Community: Love the Land
Join us for a complimentary community walking experience at Smuggler Cove, offered in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Community Forest. Through story, observation, and conversation, Love the Land invites you to explore stewardship, reciprocity, and ecological connection through Coast Salish perspectives.
Love the Land is a complimentary community walking experience rooted in relationship, reflection, and land-based learning.
Offered in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Community Forest, this guided experience invites guests to explore Smuggler Cove through Coast Salish perspectives on stewardship, reciprocity, and ecological interconnection.
Through story, observation, and conversation, participants are invited to consider how land, water, plants, animals, and people are woven into living systems of responsibility and care.
This is an opportunity to slow down, learn with the land, and leave with a deeper sense of connection, respect, and reciprocity.
What to Expect
Love the Land is a slow, reflective experience that blends cultural teaching, ecological learning, and gentle conversation.
Guided storytelling and land-based teachings rooted in Coast Salish perspectives
Exploration of stewardship, reciprocity, and ecological interconnection
Insights into biodiversity, climate resilience, and relationships between land and water
A calm walking pace with time for reflection, observation, and shared learning
This complimentary offering is designed to be welcoming, accessible, and grounded in community connection.
Where We Meet
We gather at Smuggler Cove Provincial Park, a beautiful coastal setting of forest, rock, and shoreline along the Sunshine Coast.
This landscape offers rich opportunities to reflect on the relationships between land, water, plant life, and the living systems that shape the coast.
Final meeting details and arrival information will be shared with registered participants in advance of the event.
Experience Details
Cultural focus: Land-based learning, stewardship, ethnoecology, and Coast Salish relationships to place
Guided by: A Talaysay Cultural Land Ambassador
Duration: 90 minutes
Location: Smuggler Cove Provincial Park
Format: Complimentary community walking experience
Accessibility & Arrival
Guests should come prepared for an outdoor walking experience on natural terrain.
Trail surfaces may include uneven ground, roots, rocks, and other natural features that can present challenges for some mobility devices.
If you have accessibility questions or would like to discuss accommodations in advance, please reach out to our team before registering.
Please review your confirmation details carefully and arrive early enough to be ready for the experience start time.
Registration & Waiver
This is a complimentary community offering.
Registration is still required so we can manage attendance and share final details in advance.
Please note: All guests are required to complete a digital waiver before participating. A waiver link will be included in your confirmation email and can be completed online before arrival.
Join us on the Land!
Ready to love the land? Reserve your spot below.
If no time slots are visible, the tour may be sold out or rescheduled. Gift cards remain available, and we welcome inquiries about future dates.