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Taylor Creek Park, located at the south end of this neighbourhood, is a picturesque woodland and wetland valley that is perfect for walking and exploring nature. Taylor Creek Park is part of a ten kilometre walking trail that stretches from Warden Avenue in the east to Edwards Gardens at the west end of the trail. Access points to Taylor Creek Park are located throughout this neighbourhood.

George Webster Park, situated along Chapman Avenue has baseball diamonds, sports fields and a children's playground. There is also an outdoor natural ice rink that operates at this park during the wintertime. Donora Park, located east of Dawes Road, has a tots playground. The moderate size hills in this park are good for tobogganing in the wintertime.

The Dawes Road branch of the East York public library is located at 416 Dawes Road. This library offers a variety of programs for children.The Woodbine Gardens neighbourhood is located on the former site of the Woodbine Golf and Country Club which operated at this location during the 1930's. The Woodbine clubhouse was situated where Glenwood Crescent is today.Parkview Hills residents enjoy exclusive bus service along Parkview Hills Crescent that connects passengers to the Woodbine station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line.

Motorists can access the Don Valley Parkway in five to ten minutes. The Don Valley Parkway provides quick and easy access to the downtown core and the commuter highways north of the city.

In 1932 the Woodbine Bridge was built across the Don Valley Ravine at a cost of two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. This bridge paved the way for the future development of Woodbine Gardens. The first house built in this neighbourhood was the Mary Pickford Bungalow situated at 90 Glenwood Crescent. This house was built in 1943 to raise money for the Canadian war effort. A raffle was held for the Pickford bungalow with tickets selling for only $1.00 a share. Mary Pickford, the Toronto-born Hollywood screen star, donated her time and money to this patriotic cause.

The building of the Woodbine Gardens subdivision in the early 1950's was a major engineering feat. Water courses had to be rerouted underground and 500,000 cubic yards of soil were removed in order to level many of the hills in this area. Woodbine Gardens houses which originally sold for between $14,000 and $19,000.

Ed Note: The Woodbine Bridge is one of Toronto's largest bridges. It measures eight hundred and ten feet long and forty-six feet wide.

When you drive through Woodbine Gardens with its hills and dales and winding and sloping crescents it is easy to envision the fact that this neighbourhood was once an attractive golf course. The wonderful geography of the Woodbine Gardens neighbourhood is further complemented by Taylor Creek Park which wraps itself around the southern reaches of this neighbourhood.