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Picnics And Permits (Main)
Welcome to Picnics and Permits at Dufferin Grove Park
posted April 23, 2008
Various activities in Dufferin Grove Park sometimes need to be booked, either through a central permit or a talk with staff depending on what kind of an event or activity you are thinking about. Staff are happy to answer questions. Call 416-392-0913 talk with staff via email: staff@dufferinpark.ca.
Detailed information about pizza days and the bake ovens, campfires, picnics, sports, practicing music, special events, and birthday parties can be found in the Guidelines and Rules section.
At Dufferin Grove Park part of our aim is to use park space locally, simply and cheaply; to help regular folks to use public space in their own way. Therefore we work with the Permit department of Parks, Forestry and Recreation and neighbours to keep permits simple and cheap whenever possible, our news section outlines some of the developments in this area.
Latest Picnic and Permit News
From the July 2007 Newsletter
THE ART OF THE PICNIC
On Canada Day, Dufferin Grove was full of extended-family-plus-friends picnics. Some groups had hung up flags, some people wore Canada Day t-shirts, or red and white outfits, or – failing that – at least Molson’s Canadian baseball caps. The smell of barbecues was in the air and the mood was lovely. Some people had organized kids’ egg-on-a-spoon races, some were playing frisbee, some were strumming guitars.
Dufferin Grove Park staff keep a close eye on the number and location of picnic tables, so that picnics will flourish in the park. Some of the tables are badly in need of paint, but the Parks department currently has no provision for painting them. To make sure the tables and benches don’t wear out sooner from lack of protection for the wood, Recreation staff are collaborating with park friend Michelle Webb to help her set up another picnic table painting day. The last one Michelle organized was a lot of fun and very successful. Watch the park bulletin boards and www.dufferinpark.ca for more details.