The Unofficial Website of Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto
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 Weekly Market Notes for Thursday February 4th (3:00pm - 7:00pm) are on-line. Welcome to the "Skate & Shop" season at the market! Read more>> The Farmers' Market continues all year round, every Thursday. You'll find it in the rinkhouse and the zamboni garage. Read more >> Skating in the ParkDUFFERIN GROVE PARK OUTDOOR ARTIFICIAL ICE RINK - 2009 - 2010
The 2009-2010 rink season is November 21, 2009 to February 28, 2010 Dufferin Rink has two skating pads. Typically one side is used for pleasure skating, and the other for shinny, but see 2009-2010 schedule for details. See Holiday Schedule WINTER CAMPFIRES Blowing on the fire In winter there are lots of birthday-and-skating parties, at the rink-side campfire near the smaller bake-oven. The rink house can’t be booked for birthday parties – it’s open for everybody, not rented out privately – and even the campfire circle is not closed to drop-ins when there’s a party. Even so, a campfire-and-skating party seems to work very well for celebrations. To book a campfire by the rink, or at the central campfire site, 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. The February Newsletter is now on-line Regular activities:FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPERS FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPERS RESUME ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20Supper 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. In the NeighbourhoodThere are lots of neighbourhood stories and news items in the neighbourhood section of the celos.ca website.  Jane Lowbeer GalleryJane Lowbeer is showing her monotoypes at the Loop Gallery for three weeks: http://www.janelowbeer.com/artwork.html. Jane also illustrated the Dufferin Grove Park newsletter for ten years, and her images are on all our posters. Bev Coburn's Run/Walk A subway train crosses Clendenan Avenue, a residential road in High Park North. Feb 8th, High Park North For an easy-paced run or walk, meet every Monday 6:30 p.m. at the Chelsea Lofts, 1375 Dupont St. (SE corner of Lansdowne and Dupont). See you there - Bev High Park North falls entirely within the boundaries of the town of Toronto Junction, which was purchsed from the Keele estate in 1882 by Daniel Clendenan who subdivided the farm and racetrack for a residential district (now called High Park North) to serve the Junction commercial district |