Did you stop by the Downsview Park booth at Canada Blooms? Those who did enjoyed a free organic apple and one of our free bookmarks with herb seeds!

Downsview Park is pleased to be the recipient of the more than 100 five-to-eight year-old trees that were on display throughout the Canada Blooms exhibit halls. They will now live in the greenery of the Downsview Park Canada Forest.

This year’s Earth Day Festival was powered by people—we went off the grid! The electricity needed for the stage sound system was generated by people riding stationary bicycles. It’s all part of a very cool idea from the band Mr. Something Something that created the unique SoundCycle system.

• The best in up-and-coming eco-focused musical entertainment by Mr. Something Something & the SoundCycle.

• Public tree planting from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

• The Team Green Challenge invites corporate and community groups to come together to help promote positive environmental action by:

• Planting trees in Downsview Park’s Canada Forest
  
  
• Riding stationary bikes to provide power to the event

• In conjunction with Downsview  Park’s Earth Day Festival was City Councillor Maria Augimeri’s Environment Day.

• Interactive exhibits by Creepy Crawlers, the Canadian Raptor Conservatory, Reptilia and Toronto and Region Conservation’s Watershed on Wheels.

• The Kids Area featured arts and crafts, origami, buskers, face painting, nature walks and more!

• The Green Pavilion offered food and exhibits by eco-friendly vendors and organizations that share our vision and values.

For Downsview Park’s year-round events calendar, click here.