BURDOCK ALERT! BURDOCK ALERT!

If you've ever had to cut burdock burrs out of your dog's coat, your kid's hair or your own socks you know how irritating they are. Here's your chance to get back at them.

The prickly Burdock weeds are already in bloom and it's now or never for cutting them down at ground level. Our Parks staff are spread thin around the city and it seems unlikely they will be able to revisit the park in the next few days but we can make a difference.

If you've noticed, a whole bunch of baby trees have been planted along the paths leading to Queen/Gorevale entrance. Please read about this wonderful gift to our park......

A Blossoming Gift to Trinity Bellwoods Park

Thanks to your support, over 100 people signed the Don't Pave Our Park petition in under one week. We forwarded the results to Councilor Pantalone and the City on March 5th.

Councillor Pantalone responded (attached below) and indicated that "I insisted that Cycling Infrastructure “go back to the drawing board” to reformulate the proposed multi-use path upgrade. They will be looking at changes to the final design that incorporate and address resident concerns such as: maintaining green space, minimizing the intensity, speed, and amount of cycling traffic, and options for path surfaces. I am advocating that the proposed path be not even one inch wider."

Please visit our greenhouse blog at http://trinitybellwoodsgreenhouse.wordpress.com. If you would like to volunteer at the greenhouse, please e-mail me at greenspace@trinitybelllwoods.ca. Thanks! Anna

GREENHOUSE MEETING NOTES
FRIENDS OF TRINITY BELLWOODS

July 15, 2008

1) E-MAIL LIST- If you would like to have your name removed from the greenhouse e-mail list, please let me know (greenspace@trinitybellwoods.ca).
2) NEW PURCHASES-We will buy rubber gloves, anti-bacterial soap, & some fertilizer for the greenhouse. We will ask the construction crews at the tennis courts if they can space two buckets full of gravel for the fence posts at the greenhouse. Anna will bring in more Sharpies. All purchases will be reimbursed at the September meeting so please save your receipts.

"With spring come the weeders! Once again those notorious guerilla weeders will be back in the park beds. If you also get itchy fingers when you see those weeds feel free to join us (most) Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 11 starting May 3rd, 2009. You'll find us with tools in our hands and a garden waste bag nearby or you can contact Michaelle and Patricia,
yukon99@rogers.com or patricia.cavanagh@uhn.on.ca."

ACAPO FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND – TEMPORARY DOGS OFF-LEASH AREA

For ACAPO this coming weekend, June 6,7,8, the Parks, Forestry & Recreation. has agreed to make the ‘Bellwoods Park’ area of the park the official off leash zone - this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is the area bordered by Dundas, Shaw and Crawford - where the Farmers Market is located on Tuesdays - which is regularly on-leash. The market organizers ask dog owners to please be respectful to our market location and to pick up after your pets, as there are environment health concerns. Also please be mindful of the recently mulched areas under some trees.

Following are notes from our April 8th meeting in which we established some Greenhouse Guidelines. If you have ideas about how to improve the greenhouse, please come to our next meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6th from 7:30-8:30 PM.

Also, we have a new greenhouse blog, http://trinitybellwoodsgreenhouse.wordpress.com. In the future, we will try to hold all meetings on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:30-8:30 PM at the Trinity Rec. Centre. Meeting notes and agendas will be posted on the blog.

Lastly, May 4th if Park Day from 10-1 PM. Meet at the greenhouse and bring any spare gardening tools you may have.

Many thanks for your support!

GREENHOUSE GUIDELINES
MEETING NOTES
APRIL 8, 2008

Friends of Trinity Bellwoods will host the following event for Earth Hour:

EARTH HOUR CANDLELIGHT TOUR OF THE NEW TRINITY BELLWOODS GREENHOUSE
On Saturday, March 29th from 8:00PM-9:00 PM, Friends of Trinity Bellwoods will host a candlelight tour of the new greenhouse in Trinity Bellwoods Park. The greenhouse is located just north of the gates and east of the Trinity Recreation Centre. Come learn more about our greenhouse volunteer program!

If you are interested in learning about how the greenhouse came to pass, tune into HGTV Canada (Channel 46 in Toronto) on Tuesdays at 10pm starting March 18th.

We’d like to also give Big Thank You’s to Joe Pantalone and Parks, Forestry & Recreation staff for their generous part in helping bring the greenhouse to Trinity Bellwoods Park.