I just realized that this weekend is “Open Doors Toronto” weekend. Geez … already missed a day too.
Yesterday, while Chris and I were watching the news we saw a story about Open Doors Toronto. Open Doors is when many of the historic buildings in Toronto or places of interest open their doors free of charge so that people can tour the buildings or sites. You get to see places that are almost never open to the public. It’s quite interesting.
There’s a very old house on Queen Street with a historic Toronto Garden. The last time we participated in Open Doors Toronto it was in the little travel guide they put in the newspaper and we went to see the house and garden. They’ve maintained the garden as it was when the original owners of the home first created the garden. There’s old roses there that I’ve never seen anywhere else.
Well it’s supposed to be very nice tomorrow, so along with getting some of my own gardening done, we’ll probably try to see some of the sites that are participating in this years Open Doors Toronto.
If you’re in the Toronto area have you been to Open Doors before?
In 4 years living right downtown Toronto, we never made it to Open Doors Toronto. But we never missed Festival caravan, which was like an open doors project for the ethnic communities. Great food, music and dance from all over the place in community “pavilions”.
I wonder if they are still doing Festival caravan. I would love to get down there for it.
Doors Open Toronto is a nice event. I went to vist the Toronto Botanical Garden at Lawrence and Leslie Streets. Also took in the Brick Works off the Bayview Extension. Nice walking trails can be found at both places.