Recent updates from your Wolseley Residents' Association:

WRA Tree Committee: Tree Inoculation Update

As many of you are well aware, this spring our WRA Tree Committee launched “SAVE OUR ELMS” — a project 
preserving elms on our two main streets - Wolseley & Westminster
Avenues.

PHASE 1 is complete! - Our neighbourhood campaign in June & July raised just over $27,000, including a $5000 grant from Assiniboine Credit Union & generous support from Green Drop.

These funds allowed us to inoculate 57of the 165 elm trees on Wolseley & Westminster Avenues! 

Arborists, the City of Winnipeg Forestry Branch, & WRA Tree Committee members chose a tree sections which would help ensure success for a“partial inoculation”. -This type of root inoculation protects a tree for three years.

​PHASE 2 - Planned for Fall 2025. We're launch our neighbourhood business campaign & seeking more grant funding.

Our goal is to inoculate the remaining healthy elms on Wolseley & Westminster Avenues.

Residents who wish to inoculate trees on their own property, AND additionalWolseley neighbourhood streetswanting innoculation as a group, MUST collect funds themselves & may contact Green Drop later summer 2026 for the same discount as our WRA Tree project.

More information will be available as the time approaches.

Please connect with the WRA Trees Committee if you want to lead as your own Street/ Block Tree Captain. 

​The strategy's focus is a 10 year period from 2025 to 2035, with inoculations occurring every threeyears.

Community support started our project, & we aim to secure long-range funding to support the project.

AND - THANK YOU!!

HUGE Thank-you to ALL our generousWolseley residents who supported our community's initial fundraising campaign.

While we can acknowledge individual GoFundMe donations via that platform, our website is the only way we can reach those donors who e-transferred funds or who wrote a cheque.

Any & ALL donation sizes are greatly appreciated! Every donation dollar counts to preserve our Wolseley Urban Forest Canopy.

So, to all of you THANK-YOU SO MUCH!  

Want to ADOPT A TREE?: Several donors gave enough to cover the fullcost of inoculating one tree. Check our website for this list of supporters. 

VOLUNTEER ORCHARD PLANTERS NEEDED
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 3 - 6:30 PM

- Pizza Dinner to Follow -

Let's grow a Food Forest at Omands Creek!

Our WRA Garden Committeereceived a grant from Trees for Life to plant a native food forest at Halter Park at Omand's Creek!

We're so excited to begin the planting, & we need your help to make this happen!

An arbour company's planting the majority of trees (90 trees & shrubs). Our grant still requires community engagement from at least 20Wolseleyite community volunteers, -ideally at the initial planting stage of our orchard.  

We've secured all of the approvals required from our granters & the city, we still need commitment from additional community volunteerslike you to get this project to fruition, -or it won't happen!

Come help our Omand's Orchard blossom! -Be an inaugural Omand's Orchard planter Friday, October 3rd from 3 -6:30 PM!

Planting starts 3 PM & ends 6:30 PM, or sooner if completed earlier. 

We're planting 15 haskap & 15 saskatoon bushes. We'll mulch, stalk & fence these bushes.

Our celebratory pizza dinner arrives during the planting!

Halter Park, between Raglan Avenue & Omand's Creek proper -close to the Portage Avenue Mennonite Church, is our orchard site. 

It'll be a big job, so it would be great to recruit a minimum of 10 capable volunteers to help!

This is our community's opportunity to add immense biodiversity to this Wolseley area; increase the health of the riparian zone; add a source of organic food for both animal & human visitors  -while overall continuing to add beauty to this often overlooked section of Omand's Creek.

See you there neighbours - Friday, October 3rd, 2025!    

WRA Chair's Message:

Warm greetings to the Wolseley Community,

As I write this, a beam of sunlight is streaming through the room & highlighting the lush green trees, crisp fall-like air & the chirping of birds. It is the first weekend of the new school year, & many families are making the shift from the relaxation & slower pace of summer to the excitement & energy of the school season. -I wish everyone in all capacities a wonderful transition from summer to fall.

The folks at the WRA are also gearing up for a new season, & we wanted to highlight some of the past summer's activities, & offer a preview of upcoming events.

I personally thank the wonderful WRA Board of Directors & our amazing Committees making up the working part of our Residents' Association. -Together, we all work to represent & support our community, helping to make it a wonderful place to live, work & play.

The WRA Trees Committee ran a very ambitious & successful campaign to “SAVE THE ELMS” of Wolseley.  A huge thank you to the community for donating nearly $25,000 to start the process of inoculating our majestic Elms of Wolseley & Westminster Avenues.

It's fabulous to see these iconic trees receiving treatment over the last few weeks rather than being cut down due to Dutch Elm Disease. -It indicates a shift from despair, to hope for their future. It also hearkens back to the very first iteration of the WRA which was started to save the famous “Wolseley Elm”!

Please stay posted, as this is just the start of the WRA work to save our mature trees & help plant new, thriving & diverse replacements!

Our WRA Gardens Committee is in the midst of harvest time for the community gardens in Vimy Ridge Park. Not only do the gardens allow our residents the chance to grow their own food, but also create a wonderful sense of community & companionship.

The committee has also been working hard at securing funding for new plantings, including a community orchard - Omand's Food Forest -at Halter Park, the north side of Omand's Creek.

Their fruit orchard in Vimy Ridge Parkis becoming more established, & is looking great. Please feel free to visit these sights on your walks, runs & outdoor activities.

This year, we have several eventsplanned, including our Second Annual Trivia Night! Mark your calendars for this exciting & entertaining event during the February Winter Carnival at RA Steen.

We're also excited to host several workshops including:

• Transportation in Wolseley
• Townhall with Elected Officials
• Wolseley Home Retrofit & Energy Efficiency
• Wolseley History Lecture
• Spring Clean-Up.

Details will follow in subsequent newsletters, posters & online. We look forward to seeing you at the events!

In the meantime, all of us at the WRA wish the community a wonderful fall season, & invite you to be in touch with any questions or community ideas.

Sincerely,

Ross Brownlee

Chair of the Wolseley Residents' Association

Lawn signs, funded by our City Councillor Cindy Gilroy, Wolseley Butterflyway member gardens will receive, -inspiring others to join this important project! 

New Neighbourhood
Endeavour:

Wolseley Butterfly Way  

The Wolseley Residents Association & R.A. Steen C.C. would like to invite you to celebrate an extended spooky season with us!

Join us at RA Steen Community Centre Saturday, November 1st, 5 - 8 PM for a Pumpkin Patch Parade -gathering our neighbours & our pumpkins together!

Pumpkins will be set up in the courtyard at 5 PM where we'll light them up & admire them all together as a community!

RA Steen will be open for washrooms & canteen goodies. We'll even have a warming fire!

At 8 PM folks'll have an opportunity from Hinterland Nature CO-Op to compost & haul away pumpkins the same evening.

Please do not drop off pumpkins once the event is over.

Membership:

Please reach out to us should you want to get involved on our Board or as part of our individual Committees! 

Come join us in doing some great community building! 

We have several open positions on the WRA board available this season 

• Vice Chair
• Secretary
• Various Committee spots

Succession planning for next season ongoing too!

Please reach out if you are interested in getting involved with the WRA at the Board or at a Committee level.