Playscape Wychwood Barns

As you might have started to notice this week, construction for improvements to the Wychwood Barns Park playground is finally underway! It has been over 🖐️ years of pushing for a more accessible space and we are thrilled to see things finally taking shape. The playground and 💦 splash pad will be closed for the duration of the work. The City of Toronto anticipates that construction will be completed by the end of the summer 2026. We know this isn’t ideal but the work also coincides with very necessary work to Barn 5. Short term pain for long term gain. Please make note of the safe access routes around the Barns and make sure to continue to visit all of our amazing Barns tenants, artists and creators at the Market and community events in the coming weeks! We can’t wait to update you along the way and are overjoyed that our community will be able to soon enjoy our brand new playground!

Survey is LIVE and up until June 26! Please circulate to your networks and please make sure to weigh in on this one. We are at a critical juncture and need the community’s input. Let’s make sure we get the park improvements we all hoped for! Link in bio and stories!

It’s been a little while (a long while)…but the good work continues behind the scenes! We look forward to launching into this next phase of the project soon.

Hi everyone!

Please join us, and community members THIS THURSDAY for a group conversation to design our park space together! We will be presenting our design concept to date and look forward to hearing all your input. This is an exciting step forward!

We look forward to “seeing” you all :)

*please visit joshmatlow.ca/playground for details on how to join the meeting virtually

Our playground got a bit more colourful this past weekend 🌈👏🏼✨

So much magic happens when we come together as a community! Thanks to everyone who participated in this beautiful collaborative art piece. If you haven’t already, walk on over and check it out ❤️

✨ LAST NIGHT ✨

What a beautiful evening celebrating the design ideas of community members, local artists and youth!

We were so honoured when and asked us to be a part of their 2021 Design Competion. Inspiring youth came together to reimagine the Barns playground to be more accessible and inclusive for all ages. The designs were truly incredible!

We wanted to say a BIG thank you to for their partnership and bringing our dreams for the space to life! Your dedication to youth design thinking, leadership and mentorship is incredible ❤️

So what’s next for our beloved playground you ask…

Community consultations led by the city and our leader are soon upon us in the next couple months 🙏🏻👏🏼 Stay tuned! Friends of Wychwood Barns Park will also continue to work with the project manager to make sure all of our collective goals are being met 😊 Raise your hand if you’re excited!! 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻

TODAY! HAPPENING TODAY! Play at the Barns, an exhibit celebrating a reimagined Wychwood Barns
Park, is starting at 5:00PM this evening at the Peter MacKendrick Gallery . Hope to see you there!

⭐️ C H A N G E ⭐️

What thoughts/pictures come to mind when you see that word? How would YOU like to see change come to life at our playground?! Come out TOMORROW and show us 🥰🎨🙌🏻

We will be at the market tomorrow between 9am-1pm with lots of chalk (and bubbles 🫧) on hand. Be a part of our communal art piece! Once finished, our community art will decorate the fence along Wychwood Avenue.

Things (and change!) are happening 👏🏼 and we can’t wait to take you all along for the ride ❤️

Spring is springing (ish!) and WE’RE BACK!!

Let’s come together safely to colour the park inspired! ✨🌈

We invite the community to join us on Saturday, May 7, from 9am-1pm, at the , to get creative! We look forward to welcoming all contributions to our co-created communal art piece(s)! We’ll have lots of chalk on hand for pathway art, too!

Once finished, our community art will decorate the fence along Wychwood Ave in great anticipation of the Park changes to come.

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"Play at the Barns" is an exhibit organized by in collaboration with the Friends of Wychwood Barns Park and Councillor Matlow’s office as part of the city-wide DesignTO Festival 2022.

This exhibit will showcase the design ideas of community members, local artists, and youth to reimagine Wychwood Barns Park as an accessible and inclusive playground and outdoor gathering space for the community. We will also be showcasing student submissions from the 1UP Design Competition in the Peter MacKendrick Gallery on May 19. Sign up for the free event at the link in our bio.

All of this preliminary design thinking is integral to the overall planning and visioning for our new Wychwood Barns Park slated for 2023-2024. Stay tuned for more information on that in the coming months!

ID: graphic poster with the words change, community, inclusion, play and intergenerational.

Spring is springing (ish!) and WE’RE BACK!!

Let’s come together safely to colour the park inspired! ✨🌈

We invite the community to join us on Saturday, May 7, from 9am-1pm, at the , to get creative! We look forward to welcoming all contributions to our co-created communal art piece(s)! We’ll have lots of chalk on hand for pathway art, too!

Once finished, our community art will decorate the fence along Wychwood Ave in great anticipation of the Park changes to come.

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"Play at the Barns" is an exhibit organized by in collaboration with the Friends of Wychwood Barns Park and Councillor Matlow’s office as part of the city-wide DesignTO Festival 2022.

This exhibit will showcase the design ideas of community members, local artists, and youth to reimagine Wychwood Barns Park as an accessible and inclusive playground and outdoor gathering space for the community. We will also be showcasing student submissions from the 1UP Design Competition in the Peter MacKendrick Gallery on May 19. Sign up for the free event at the link in our bio.

All of this preliminary design thinking is integral to the overall planning and visioning for our new Wychwood Barns Park slated for 2023-2024. Stay tuned for more information on that in the coming months!

ID: graphic poster with the words change, community, inclusion, play and intergenerational.