As the Flower Returns

Natalie King will lead a collaborative drawing installation on Toronto’s waterfront, and you’re invited to contribute to portions of the drawing. Each section will be guided by the energy of what grows here — what has always been here.

“As The Flower Returns” invites pedestrians and visitors to walk among spirits, plants, and animals native to this shoreline, and to contribute to these images themselves.

King’s drawings will expand across HTO Park’s sidewalks like an ecology of memory — filled with bees, loons, and figures that blend with petals, rivers, and wings. The design reflects Anishinaabe knowledge systems and queer ways of seeing, making the sidewalk a place of story, beauty, and shared grounding.

Produced in partnership with Toronto’s Waterfront BIA.

This program is part of the Ontario Culture Days 2025 Creatives in Residence series.