Environmental Archives - Hunt Club Community Association

PumpkinFest

🎃🍂 PUMPKINFEST IS BACK! 🍂🎃

Join Ottawa South Eco-Action Network (OSEAN) and the Brookfield Community Food Cupboard (BCFC) for our annual PumpkinFest at Ernie Calcutt Park!

For the past three years, BCFC has been collecting pumpkin donations and helping organize this wonderful community tradition. It’s a great opportunity for residents of Riverside Park and Hunt Club to give their Halloween pumpkins a second life while enjoying a fun-filled afternoon with family, friends and neighbours!

🌱 Bring your pumpkins for recycling! Help divert pumpkins from landfills and put them to good use feeding livestock and creating compost.

🚒 Meet your local firefighters! The firefighters are joining us with their ladder truck! Weather permitting, watch the exciting pumpkin drop from the truck between 2–3 PM. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, families will have an opportunity to tour the fire truck instead!

🎉 There’s something for everyone:

🎃 Hundreds of carved and decorated pumpkins along Pumpkin Alley
🚒 Fire truck tours and firefighter meet & greets
📸 Halloween costume photos with a photographer onsite (people and pets!)
🎨 Face painting, kids’ games and family activities
🧩 Mazes and scavenger hunts
☕ Free hot chocolate and tasty treats
🌱 Meet local organizations and learn about environmental initiatives

❤️ Support your community! BCFC will also be accepting non-perishable food and monetary donations throughout the event. Most-needed items include soups, rice, pasta and sauce, canned meat or tuna, and dried beans and lentils.

📅 Sunday, November 8 ⏰ 12 PM – 4 PM 📍 Ernie Calcutt Park, 759 Mooney’s Bay Place

Bring the family, bring your pumpkins, and come celebrate the season while supporting environmental sustainability and local food security!

It’s a great way to give your pumpkins a second life and bring our community together. We hope to see you there! 🎃🍁

Spring Buckthorn Removal Work Bee

🌱 Spring Buckthorn Removal Work Bee! 🌱

Join the Friends of Paul Landry Park (a Hunt Club Community Association–sponsored group) for a hands-on community cleanup and restoration event!

🗓 Date: Saturday, June 13
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (stay as long as you like)
🌧 Rain Date: Sunday, June 14
📍 Location: Paul Landry Park

Help us remove invasive Common Buckthorn seedlings, trees, and other unwanted plants that are taking over the park. Your efforts will support the restoration of a healthy, native ecosystem right here in our community.

Whether you can join for an hour or the whole afternoon, every bit of help makes a difference. Come get your hands dirty and be part of something great!

We hope to see you there!

McCarthy Forests Discussion and Sunset Walk

Learn about McCarthy Forests and Join our Guided Sunset Walk along Rideau River

Join OSEAN, the Hunt Club Community Association and friends on another magical walk on January 17th AND participate in our discussion and open house.

Topic: Discussion and Open House on the ecological benefits of McCarthy Forest, Meadows and Riverwalk areas

Location: Open House and Discussion will take place at the Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Center.

Guided Walk at 3:15pm (Location: Rivergate Way)
Meet across the street from 3700 Rivergate Way (behind Rivercourt Plaza and near OC Transpo Riverside/Rivergate bus stop for the 90)

Please RSVP below to give us a sense of estimated turnout
https://forms.gle/Ab7dnTMqAfVro4LK6

‘Cleaning the Capital’ at Paul Landry Park

Rain Date Sunday October 6th from 10am to Noon

Paul Landry Park Fall Cleanup

It’s time again for the annual Fall Cleanup, when we come together to beautify our beloved Paul Landry Park. We need your help to pickup garbage from the park and its surrounding wooded path area.

Meeting Point: Meet at 10:00 am at the Paul Landry Park sign along Uplands Drive, nestled between Gilboa Place and Shearwater community housing complex.

Bags and gloves will be provided, so you just need to bring your fantastic energy.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, October 15th, at 10:00 a.m.

Paul Landry Park: Spring Cleanup

Join us for the annual Paul Landry Park Spring Cleaning on Saturday, May 6 at 2 PM. As the snow melts and the trees and flowers begin to bloom, it’s time to clean up the park and get it ready for the spring and summer season.

We will meet at the Uplands Drive end of the park, near the picnic table close to the Parc Paul Landry Park sign. Please bring your energy, gloves, and pride for our park! Many hands make for light work, and we need as many people as possible to help us clean up the park.

We will split up and head along the pathways at the park’s periphery and interior to do a thorough clean up. Treats and additional bags will be available, and who knows, maybe someone will even find hidden treasure!

In case of rain, the clean up will be rescheduled to Sunday, May 7th at 10 am.

Please mark your calendars now and join us for a fun and productive afternoon of community service!