Category: Parks
Take a day trip – tiptoe through the orchids at Purdon Conservation Area
(Showy Lady’s Slipper Orchids growing at the Purdon Conservation Area in the Lanark Highlands. Photo: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority) The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority has opened up the highly popular Purdon…
Parks opening up with limited use and electricity rate relief extended
(Bell Rotary Peace Park. Photo: Barry Gray) Premier Doug Ford has announced that the emergency electricity rate relief for families, farms and small businesses is being extended until May 31, 2020. Customers…
Artisans returning to Stittsville for Arts in the Park 2020
The annual Arts in the Park, presented by the Stittsville Village Association (SVA), is once again returning to Village Square Park on Sunday, June 7, 2020 and promises to be…
First weekend of February and another round of cool events
(Bandmaster Park, Stittsville, Ontario. Photo: Chris Griffen) Where did January go? The first weekend of February is almost here with a prediction of perfect winter weather to take in the…
OLG funding – a warm welcome for neighbourhood park projects
(West Ridge Park. Photo: Google Maps) The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) supports many of Ottawa’s community projects. On January 25th, OLG was recognized for their support to the…
City seeking input for the design of new Silas Bradley Park
The City is looking for your help to design a new park in Stittsville South. Silas Bradley Park is a proposed new park in Tartan Homes’ new EdenWylde subdivision. The…
City looking for public input on the new Atlas Park design
The City is looking for your help to design a new park in Stittsville. Atlas Park will be nearly one-hectare neighbourhood park on Atlas Terrace in the southern area of…
Sugar Creek Park – City wants to hear from you on new options
The City needs your help to choose a replacement for the Sugar Creek Park in Stittsville. The combined junior and senior playground equipment for children between the ages of 1.5…
Parade of Lights and Lighting up the Park have finally arrived – plus more Stittsville events
(Santa with children in Village Square Park at 2018’s Lighting up the Park. Photo: Barry Gray) We have all been waiting for this amazing Stittsville event happening this weekend –…
Many to thank for lighting up Stittsville Village Square Park
Over 20 volunteers came out to help install the lights at Village Square Park on Saturday, November 16th. The Stittsville Business Association organized the volunteers in collaboration with the Stittsville Lions Club. The two groups have been…
PHOTOS: Day of the dead and pumpkin parade draw a huge crowd
Friday evening was full of spirit as two of Stittsville’s events held at the Village Square Park brought out the best of both worlds – celebrating the dead and a pumpkin…
Volunteers needed for hanging lights in Village Square Park
The Christmas season and the Stittsville Parade of Lights is fast approaching. The Stittsville Business Association (SBA) has teamed up with the Stittsville and District Lions Club to again hang…
Ottawa By-law provide dog park etiquette and signage clarification
In the City of Ottawa, dogs must be on-leash and under control at all times, unless they are on private property or in a designated off-leash area. Parks can provide…
Ottawa and friends rally to #SaveTwinElm rugby park
(Photos by Twin Elm Rugby Park) #SaveTwinElm is taking its best shot in a national contest in an effort to raise funds to bring this beloved facility up to code…
Fairyland turns up in local park to the delight of a dog walker
(Photos provided by Robert Dueck when on a recent dog walk.) A new fairyland in Stittsville has been revealed. When Robert Dueck was walking his dogs on an early October…