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Workshops, demonstrations, booths, music, a documentary, an exhibition and tasty discoveries on August 7 and 8
BEAUSOLEIL, N.B. — La Ferme Marcel-Goguen will come alive on Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8 as the Natural Fibre Festival Les Couleurs du Pays, organized by the Groupe de développement durable du Pays de Cocagne, invites the public to celebrate local colours, natural textiles and community know-how.
In a warm and inspiring atmosphere, the event will highlight natural textile practices, plant-based dyes, local creativity and traditions connected to the raw materials of the region.
Newsletter No. 1, Spring 2026
Cocagne Community Garden
Hello fellow gardeners,
The start of the season at the Cocagne Community Garden is here. Thank you to the Municipality of Beausoleil and our donors for their financial contributions to our food initiative. Thank you to the landowners, Imelda and Benoît Bourque, for their support over the past 12 years.
Newsletter no.1 spring 2025
Cocagne Community Garden
Hello dear gardeners,
Communauté rurale Beausoleil and Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group would like to thank the participants of the Living Shorelines ShoreUp workshop hosted by Helping Nature Heal which took place August 26 to August 28, 2025 at the Notre Centre de Grande-Digue. With over 200 hours of collective time, participants succeeded in planting over 200 plants and installing about 100 meters of wattle fence!
June 13th, 2025
The Rural Community of Beausoleil and the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group would like to recognize the efforts of the participants of the Living Shorelines hands-on workshop held in Cocagne on June 3 and 4, 2025.
Newsletter no.1 spring 2025
Cocagne Community Garden
Hello dear gardeners,
Novemer 13, 2024
Cocagne - The Cocagne Community Garden presents its autumn newsletter for the 2024 season.
On October 27, 2023,
Cocagne - One of our most active volunteers within our group, Louis-Émile Cormier, was featured in a Radio-Canada newspaper article last week. The article highlights the various actions that Louis-Émile has taken to improve the health of tree swallows, ospreys, and monarch butterflies.
June 30, 2023 - Cocagne
The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group, the Shediac Bay Watershed Association and Vision H2O of Cap-Acadie have partnered to organize the Living shorelines hands-on workshop. The workshop, held on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at the Cocagne Marina, focused on natural beach restoration.
The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to take part in a hands-on workshop presented by Rosmarie Lohnes of Helping Nature Heal. The workshop will be held on Tuesday August 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Cocagne Community Park, adjacent to the Cocagne Marina, 130 Marina Street, Cocagne NB.
The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to take part in a virutal presentation by Rosmarie Lohnes of Helping Nature Heal followed by a hands-on workshop on Living Shorelines. The workshop will be held on Tuesday June 28 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Cocagne Community Park, adjacent to the Cocagne Marina, 130 Marina Street, Cocagne.
Cocagne – The Cocagne Community Park has won a Greener Greenspaces recognition award from The Society for Organic Urban Land Care.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Cocagne (online)
The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to its 2021 Expo-info to present the achievements of 2020-2021 and to hear your suggestions.
September 16, 2021
Cocagne
Collaboration among several organizations on the east coast of New Brunswick has ensured the success of the Living Shorelines workshop, a natural method for managing coastal erosion. The coastal restoration projects took place in Caraquet on August 24, behind the Super 8 avenue du Carrefour, and in Cocagne, on August 26 at the Cocagne Marina.
July 28th, 2021
Cocagne / Caraquet - Organizations to offer hands-on workshops entitled Living Shorelines: A Natural Way to Manage Coastal Erosion.
23 juin 2021
Cocagne - The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to a butterfly outing this Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 9:30 am at the Cocagne trail, Centre 50 parking lot, 10 Villa street in Cocagne.
May 26th, 2021
Cocagne - Cocagne Country Colours and the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) are hosting a family workshop for natural dyes with Bernadette Goguen and Marie-Claude Hébert on Sunday, June 13, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Marcel Goguen farm at 475 ch. Cocagne Sud in Cocagne.
April 22, 2021
Cocagne - The GDDPC is launching a collection of testimonials called Citizens for Climate as part of Earth Day to inspire others to adopt behaviours to adopt behaviours for a smaller ecological footprint.
March 29, 2021
Cocagne - In the context of reducing our energy footprint, the GDDPC hosted a consultant from NB Power's Community Energy Efficiency Program (https://www.saveenergynb.ca/en/save-energy).
January 13th, 2021
Cocagne/Grande-Digue - The GDDPC in collaboration with the "in Giadino" garden club hosts a seed exchange a little bit different this year. This is how we will proceed:
December 16, 2020
Cocagne - Cocagne Country Colours is launching its first holiday sale and welcomes you to the offices of the GDDPC, 118 Cocagne Cross in Cocagne.
November 24, 2020
Cocagne - The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group, in collaboration with the Cocagne Emergency Measures Planning Committee is selling 72-hour Emergency Kits for the citizens of Cocagne.
March 10, 2021
Cocagne - The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group, in collaboration with the Cocagne Emergency Measures Planning Committee is selling 72-hour Emergency Kits for the citizens of Cocagne.
November 3, 2020
Cocagne - The PCSDG is proud to announce that the Council of the Rural Community of Cocagne adopted the Climate Change Adaptation Plan at its regular meeting on October 13, 2020.
October 22nd, 2020
Cocagne – The GDDPC invites you to its annual general assembly, on Sunday November 1, 2020 at 2 p.m. on the virtual platform zoom.
October 22nd, 2020
Cocagne – The GDDPC invites you to its annual general assembly, on Sunday November 1, 2020 at 2 p.m. on the virtual platform zoom.
August 12, 2020
Pokemouche/Shediac - New partnership between organizations on the east coast of New Brunswick to offer workshops on a natural approach to dealing with coastal erosion.
