The Unofficial Website of Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto
Films
Citizen-Z Cavan Young's 2004 film about saving the rinkhouse kitchen
Georgie Donais' slideshow and commentary about the playground cob wall (2006)
The Big Back Yard in Dufferin park, 2 parts, a 1995 film made by Amnon Buchbinder
Sent to us by David Yee:
If I Were A Tree Music Video filmed at Dufferin Park - Kat Burns and band: the Forest City Lovers
Publications
Dufferin Grove Park
Dufferin Grove Park is a public neighbourhood park located in Toronto Canada, just south of Bloor, on the east side of Dufferin.
Friends of the Park
This is not a government website. See About Us and the Park for more information. A project of CELOS.
For the basics, see
- Website & Privacy Policies
- How To Get Involved
- The Role of the Park
Location and Contacts
Click here for a map.
Email:mail@dufferinpark.ca
Staff: 416-392-0913
staff@dufferinpark.ca
Discussion
We welcome discussion:
editor@dufferinpark.ca
or website forum
To join an independent community email list service and discussion group, see dufferingrovefriends
Activities
For skating schedules see skating, for sports activities see the sports page, and for arts events, including music and theatre festivals, see arts in the park.
The park has a weekly Thursday farmer's market.
Check activities in the park listings (on this page) for scheduled activities, or just drop by the park and relax!
Food in the Park
Friday night suppers are held weekly at 6:00pm in summer outside by the bake ovens, in winter inside the rinkhouse. Everyone welcome.
During the summer you can make your own pizza in the park's wood fired ovens, and there's a food cart. During the winter skating season (starting late November) the Zamboni Café is in the rinkhouse.
Weekly there is the taste of the market -- ready-to-try food at the weekly Farmers' Market.
The Park a Free Hotspot
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Neighbourhood
For a listing of neighbourhood service providers, click here, local artists and performers here, and local notices and events here.
To join an independent neighbouhood email discussion group (dufferingrovefriends), click here, or subscribe to dufferingrovefriends here:
For an alternative discussion group (also independent) click here.
For the Dufferin Grove Residents Association (not affiliated) website click here.
Local Weather
Toronto weather forecasts:
- Environment Canada five day
- Michael Kuss (City TV) seven day
Custodians:
The park and the bureaucracy: read more So many letters...from the neighbourhood and beyond: Letters (1), Letters (2) The writing is still on the wall: far from being a workshop for trying out new ways, and recovering old ways, of enlivening parks and public spaces, Dufferin Grove manifestly does not fit into many of the current administration's policies. Therefore the part-time staff who make it work by their daily, close collaboration with park users have been told that they are probably in a situation of conflict of interest: background. Which activities at the park must go into hibernation and which can be kept active -- the cob courtyard cafe? The adventure playground? The campfires? The theatre or music events? The use of the ovens? The use of the clubhouse? The zamboni cafe and the skate lending next winter? All are affected by the "conflict of interest" designation. Time for more clarity. The Weekly Market Notes for Thursday March 11th (3:00pm - 7:00pm) are on-line. Let's cheer on our farmers as they get ready for spring!Read more>> The Farmers' Market continues all year round, every Thursday. You'll find it in the rinkhouse and the zamboni garage. Read more >> The March Newsletter is now on-line Skating in the Park
Regular activities:FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPERS FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPERS IN WNTERSupper is on from 6 to 7.30, in the rink house. There is always soup, a vegetarian or vegan entrée, a meat entrée, a side dish, a salad, and dessert. Most of the groceries are bought at the organic farmers’ market on Thursday, and most of the cooking is done in the outdoor wood-fired bake-ovens. The food is tasty, and conforms largely to the 100-mile “locavore” boundary. There’s a suggested donation, all of which goes back into the park, and to pay for the groceries. But if you can’t spare the cash, donate at some other time – nobody goes away hungry! (Of course, if you feel like donating more than the suggested amount, that’s fine too.) Click here for this Friday's menu. WINTER CAMPFIRES Blowing on the fire To book a campfire, speak to the recreation staff at the rink house, or e-mail staff@dufferinpark.ca. You can borrow marshmallow sticks, pot and pot-stand, oven mitts, ladles, etc. But you have to bring your own wood. In the NeighbourhoodThere are lots of neighbourhood stories and news items in the neighbourhood section of the celos.ca website. Fundraiser for Haiti & Chile The Sunday Evening Dufferin Rink shinny guys are holding a fundraiser in collaboration with Amsterdam Brewery and the Centre for Local Research into Public Space (CELOS) to help raise money for ShelterBox. ShelterBox is a charitable organization that provides tents and shelter supplies to survivors of the Haiti Earthquake and the Chilean Earthquake. Each ShelterBox contains a dry shelter, warm bedding, light and heat, clean water, cooking aids, and tools for TEN PEOPLE. Each box costs $1200, and they're aiming for a minimum of 5 boxes. For more information about ShelterBox please visit their website: www.shelterbox.ca There will be Haitian food, live bands, a dj, performers, a cash bar, and much more. At the Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst St., beginning at 7 pm. For more information: Daniel at: d_cayley@yahoo.ca If you can't make it but you want to donate: mail@celos.ca (charitable receipt will be issued).  Thrilling TalesEvent: Thrilling Tales, a storytime for Adults.  Garrison Creek Art Education CentreM A R C H B R E A K Bev Coburn's Run/Walk Top 10 Names listed on 229 Wallace Ave. Photo by Bruce Gavin Ward Mar 8th, Fuzzy Boundaries This week's run/walk will include the Railpath and Wallace Avenue in the Fuzzy Boundaries area. Meet 6:30 p.m. at the Chelsea Lofts, 1375 Dupont Street (SE corner of Lansdowne and Dupont) for an easy-pace run/walk through our neighbourhood(s). New name for South Junction Triangle/Fuzzy Boundaries neighbourhood. The second (and final) round of voting to select a neighbourhood name is from Monday, March 1 to Sunday, March 14. The preferential vote will allow residents to rank their three favourite names in order. Residents can vote online or in person at the Perth/Dupont location of the Toronto Public Library at 1589 Dupont Street, Yasi’s Place at 299 Wallace Avenue and Nonna’s Place at 1540 Bloor Street West. |