Fall 2019 Recreation Guide

Forsyth Park

surrey.ca/parks Visit the award-winning Forsyth Park Parks in Surrey

Volunteering IN SURREY’S PARKS Celebrate fall by connecting with your local park spaces as a volunteer. Visit surrey.ca/volunteer to learn more about volunteering with the city. Activate Your Park

Nature Work Parties Get your hands dirty removing invasive plants to help restore and enhance our parks! Meet new people, earn volunteer hours, and give back to your community. Tools and training provided. Sa, September 7 10am–1pm Bose Forest Park 6203 164 Street Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad (SYSS) 13-17yrs Are you a high school-aged youth looking for volunteer experience in nature? Care for the environment with our youth volunteer group! Plant trees and shrubs, help wildlife, plan environmental projects and more! Tools and training provided. stewardship@surrey.ca 604-590-7242 Join us and get your hands dirty removing invasive plants to help care for Surrey’s urban forest. F, September 13 5pm–7pm Sa, December 7 10am–12pm Hazelnut Meadows Community Park 6840 140 Street SYSS TREE PLANTING Help plant hundreds of native trees and shrubs. Training, tools and snacks provided. Sa, September 21 10am–12pm Hazelnut Meadows Community Park 6840 140 Street SYSS NATURE ART JAM Come together with other youth to create a collaborative art project that celebrates nature in Surrey Sa, November 16 11am–1pm Surrey Nature Centre 14225 Green Timbers Way SYSS INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL

Surrey has hundreds of community parks, playgrounds, and gardens. Make positive changes in your community and show how to #lovewhereyoulive. Here are some ways you can help: pick up litter care for a park bin help with a park beautification project assist at community events partnersinparks@surrey.ca | 604-501-5050 LEND-A-HAND Calling all elementary and secondary teachers! Teach your students about social responsibility and the value of volunteering by adopting a local park during the school year. This free parks program includes an interactive in-class orientation and all litter pick-up supplies. To register your class, call 604-501-5050, or email partnersinparks@surrey.ca. BULBS FOR BEAUTY October is Bulbs for Beauty month! Join students, community groups and residents in making our community beautiful by planting thousands of bulbs in parks throughout Surrey. Visit www. surrey.ca/events, call 604-501-5050, or email partnersinparks@surrey.ca for planting details.

10632 139 Street this fall.Take the kids to enjoy the nature playground or take your dog to the off-leash area to run free.

Releaf Tree Plantings All Ages Celebrate Surrey’s urban forest by helping plant trees and shrubs to create wildlife habitat, improve air quality and make Surrey a more beautiful place for everyone. Events held rain or shine. Programs may be cancelled in high winds or extreme weather conditions.

NATIONAL TREE DAY PLANTING PARTY

10am–2pm

Maple Park 14900 Spenser Drive

Sa, September 28

COMMUNITY TREE PLANTINGS

10am–12pm

Sa, October 5 Bose Forest Park 6203 164 Street Sa, October 12 Bolivar Park 13500 115 Avenue Sa, October 19 Walnut Park 16175 80A Avenue

Sa, October 26 Godwin Farm Biodiversity Preserve 9016 164 Street

Sa, November 2 Elgin Heritage Park

13601 Crescent Road

Dog Off-Leash AREAS Leashing your dog is one of the easiest things you can do to help take care of our parks and keep them welcoming spaces for other visitors and wildlife. Want to let Fido run free? Bring them to one of these designated off-leash areas in a park near you!

Care for Our Urban Forest

Surrey’s urban forest has over 75,000 street trees and over 3,800 acres of natural areas. Volunteer to care for them by removing invasive plants, planting trees, improving tree wells and more. To find out which opportunity is right for you, go online, call 604-501-7687 or email stewardship@surrey.ca

Park

Address

Community

Blackie Spit Park

3136 McBride Avenue South Surrey 13591 Crestview Drive Whalley

Bolivar Park

Clayton Dog Off-Leash Park 7011 188 Street

Cloverdale

Dogwood Park Forsyth Park

13485 20 Avenue 10632 139 Street 15452 84 Avenue 12171 90 Avenue 10740 142A Street 12863 60 Avenue

South Surrey

Whalley

Freedom Dog Park

Fleetwood

Kennedy Park

Whalley Whalley Newton Newton Whalley

Hawthorne Rotary Park

Panorama Park

Serpentine Dog Off-Leash Park 12589 76 Avenue

Tannery Park

10761 Dyke Road

Tynehead Regional Park

168 Street parking lot Guildford

Wills Brook Park

2955 160 Street

South Surrey

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