Our park stewards are at it again for a summer pull! This time to remove invasive plants. Bring a trowel, clippers and if you have a garbage bag and or bucket. Proper disposal of invasive plants prevents more spreading. Be great to have your help. When: Thursday August 1st at 6:30pm at the south end,…
Thank you all the community volunteers that showed up last week for the first garlic mustard team removal! The group is looking for more help to try to deal with garlic mustard before it goes to seed. If you have any time and can either help out with us this Thursday or if you can…
Garlic Mustard is in Trinity Bellwoods! Did you know Garlic mustard is one of Ontario’s most aggressive forest invaders and threatens biodiversity. Learn more about garlic mustard here: https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/invasive-plants/garlic-mustard/ Our Bellwoods community member Shân has suggested we come together to help reduce the spread in Bellwoods by handpulling as much as we can on Thursday May 16th before the…
Thank you to the community volunteers that helped to organize and run the pumpkin parade. We had just over 310 pumpkins parading! Gratitude as well to the hearty few that stayed on to toss the squashes (after removal of non-organic materials) into the city compost bins!
Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park annual Pumpkin Parade, 2023! WHERE: Parade will line the east-west footpath north of the playground (at intersection of Crawford and Lobb Streets) HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: Drop off your carved pumpkins along the footpath any time after 4pm (and best before the PToss at 9:15) on Wednesday November 1st with a…
Unfortunately the City has been extremely slow with the community gardens installation. Therefore it’s been decided to delay the garden’s opening until next spring (2024). We wish we could have made the most of this season but realistically the window for growing is quickly closing. The intention is to have a prosperous community garden with…
The City just planted over 35 new baby trees in the park! You can see these new trees throughout the park. There are some oaks, maples, yellowwood, common hackberries, Kentucky coffee trees, and more, as well as a wealth of new Japanese cherry trees to replace some sadly damaged trees in our cherry grove at…
Friends of Trinity Bellwoods annual Pumpkin Parade 2022! WHERE: Parade will line the east-west footpath, north of the playground (at intersection of Crawford and Lobb Streets) HOW TO PARTICIPATE? : Drop off your carved pumpkins along the footpath any time after 4pm on Tuesday, November 1st with a tea-light inside. JUST ATTENDING? : Come view your neighbours creativity! All…
Most of us have noticed the metal fencing is up. We do not have a timeline yet from Parks as to next steps. We are awaiting word from them and will update everyone once we have. It’s an inviting space, but please no dogs/pets are allowed or using space for activities other than what is…
This makes it feel like spring is in the air! We need your feedback on the proposed community garden. It’ll be available for 3 weeks on, then info will be passed onto city staff. There is more info included in the survey. Also the greenhouse page has some history. Thank you for your time. LINK…