to put up the stickers, in the spring there will be many more safe windows. A significant ongoing threat, however, remains untreated glass in high rise builds in migration corridors, which continues to put birds at risk.

12/10/2025

Does your organization need fabric? We are looking to donate fabric to an organization who needs it. Fabric varies in marerial and size. Including cotton prints, felt, fleece, and more. Sizes vary from scraps to several yards.

Let us know if your organization or community are in need.

12/08/2025

We have tons of gently used, clean, stuffed toys to donate. Let us know where we can drop off some cheer this holiday season!