Free compost day again. April 23rd at 11am till it's gone. Good for all gardens, food, plants etc. Pile will be located at north end by Crawford and Dundas West.  Please help yourself to what you 'need' so that everyone gets some for their gardens.  Hosted by our Ward 19 Councillor, Mike Layton.

Farmers' Market starts it's 10th season on May 3rd.  It's a soft opening, not all the vendors will be there because it's still early in the growing season. Nonetheless, come up and welcome in the season and let's get the ball rolling to get Tuesdays back into your weeklly routine.  Look forward to: asparagus, VQA rotation, popsicles, mushrooms, baked goods, artisan bread, vegetable bounty, cheese, meats and the list goes on.  Come June, we want TBFM to become your cut flower destination - of the chemical free, organic locally grown kind.  We have two vendors bringing so lots for everyone.  

Despite the breakin, the seedlings are flourishing.  Good work by the dedicated green house members.  If your interested in becoming part of the green house gang, email the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  through our contact page.  Zack will set you up.

This past weekend the greenhouse door was vandalized.  Bummer, because seedlings were being grown and cared for.  Not sure how many died or not at this time.  Zack responded quickly and did a quick temp repair.  UPDATE:  No seedling casualties! phew.

Weather is looking up. Yep, the usual March muck in the park, bear with it folks.  Spring is just around the corner and we are all itching to get out to the park.  Please remember PATH SHARING.  All paths in the park are shared aka multi-use, this is official in all parks.  No one group owns it ;-)  Be considerate and mindful of what's up ahead (i.e. kids, bikes, strollers, joggers, pets, wheelchairs, pedestrians) of you on the path for everyone's safety and enjoyment.  Taking a pause, going around, slowing down takes but a moment and helps us just slow down in this fast paced world of ours. Thank you!

Hi! My name is Zack and I am coordinating the greenhouse on behalf of the Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park.

There will be a spring cleaning of the Greenhouse next Saturday March 19 2016 from 10:00-2:00pm so that we can all get ready for seedlings, which some of us have already begun!

If anyone has plants in the greenhouse, please try to be there for the cleanup. If you cannot be there for the cleanup, please clearly label your
plants so we can get rid of abandoned pots, clean the floor and put your plants on your shelves.

During the Greenhouse Cleanup we will be focusing on:
-Emptying any pots that have soil, but no plants in them.
-Getting all plants on shelves.
-Diseased plants. This is a big one. We understand that some plants are trying to be healed of their infestations, but it is not fair to all the
other growers who are starting delicate baby seedlings to have sick plants in the greenhouse. Please take home sick plants or let's compost them and start some new seeds!
-Mice. There is a mouse (mice?) living in the greenhouse, it has been digging up seedlings and pooping everywhere! We are going to try to block mice entrances and clean the floor, shelves and all other surfaces. Please remove any plants or pots from the floor. The greenhouse is a small space and taking up floor space with plants makes it difficult to maneuver and also divide fairly and equally space between users.
There is a lot of interest in the Greenhouse this year, we are trying to compile a comprehensive list of users, figure out who has keys and how
best to divide the space. It is likely that users will be limited to one or two shelves each, which is approximately 3-6 seedling trays. We are
working on a plan to get more shelving and if you have any ideas, please let us know!
Lastly, there will be an upcoming meeting for all the Members of the Greenhouse on Wednesday March 30 6:00-8:00pm and we will send out another reminder email with an agenda closer to the date. Please respond with any items to add to the agenda, as this is our first Greenhouse meeting of the year, we want to start it off with all members input!

Thank you.
Have a warm weekend and happy planting.  There's some greenhouse history under the 'greenhouse' tab.  Hopefull will get some latest news up there during the season.

Zack and Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park

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Below are our past meetings minutes.  This post is an attempt at gathering them all in one place.  Additional minutes that could not be included below can be found, with additional information, by scrolling down page.  The Friends are/have been made up of a real mix community volunteers. The minutes are not technical, but do supply a history of our goings on and common issues surrounding the park.  

fotb.jan.30.2017.mins.pdf

fotb_jan.20-16_minutes.pdf

fotbp_nov.4.2015_mins.pdf

fotb_sept.23.2015_mins.pdf

fotbp_oct.29.14_mins.pdf

fotbp_july.23.14_mins.pdf

FoTBP_Minutes_-_May_29_2014.pdf

FoTBP_Oct_7_2013_Mins_CW.pdf

FoTBP_June_17_2013_mins_CW_and_MM.pdf

fotb.sept.26.2012.mins.pdf

FoTB_June_27-11_Minutes.pdf

FoTB_Oct__26_2011_minutes.pdf

FoTB_Feb_24_2010_mins.pdf

minutes_spring_2009.pdf