The Unofficial Website of Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto
Films
Citizen-Z Cavan Young's 2004 film about the zamboni crisis
The Big Back Yard in Dufferin park, a 1995 film made by Amnon Buchbinder
Basics
About this site
A project of CELOS
This is not a government website. Read about the Website & Privacy Policies See About Us and the Park for more information.
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.
Location and Contacts
Click here for a map.
Email:dufferinpark@gmail.com
Staff: 416-392-0913
The basics
- How To Get Involved
- The Role of the Park
Local Discussion Groups
Independent neighbourhood groups:
Custodians:
The Dufferin Grove Park Farmers' market The market is located around the rink building in the NW corner of the park, every Thursday, rain or shine, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Farm videoFarmers Ayse and Jens from Marvellous Edibles Farm told us at the market that one of their summer interns has made a short, lively video of life on their farm. Watch it here . NOTE: MOST OF THIS WEBSITE IS NOW A HISTORICAL ARCHIVE ONLY, FLAGGED ON EACH PAGE ARCHIVE: 2000 - 2020 park newslettersCURRENT
May 2024 NewsletterJune 2024 NewsletterJuly 2024 newsletterAugust 2024 newsletterSeptember 2024 newsletterOctober 2024 Newsletter -- the last one, hopefully forever.Fall is here and the garden coop activities at the park are done for the season. Sakura by the cob Want to join the Dufferin Grove Park Garden Club Cooperative? For more information, get in touch: gardens@dufferinpark.ca. read more       Recent historyDufferin Grove fundraiser May 2023 -- Getting the add-on fun back into the park: letter and backgroundFall oven 2023: Putting food bySummer oven 2022 what worked ~ what didn't workPark maintenancePark maintenance reports over the years (to 2022) The cob courtyard kitchen kids cobbing, 2005 This structure is a remarkable collaborative project -- headed by Georgie Donais, involving over 500 pairs of hands -- both children and adults -- during the three months it took to build it, in 2005. It was plumbed and wired by the city's expert Tech services staff. It's lasted well, but like every public structure, it needs maintenance. To find out more: cob maintenance diaries A park booklet: "Dufferin Grove Park as a neighbourhood commons, 1993 to 2015" is posted here -- a little history, at the end of an era, with stories, lots of coloured photos, and some short interviews. Paper copies are available in the park newsletter slots. The strangeness of medalsThe editor's story about getting an award from the governor-general:  Rideau Hall One day in January 2012, I got a call from the federal government. It was a woman with a rather formal voice, saying she was calling to let me know that I was getting a “Caring Canadian” award. Would I be able to come to Ottawa in April and attend the ceremony? I could bring one guest. At the time the bureaucratic troubles that we had been experiencing for years at Dufferin Grove Park were intensifying. So I was not feeling even slightly like a Caring Canadian, more like an Exasperated Canadian. On the other hand... |