Story of the Amelanchier Project

This project began in 2021, after a year of discoveries for Samuel LeGresley, motion designer from Moncton, New Brunswick.

After creating a "No Mow May" initiative in his neighborhood, Samuel immediately became interested in native flora and fauna. This led to a desire to contribute to the movement to conserve and restore biodiversity. He began posting information about our native plants on Instagram during the summer season.

In 2023, Samuel launched a website for the project with a blog that focuses on what we can do to see progress in our lifetime, but also on his "nature journal". All of this to demonstrate that the nature of the Acadian-Wabanaki forest should be accessible to all.

Amelan.ca takes into account the Occitan / Franco-Provençal origin of the word Amelanchier (amelanca), whose species canadensis is a shrub native to North America. Prized by pollinators, birds, and those who love berries, the fruit was named "serviceberry", "saskatoon berry" or "shadbush" by the anglophone settlers. The Mi'kmaq call it "glamuejmnaqsi" and the Wolastoqiyik "ewepahqis" or "anqotuwawimin".

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