by Renee Tratch | Sep 19, 2016 | Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Wading Pools
More park envy. This downtown green space in the Annex neighbourhood is nestled within beautifully tree-lined streets. I want to live here. And those that do know their local play space Vermont Square Park has everything: the Dennis Lee Playground and its cool pirate...
by Renee Tratch | Aug 24, 2016 | Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Wading Pools
Cool kids in the west end know they’ve got it made with one of the best green spaces in Toronto. Spanning a huge chunk of the hipster hood between Queen and Dundas West at Strachan, Trinity Bellwood Park is a place to hang for big big kids as well as the littles in...
by Renee Tratch | Oct 8, 2014 | Beach, Free, Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Pools, Trails, Wading Pools
I almost forget that I’m in Toronto when I’m strolling along the boardwalk in The Beach (or The Beaches) neighbourhood in the city’s east end. The year-round activities for families along this 1.2 km wood-planked path following Lake Ontario are easy and endless. Here...
by Renee Tratch | Sep 25, 2014 | Farmers' Market, Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Wading Pools
It’s no secret. Families who frequent Dufferin Grove Park know they have got it made. This 5.3-hectare green space along Dufferin St in between Bloor St. W and College St. in Toronto’s west end offers all your park necessities. And then some. The entire park is...
by Renee Tratch | Aug 30, 2014 | Free, Fresh Air, Splash Pad, Wading Pools
Kidstown, located in L’Amoreaux Park in Scarborough, is the only City of Toronto-operated water park. The “pool” (it has lifeguards) boasts a slide into a wading pool, lots of squirting and splashing features (including pedal bikes and a small pirate ship) and a...
by Renee Tratch | Aug 28, 2014 | Farmers' Market, Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Wading Pools
Our market-hopping continues. On Thursdays we head to East Lynn Park where a cozy farmers’ market has been in the hood since 2007 thanks to DECA (the Danforth East Community Association. They got it going on – check out this neighbourhood’s offerings.) The weekly...
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