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Toronto, Ontario
MABELLEpark is an expression of community, imagined and enabled by many hands over time. SHIFT began working with LGA Architectural Partners and MABELLEarts in 2021 with the goal of creating a space for the community to shape, evolve, and grow with over time.
Guided by the diverse uses of the park, the project worked with the existing space to carefully create a canvas for events, activities, and programming to unfold. Under the mature tree canopy, new seating spaces and pathways embrace the Belle, a new community working space designed by LGA. Throughout the understory, the planting design includes species to support pollination and local ecology, provide herbs and other harvests, and plants that can offer medicines, dyes, and sensory supports.
Evergreen Canada and MABELLEarts coordinated several planting events that saw community members put thousands of plants in the ground.
In collaboration with LGA.