All cleaned up!
A record number of people turned up Sunday morning to help clean our parks – Fred Hamilton, Roxton Road, and George Ben. 61 bags of leaves, multiple bags of garbage, […]
Clean Toronto Together Sun Apr 28/19
Just a reminder that we will be in our parks this Sunday morning for our annual clean-up of Fred Hamilton, Roxton Road, and George Ben parks. Fred’s in Fred Hamilton Park will be […]
Action in the Park Tomorrow – April 10
Tomorrow you will see some action in Fred Hamilton Park. Our WaterHarvest cistern hasn’t been holding water for the past year. For anyone who has tried our water hand-pump to no […]
Community Cleanup Day on April 28th!
Hi Friends and Neighbours, We are participating once again in the City’s Clean Toronto Together, initiative, focussing our efforts on Sunday April 28 from 10 a.m. to noon to clean up our […]
Fred’s Favourite Recipes!
In honour of spring, Bob and I are organizing a cookbook entitled Fred’s Favourite Recipes! So all of you talented cooks and bakers dig out your favourite recipes and send […]
Don’t forget your pancakes this Sunday Feb 3rd
Pancake Breakfast: Just a reminder that on Sunday February 3/19, 10 AM until noon, you are invited to join your friends and neighbours at our annual Pancake Breakfast at Fred’s […]
Upcoming Pancake Breakfast Feb 3, 2019
Pancake Breakfast On Sunday February 3, 2019, 10 AM until 12:00 (noon) join your neighbours and friends for “Get out of Bed and Have a Pancake Breakfast with Fred,” at […]
FoRRP AGM Agenda- January 15th, 2019
Please feel free to join our upcoming AGM! FoRRP Annual General Meeting January 15, 2019 Agenda Location: Fred’s (brick building in Fred Hamilton Park) from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm […]
2019 AGM Date Correction
Please note our Annual General Meeting is on Tuesday January 15th at 7 pm in Fred’s (brick building in Fred Hamilton Park), NOT January 21st as stated in our December […]
Calendar Launch – Monday November 26, 2018
2019 Heritage Calendar – Hot off the Press! Now in our seventh year, the 2019 Roxton Road Parks Heritage Calendars have arrived! Priced at just $10, the Calendar is a […]
Kidz Halloween Party
Kidz Halloween Party: On October 27, 10-noon, we celebrated a spooky kidz Halloween Party at Fred’s! With a pumpkin design contest, a costume contest, and Tim’s ghostly songs and zombie games, […]
Kidz Halloween Party
Halloween: On Saturday October 27 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 (noon) we will be hosting our annual Kidz Halloween Party at Fred’s in Fred Hamilton Park. Join your neighbours and friends for a spine-tingling […]
Dinner and Movie with Fred
Dinner and Movie with Fred: FoRRP invites you to our first annual “Dinner and Movie with Fred” in Fred Hamilton park on Friday August 17 starting at 7:00 with a potluck dinner followed by […]
Native Bee Nest in George Ben Park
Native Bee Nest in George Ben Park! If you have been wandering through George Ben Park you might have noticed something new on the redbud tree in the North West […]
Reminder to Tree Adopters
Reminder to Tree Adopters: Given the extreme heat, it is crucial that all tree adopters water their trees deeply (20 litres, 5-6 gallons) at least a twice a week. Ideal watering time […]
Thinking green with this incredible spring weather
Just in case you need another excuse to be outdoors, please consider pitching in to help green our parks. We still have young saplings available for adoption in Fred Hamilton […]
Community Environment Day 2018
Community Environment Day May 5, 2018: With perfect weather and the tree leaves finally popping out, Community Environment Day (CED) was a huge success. In addition to picking up the City’s […]
FoRRP Meeting Agenda May 22
FoRRP Meeting Agenda May 22, 2018, 7 pm in Fred’s City Update Playground survey results and next steps For Discussion: alternative bike rack location or other solution For Discussion: Park […]
Community Environment Day reminder
Community Environment Day: Just a quick reminder that Saturday May 5 from 10-2:00 is the City-sponsored Environment Day in Fred Hamilton park. This is an opportunity to pick up compost for your […]
Community Cleanup Day
Community Cleanup Day: Earth Day Sunday April 22 was Community Cleanup Day and with sun and warm temperatures, it seemed that winter had finally released us from its icy grip […]
2018 Community Cleanup “Sun”Day
Finally some great weather, so please join us tomorrow in Fred Hamilton Park on Earth Day, this Sunday April 22 from 10-12 (noon), to clean up our three wonderful Parks—Fred […]
Tree damage
Tree damage: Sadly, three large trees in Fred Hamilton park, two in the north side and one in the south near the playground area, suffered major damage over the weekend […]
Spring: Spring comes to Fred Hamilton Park!
Upcoming Spring Events
Upcoming Spring Events at the Parks Wednesday April 18 CSA Pickup Day (ClearWater Farm) Sunday April 22 Community Clean Up Day Saturday May 5 Environment Day (BBQ and Compost) Tuesday […]
Last Chance to Fill Out Playground Survey
Last Chance to Fill Out Playground Survey! Time is running out to participate in the Fred Hamilton Playground Survey. It will be officially closed Thursday April 12th, so share your […]
Sign up for farm fresh produce delivered weekly
Sign up now to get your farm fresh produce delivered weekly Do you regularly miss out on the various farmers markets around the City? Do you want a more convenient […]
FoRRP Meeting Agenda for Mar 27, 2018
FoRRP Meeting Agenda Mar 27, 2018, 7 pm in Fred’s City Update WaterHarvest completion (final design, funding, and schedule) Events Community Clean-Up Day Apr 21/22 Environment Day May 5 Toast […]
Pancakes in the park
Get Out of Bed, Have Breakfast with Fred Pancake Breakfast: On Sunday February 11/18 10-noon, FoRRP celebrated our sixth annual Pancake Breakfast. With Jill’s delicious homemade pancake mix, Tim’s non-stop flipping […]
Thank You
The Friends of Roxton Road Parks wish to take this time to publicly thank all our 2017 donors and volunteers. First of all my personal thanks go out to the […]
Coffee and Pancake Reminders
Pancake Breakfast (Get out of Bed! Have Breakfast with Fred!): This Sunday February 11th 10:00 to Noon enjoy pancakes in Fred’s! We will also be serving tea and our own custom-blend Roxton Road coffee, […]
Playground Revitalization Survey
Playground Revitalization Survey! The Friends of Roxton Road Parks are planning big changes to the lower playground area in Fred Hamilton Park. We expect to receive City funds sometime in […]
Pancake Breakfast 2018
Pancake Breakfast (Get out of Bed! Have Breakfast with Fred!): FoRRP wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe New Year 2018. Mark Sunday February 11/2018 10:00 to Noon on your calendar and […]
FoRRP AGM Agenda- January 23rd, 2018
FoRRP AGM Agenda- January 23rd, 2018 Location: Fred’s Kitchenette (Fred Hamilton Park) Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm 1. Overview of 2017 accomplishments (Jill) 2. Review of Financial Statements (Julie) 3. Resignation […]
Minutes from our November meeting
Minutes from our November meeting available Highlights include: – Lots of Events! – New Heritage Calendar for 2018! – Laneway naming! FoRRP Meeting – November 21st, 2017 FoRRP AGM scheduled […]
Book Swap event
Book Swap: On Saturday December 9 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon Fred’s hosted our first book swap. It was a great success with everyone bringing lots of books and taking home […]
Roxton Road Parks Calendar, Coffee and T-shirts
2018 ROXTON ROAD PARKS HERITAGE CALENDAR Calendars are available for sale at: Tampered Press (On Dundas at Crawford St) Ziggy’s At Home – 794 College St Just ask for the […]
Fred’s Upcoming Events
Fred’s Toast Tuesday Nov 28 This coming Tuesday November 28th from 10 am to noon, join us for our first ever toast and coffee/tea at Fred’s in Fred Hamilton Park. Come warm up […]
Launch of 2018 ROXTON ROAD PARKS HERITAGE CALENDAR
November 20th – LAUNCH OF 2018 ROXTON ROAD PARKS HERITAGE CALENDAR Join Barb and Kim from the Heritage Committee on Monday November 20th at Tampered Press for the launch of the Friends of […]
FoRRP Agenda- November 21st
FoRRP Agenda- Tuesday November 21st 2017 Location: Fred’s Kitchenette Time: 7:00pm – 8:40pm 1. Kitchen Programming – 40 min 2.Pancake breakfast – 10 min (Bob) 3. Playground Update – 10 […]
Fred’s Launch Party
Fred’s Launch Party: With Tim and Dave’s magical music kicking off the Launch Party, perfect “summer in September” weather, heartfelt speeches, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and pies, coffee (Fred’s own brand!), and lemonade […]
Fred’s Launch this Sunday 3 to 5
We hope to see you in the park this Sunday (September 17) at 3pm for the launch of “Fred’s”, the Fred Hamilton Park Community Kitchenette. Join your neighbours for some coffee, lemonade, and pie, […]
Fred’s Launch Party on September 17th
Launch Party: On Sunday September 17th, 3:00 to 5:00 PM there will be a Launch Party in Fred Hamilton Park to celebrate the opening of our newly renovated building, affectionately […]
Summer movie in the park cancellation
The movie scheduled to play in Fred Hamilton Park on Wednesday July 19 at 8:30 PM has unfortunately been cancelled. We will try to re-schedule the movie in the park for […]
Summer Film in Fred Hamilton Park: July 19th
Summer Film in Fred Hamilton Park: Wednesday July 19 at 8:30 PM We will be screening the kid-friendly film “Cars 2” in Fred Hamilton Park. So, round up the kids, grab […]
More trees coming to our parks this week!
More trees coming to our parks this week! White Oak, Yellow Buckeye, Horsechestnut, White Birch, American Beech, Valley Forge Elm, Tulip Tree, Weeping Willow, and Eastern Hemlock are just some […]
Minutes from the May meeting
The latest meeting minutes are now available: Highlights from the May FoRRP general meeting include: – Washroom/Kitchen building update – Playground revitalization priorities – New Picnic tables
The renovated building is ready!
The renovated Fred Hamilton Park washrooms are now open! The newly renovated park building is finished! And the washrooms are open to the public. They will be open daily and […]
Next FoRRP Meeting in the Park
FoRRP Steering Agenda – Tuesday May 23rd, 2017 Location: Park building! Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm City Update – Marco (10min) – Washroom opening and operational guidelines – Sign posts Park […]
Community Clean-up Day
Community Clean-up Day: With warm spring weather on Earth Day and a crew of happy volunteers, Community Clean-up Day in Fred Hamilton, George Ben, and Roxton Road parks was a […]
Happening in the park
The washrooms in Fred Hamilton Playground are now open for the season. The cistern and hand pump should be operating again by end of next week. Sidewalk and street repairs […]
We have clean-up supplies!
Update for tomorrow….Sunday morning Our City Park Supervisor delivered all kinds of supplies including rakes & adult gloves, so just bring yourselves! See you in the park!
Upcoming meeting Tues Mar 19
Please feel free to attend the upcoming Friends of Roxton Road Parks meeting. We start at 7:00 pm in Fred’s, (brick building in Fred Hamilton Park) Agenda for Tuesday March […]
Pancake Delight
The Feb. 3/19 Pancake Breakfast at Fred’s was bigger and better than ever! With Tim flipping Jill’s delicious pancake batter and a range of toppings including organic maple syrup, chocolate […]
