Events Calendar

This week’s walk -

Who Goes To The Park : A poetic visit to sites from the well-known book

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Sunday morning casual gatherings offering observations on the various elements of the park. Each walk has a different theme and is led by volunteer scientists, historians, and local naturalists who will help you to understand and explore High Park’s many characteristic features.

Walks may go on wooded trails, so please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Each session is scheduled for 1 1/2 hours. All ages are welcome; some walks may be more attractive to children. Dogs on leash only, please.

Free Sunday Walking Tours take place every first and third Sunday of the month, including holidays, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, but participants may come and go as needed.

Meet at the benches, across the road from the south side of Grenadier Restaurant in the middle of High Park.

For additional info and regular updates: twitter.com/highparkwalks

Celebrate the harvest season with your community in beautiful High Park.  The south end of High Park between Colborne Lodge and the High Park Children Garden will be alive with fun for everyone.  Activities this year include: Pumpkin Carving, Apple Bobbing, Face Painting, Local Honey and Preserves, Young Voices Toronto Choir, Period Dancing on the Lawn, MakerKids Activities, the High Park Trackless Train,  Local Park and Heritage Groups, and of course everyone’s favourite roast potatoes and warm apple cider! Check out the Colborne Lodge website for the evolving list of activities and participants.

JOIN LEADERS

• Do you want to make a meaningful difference in our community?
• Interested in addressing issues like poverty, health, hunger, education and the environment?
• Want to do more than just hope for world peace?

The Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park is one of 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and regions, forming a network of community service around the world. We are a welcoming, friendly and fun-loving group of men and women from different backgrounds, age groups, cultures and occupations. What we share in common is the desire to work on community projects, both at home and abroad, to make our world a better place. If you want to be part of a global network of community volunteers, then Rotary is for you. We meet Thursday mornings at 7:30 am at the Grenadier Café located in the centre of Toronto’s High Park.

MEETING INFO & LOCATION

Thursday 7:30 AM in High Park
Join us for Breakfast

The Grenadier Restaurant
200 Parkside Drive
Toronto, ON M6R 2Z3
Canada

For those of us who care about the environment and the survival of creatures of all kinds, finding a way to actually do something to help, enhances our own lives and will be a legacy to be proud of.

Volunteer Stewards have been working with the City of Toronto since 1996, to protect and restore the remaining natural areas of High Park including large areas of Savannah with Black Oak trees and related flora and fauna. During the spring, summer and fall we plant, collect seeds, and remove invasive species from restoration sites. The top current invasives include garlic mustard, tall sweet white clover, oriental bittersweet, himalayan balsam and European buckthorn.

Our work gives the rare native plants and dependent wildlife a fighting chance to prosper.

Our sessions are held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month except December from 10:30 am. to 1:00 pm rain or shine.

For work sessions, we meet in front of the Grenadier Restaurant and go to our work sites from there. Tools are provided but dress covering your arms, legs and feet. Bring a hat, sunscreen and water.

Winter sessions are primarily educational and are held at the Howard Park Tennis Club, 430 Parkside Drive.

For additional information on our program and to be added to the email notification list contactstewards@highparknature.org.

Upcoming work sessions

Schedule for 2016, subject to change based on weather and need

SUMMER AND FALL SESSIONS

• May 22: Garlic Mustard removal in the Tablelands
• June 12: Spring Planting
• June 26: Invasive Management/Site Maintenance
• July 10: Invasive Management/Site Maintenance
• July 24: Invasive Management/Site Maintenance
• Aug 14: Invasive Management/Site Maintenance
• Aug 28: Invasive Management/Site Maintenance
• Sept 11: Fall Planting
• Sept 25: Seed Collection
• Oct 9: No session – Thanksgiving
• Oct 23: Buckthorn Removal
• Nov 13: Buckthorn Removal
• Nov 27: Buckthorn Removal and Pot Luck Lunch

JOIN LEADERS

• Do you want to make a meaningful difference in our community?
• Interested in addressing issues like poverty, health, hunger, education and the environment?
• Want to do more than just hope for world peace?

The Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park is one of 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and regions, forming a network of community service around the world. We are a welcoming, friendly and fun-loving group of men and women from different backgrounds, age groups, cultures and occupations. What we share in common is the desire to work on community projects, both at home and abroad, to make our world a better place. If you want to be part of a global network of community volunteers, then Rotary is for you. We meet Thursday mornings at 7:30 am at the Grenadier Café located in the centre of Toronto’s High Park.

MEETING INFO & LOCATION

Thursday 7:30 AM in High Park
Join us for Breakfast

The Grenadier Restaurant
200 Parkside Drive
Toronto, ON M6R 2Z3
Canada

This week’s walk -

Autumn Splendour Photo-Buff Walk led by David Allen

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Sunday morning casual gatherings offering observations on the various elements of the park. Each walk has a different theme and is led by volunteer scientists, historians, and local naturalists who will help you to understand and explore High Park’s many characteristic features.

Walks may go on wooded trails, so please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Each session is scheduled for 1 1/2 hours. All ages are welcome; some walks may be more attractive to children. Dogs on leash only, please.

Free Sunday Walking Tours take place every first and third Sunday of the month, including holidays, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, but participants may come and go as needed.

Meet at the benches, across the road from the south side of Grenadier Restaurant in the middle of High Park.

For additional info and regular updates: twitter.com/highparkwalks

JOIN LEADERS

• Do you want to make a meaningful difference in our community?
• Interested in addressing issues like poverty, health, hunger, education and the environment?
• Want to do more than just hope for world peace?

The Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park is one of 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and regions, forming a network of community service around the world. We are a welcoming, friendly and fun-loving group of men and women from different backgrounds, age groups, cultures and occupations. What we share in common is the desire to work on community projects, both at home and abroad, to make our world a better place. If you want to be part of a global network of community volunteers, then Rotary is for you. We meet Thursday mornings at 7:30 am at the Grenadier Café located in the centre of Toronto’s High Park.

MEETING INFO & LOCATION

Thursday 7:30 AM in High Park
Join us for Breakfast

The Grenadier Restaurant
200 Parkside Drive
Toronto, ON M6R 2Z3
Canada

Explore the grounds of High Park after dark and discover the chilling legends and ghostly tales that have been spooking visitors for decades. Discover Victorian funeral and mourning traditions inside the candlelit rooms of historic Colborne Lodge and see what goes creak in the night.  Spooky refreshments included. Pre-registration required. $20.00 plus tax. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Purchase tickets online.

Explore the grounds of High Park after dark and discover the chilling legends and ghostly tales that have been spooking visitors for decades. Discover Victorian funeral and mourning traditions inside the candlelit rooms of historic Colborne Lodge and see what goes creak in the night.  Spooky refreshments included. Pre-registration required. Adults: $15.00 plus tax, Children (8-12yrs) $7.50 plus tax. (Not recommended for children under 8 yrs. of age). Children must be accompanied by an adult and adults must be accompanied by a child!  Purchase tickets online.

Explore the grounds of High Park after dark and discover the chilling legends and ghostly tales that have been spooking visitors for decades. Discover Victorian funeral and mourning traditions inside the candlelit rooms of historic Colborne Lodge and see what goes creak in the night.  Spooky refreshments included. Pre-registration required. Adults: $15.00 plus tax, Children (8-12yrs) $7.50 plus tax. (Not recommended for children under 8 yrs. of age). Children must be accompanied by an adult and adults must be accompanied by a child!  Purchase tickets online.