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• Butt Blitz @ Guild Park

  • When
    05 May 2018
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    9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Guild Park - 201 Guildwood Parkway

  Community members are invited to join Friends of Guild Park volunteers pick up cigarette butts from the park (especially the parking lots) on the morning of Saturday May 5th 9:00AM to 11:30AM.    This event is coordinated by A Greener Future. 

  Meeting location - galloway Parking Lot. East of the park entrance

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• Spring Shoreline Clean-Up at Guild Park

  • When
    12 May 2018
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    201 Guildwood Parkway, Scarborough, ON

  Friends of Guild Park & Gardens is proud to be part of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup presented by Loblaws Companies Limited. We invite our members and supporters to help collect debris and garbage from the lakeshore area below Guild Park.
  

  The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is one of the largest direct action conservation programs in Canada. A joint conservation initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF, the Shoreline Cleanup is about removing shoreline litter to help create healthy waters for everyone, including the wildlife and communities that depend on them.

  Meeting location is the Galloway Parking Lot, East of the Park entrance. All participants under the age of 19 must have the waiver form signed by a parent/guardian. Waivers will be available on location.

  Be sure to dress for being outside (layers), wear sturdy footwear and bring gloves if you have them!

  Online registration will be available one month prior to the clean up event.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• 2018 Doors Open; Where Art Meets Nature Meets...Film!

  • When
    27 May 2018
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    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    201 Guildwood Parkway, Scarborough, ON

  Doors Open Toronto & Friends of Guild Park host free public tours of Guild Park Sunday May 27, 2018 (4 tours only) 

  Come and discover Guild Park "Where Art Meets Nature Meets...Film!
  

  Tours start at 10 am; noon; 2 pm; 4 pm.

  Details and online registration at this link:

  Doors Open Toronto Walking Tours
  

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• Heritage Toronto Guild Park Walking Tour

  • When
    08 Jul 2018
  • Location
    Guild Park, 201 Guildwood Pkwy, Toronto

  Guild Park was site of the innovative Guild of All Arts, founded in 1932. The park’s 88 acres includes a Sculpture Garden featuring works by notable Canadian artists including Sorel Etrog, Emanuel Hahn, Francis Loring, E.B. Cox and Florence Wyle. This outdoor tour highlights those sculptures, as well as architectural remnants saved from dozens of Toronto’s heritage buildings demolished in the 1960s and 1970s. 

  Due to the popularity of this location a second Heritage Toronto Tour will be held on Aug 12 2017
  

  Walking Tours co-sponsored by the Friends of Guild Park and Gardens.
  
  

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• Heritage Toronto Tour #2

  • When
    12 Aug 2018
  •  
    1:30 PM
  • Location
    Guild Park, 201 Guildwood Pkwy, Toronto

  HERITAGE TORONTO FREE EVENT:

  Join us as we explore Guild Park and the new Monument Walk, created from more than a dozen sculptures and fragments of historic architectural features from Toronto buildings, including the popular Greek Theatre, specially commissioned artworks, and the natural beauty of the Scarborough Bluffs.

  Co-Presented with the Friends of Guild Park & Gardens

  Download a copy of the Walking Tour Guide

  
  

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• Fall Shoreline Clean-Up at Guild Park

  • When
    15 Sep 2018
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Galloway Parking Lot, 201 Guildwood Parkway, Scarborough, ON

  Friends of Guild Park & Gardens is proud to be part of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Every year, tens of thousands of Canadians take action against shoreline litter by participating in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, an event jointly led by the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF.
  By participating in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, you can actually see the impact you’ve had over the course of a single day. We invite our members and supporters to help collect debris and garbage from the lakeshore area below Guild Park.
  

  All participants under the age of 18 must attend with a parent/guardian. All participants under the age of 19 must have a parent/guardian sign the waiver. Waivers will be available at the starting location.

  We meet in the Galloway parking lot at 9 am.
  

  The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is one of the largest direct action conservation programs in Canada. A joint conservation initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF, the Shoreline Cleanup is about removing shoreline litter to help create healthy waters for everyone, including the wildlife and communities that depend on them.

  Dress for the weather, bring gloves and sturdy footwear.  Bags will be provided.

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