On Tuesday Sept. 8th, we posted on our facebook page....."Our sources tell us that clean up in the park was the worst ever after a weekend, in particular Bellwoods Brewery bottles. They don't do a deposit, therefore do not do returns.  Which means, put the darn bottles in the recycle bin people because even our community bottle collectors have no use for them. Make sense? Be a responsible citizen and  #dontbealitterbug. Please spread the word.  Thanks!"  We also tweeted. Well it garnered some attention, namely from Bellwoods Brewery.  Mike Clark, owner/brewer reached out to us and some pretty cool things happened over the next few days.  Thank you Mike, good work for all. Check out link below for details.  Please don't litter, return or recycle your emties. Better yet, take them to the Beer Store and collect that 10 cents per empty! yay!

http://bellwoodsbrewery.com/regarding-important-changes-to-bottle-returnsdeposits/ 

Def-con 5 Friends. Our adopt-a-tree (AAT) program is in serious need of parents for the many, many new trees we have all over the park.  The first 3 years in the life of young tree are crucial - much needed attention to watering in order to survive.  Also no bikes or anything locked/leaned to them and reducing the amount pet urination is also helpful - seriously ;-)  Imagine this, if every person who regularily comes to the park on average 3 times a week and adopts just ONE tree, man, we'd be sitting pretty folks.  Super easy to incorporate into your visit to park!  It's all set up, just gotta sign up.

Recenty, a little grove has been added to the Japanese Sakura Cherrys at the SE end for example. (The original planting was a donation from the Japanese consultate 4/5 years ago) You could call them our 'celebrity' trees.  The donation is part of    www.treecanada.ca  so, this is very excellent for our park to be on the receiving end. 

We, the park trees need your help to nuture the young to give us shade/oxygen for tommorow - the park is loosing many to the emerald ash borer.  So, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via this website contact page.  Be patient, we are volutuneers and in good time Laura will set you up.  

As some of you  may or may not know, there's been some seemingly large events this summer being promoted to happen in the park via facebook.  The majority of them had not gone through the city permit process, nor were aware that they needed a city permit. "Permits are important because they make sure that parks are not over-scheduled, used beyond capacity, and that there are no conflicts with existing events. They ensure that appropriate space and plans are in place to deal with the type and size of event, and support fair and equitable access to parks and facilities for organizations and individuals across the city."  Click on this link.... parks permits for all the info you could wish for and then some!

Park Day report

Many hands make light work! Park Day on Saturday May 31st was a great success.  Eager and hard working volunteers came out to remove weeds, improve the soil and plant dogwood shrubs and grasses along St. Hilda's Walk.  Thanks very much to Chris, Kevin, Mary, Michelle, Froggy and her mom for helping to beautify the park.  Thanks especially to John, Patricia and Brian from the City who brought the plants, supervised us and pitched in.  Nature cooperated by watering the beds with a heavy rainfall when we were done

Adopt a Tree

Eighty, yes we said 80, new trees have been planted in the park this past week!  Thank you RBC Corporate Park Day.  Now, these babies all need adopting in order to help them survive their crucial first 2-3 years in our park.(This includes no locking bikes to them.) If you want to be one of the super special, proud AAT parents, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll fix you up.  Also refer to the adopt a tree menu on this site.

Art in the Park kids camp 

For those of you still on the hunt for kids activities during the summer, Art in the Park has spaces available. It runs its creative arts program outdoors in our own Trinity Bellwoods Park under the canopy of trees north of the playground.  These spaces will go fast.  Check it out asap if you are remotely interested in having  your little one(s) to experience this awesome park camp.

For more information about Art in the Park, please visit: https://trinitybellwoodscareprogram.wordpress.com/art-in-the-park-2015/

To register for Art in the Park, please visit: https://care.cogran.com/

Hey all, here's post from our 'collegues', the Trinity Bellwoods Community Association - aka TBCA - website.  Representative of the Friends have met with PC Muir as well.  TBCA has written this up so elequently, why not just share it? ;-)  Be worth getting on their mailing list too!

http://trinitybellwoods.org/2015/05/enjoying-trinity-bellwoods-park-this-summer/

ps - not mentioned, there's potential for fines for littering....!  Don't be a litterbug!