SpruceLab Inc.

Meet the SpruceLab team!🙂🌲Meet @SheilaBoudreau, SpruceLab's Founder and Principal. She shares how SLs approach to #NatureBasedSolutions prioritizes Indigenous voices and incorporates the wisdom of nature to create places for the future. #EngagingDesign

Our founder @sheilaboudreau participated on the jury for the @oaarchitects Headquarters design competition. Congratulations to @jaarchitecturestudio for The Grounding Meadow! #landscapearchitecture #OAAdesigncompetition #landscapedesign #DonRiverwatershed #waterprotection

SpruceLab would like to welcome our newest member Julia van der Laan de Vries to the team! We are excited to have Julia as our Senior Associate Landscape Architect + Urban Designer. #newmember #urbandesign #toronto #landscape #sustainable #greensolutions #architect

SpruceLab Inc. designed the landscape for the OmniaBio B Manufacturing Complex located in McMaster Innovation Park, inspired by the industrial heritage location. To learn more about the project and team see here: bit.ly/3NyXuj2 #designinprogress #omniabiob #genetherapy

SpruceLab Inc. is excited to announce that we are now Indigenous and women-owned and operated, certified by the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Businesses. Happy holiday season and best wishes for a happy and healthy 2024 to you from all of us at SpruceLab!

SpruceLab’s founder, Sheila Boudreau, recently shared her expertise and vision for sustainable design in an article with Evergreen Brickworks. To read the full interview, see here: bit.ly/3up3rbo #evergreen #sustainability #regenerative #green #community #indigenous

Our Nbi Ayaa Mshkiki sculpture is unveiled! Designed by Dbaajmowin (narrative, story) for Rotary Frenchman's Bay Park West. Chi miigwech to ALL of our amazing partners who supported this project and helped bring it to life. See here to learn more: bit.ly/3sdFm6T

Calgary's RiverWalk West is currently being redeveloped! Five teams have submitted their design concepts and we are one of them! Share your input using this link: bit.ly/48XIFQ1 #redevelopment #riverwalkwest #designcompetition #greenspace #calgary #designconcepts

We are thrilled to be shortlisted for the Calgary RiverWalk West design competition along with Dub Architects and Hapa Collaborative! To learn more see here: bit.ly/3r30jR4 #ConnectingNeighborhoods #NatureAndRiverConnection #IndigenousDesign #TraditionalTerritory

*Water is Medicine* is the wonderful name of a public artwork being installed this fall in @CityofPickering's Frenchman's Bay West, created by the art collective Dbaajmowin & supported by our friends @spruce_lab pickering.ca/en/discovering…

It is with great honour to announce that we are part of a leading-edge consultant team helping Caldwell First Nation to develop their new reserve lands. To learn more about this story, see our blog post: bit.ly/3qSQoxD and this article: bit.ly/44wgpjX

SpruceLab is excited to announce that we are on a shortlisted team for the Keating Channel Pedestrian Bridge competition, led by Waterfront Toronto and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. To learn more about this exciting initiative, see: bit.ly/3QI7dWm

Amber Smith-Quail, one of SpruceLab’s Indigenous Advisors, has a solo exhibition coming up. The exhibition titled Nawemaa (To be related), is the result of reflection upon the truth in connections. Learn more about Amber’s journey and the exhibition here: amberquailart.com

We're excited to announce that on Aug. 1st, SpruceLab is moving our head office to Evergreen Brick Works, in the Don River Valley! @EvergreenCanada #NewHeadOffice #EvergreenBrickWorks #DonRiverValley #TorontoHeritage #EcologicalLandmark

Tansi friends! SpruceLab has recently expanded to Alberta, with headquarters in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan/Beaver Hills House/Edmonton. We are happy to offer our services in Alberta and look forward to building relationships in this beautiful and diverse province.

SpruceLab just concluded its second successful year of the six-week Earth Tending program! See the program lead, Gwen Lane’s blog post here: bit.ly/3pp0DZA #SpruceLab #EarthTending #Sustainability #GreenInfrastructure #FoodSovereignty #ConservationAreas #CommunityImpact

Are you ready to explore solutions to climate risk and building resilience in communities? Join us for the Resilience Summit on May 15th at Daniels Spectrum to hear SpruceLab’s, Sheila Boudreau, and other great speakers. Learn more and register at uli.org/resiliencesumm…

Join Toronto Metropolitan University for the launch of Landscape Approach: From Local Communities to Territorial Systems. The book launch is on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 6:00 PM at the South Bond Building, School of Urban and Regional Planning. We hope to see you there!

Extended Deadline April 7th Join SpruceLab for Green Infrastructure Training and Earth Tending! This paid program is designed for Indigenous Peoples interested in nature and environmental sustainability. See the training posting here: bit.ly/3nAs4OW

Exciting news! SpruceLab is proud to be part of the speaker lineup for the Horticulture and Landscape Trades Program from March 28-30. Please share with the young people in your lives, and ensure they register by March 20th using this link: lnkd.in/gEkB4XVJ #ApplyNow

On this International Women's Day, we want to honour Amber, Indigenous Advisor for SpruceLab. Her mission has been to use art, language and culture as an instrument of healing, and she believes that art is medicine. To learn more about Amber, see: womensartofcanada.ca/calendar/2022-… #IWD