Through Indigenous consultation, this restoration site was designed as a Legacy Stewardship Project for GWAS’ Indigenous Youth Program. The site is a space of Indigenous land stewardship, where youth can engage with culturally significant plants, develop a deeper connection to their ancestral lands, and learn the importance of restoration as a tool to combat habitat loss and build climate resilience in an urban setting. The Indigenous Nature Interpreters in our summer program will have the opportunity to maintain and monitor the restoration site each year to develop environmental field monitoring skills and enhance connections to nature and place-based learning. Further, the chosen plants are intended to be native species of cultural significance for the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, including fruit-bearing and medicinal plant species. While this site is intended to increase connection to the land for Indigenous youth, it will also provide educational opportunities and knowledge for the broader community on native species and Indigenous plant usage via interpretive signage and information sharing.