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The Gardens
The Gardens
Dufferin Grove Park has a number of vegetable and ornamental gardens as well as some new tree plantings. The links below include the park's gardens from the past and present as well as from different seasons.
- Clubhouse Entrance Gardens
- Production Gardens
- Vegetable Gardens 2007
- Decorative Gardens Around The Ovens
- Bush And Sculpture Gardens
- Cob Courtyard Gardens
- Fieldhouse Fenced Garden
- Gardens Around Outside Fences
Savannah in the City
This garden is on the north side of the rink fence, in the northwest corner of the park.
Savannahs are open areas in the forest with scattered trees (usually oak or pine) whose discontinous tree canopy allows enough light in to support wildflowers, shrubs and grasses normally found in tallgrass prairies. Unlike meadows - which tend to evolve into forest as a result of the natural succession of species - savannahs are considered to be stable plant communities because of the unique ability each of the plants has to regenerate after forest fires. They are incredibly biodiverse habitats both in terms of the flora within them and the fauna that they support. Unfortunately they are also endangered in Ontario, as both urban and agricultural areas have gradually swallowed them up.