We look forward to cooking with you again this summer. Open ovens will be held most Thursdays 1-3pm and Saturdays 1-2pm. Keep an eye on socials for cancellations.
We are not taking private bookings at this time. See you at the park this summer!
As we prepare to open for 2024, we are not accepting booking requests.
We are building our volunteer base and focusing on scheduling as many regular open ovens as possible.
We are excited to announce that the Park Oven and Community Garden will return from its COVID hiatus in 2024!
We are currently getting our organizational ducks in a row and will have more to share in the coming days.
Stay tuned for updates as we bring back regular open ovens and work gets underway in the garden beds.
We are not currently able to accommodate booking requests as we are still building our volunteer base and want to focus on scheduling as many regular open ovens as possible.
Thank you for your patience and continued support! For those interested in volunteering or getting involved please email hello@dartmouth-oven.com
The Park Avenue Open will be opening for the 2023 Season on July 1! There have been several inquiries about bookings. We are keeping track and will respond once we reach out to our volunteer base to see who is available for those dates. Thanks for your support!
Covid-19 Update: The Park Oven is not open yet and we do not have immediate plans to reopen this season.
But the situation is fluid. We are exploring options as things continue to evolve. The safety of our volunteers, student interns, and visitors is paramount to us.
Our community garden and orchard have resumed operations.
When/if circumstances allow us to reopen the Park Oven, we will let you know here.
Stay safe 🔥🍕❤
Teachers from Hawthorn Elementary School present PACO with a $300 donation. L to R – Teachers Pat Power, Cindy Coffin-Were, Bernie (PACO Coordinator), Angela Hayes and Mary Hall
Recently, students, teachers and some parents from Hawthorn Elementary School in Dartmouth made a visit to the Park Avenue Community Oven. Over the course of a morning and afternoon, the entire school came out to bake bannock in the oven as part of their end of year celebrations.
We could not be more thrilled to hear about the great time these civic-minded students had baking bannock in the oven.
The school also took up a collection for the community oven and were able to raise over $300! That is enough money to provide firewood for every event at the oven for the next 2 months!
Generous community backing such as this more easily allows the Park Oven to continue to offer our inclusive venue for the enjoyment of citizens and visitors of our neighbourhood. We appreciate Hawthorn’s commitment to our next generation and for supporting volunteer organizations such as our own.
Have you visited the oven and have a story to share? Drop us a note at paco@dartmouth-oven.com. We would love to hear from you!
There was once a dream that was baking bread in the Park Oven, you could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish.
Well, the dream has finally come true.
Starting, Sunday, June 30th we will be setting aside a dedicated time once a month to bake bread in the oven. Having a dedicated time is extremely important as the ideal temperature and configuration of the oven for baking is vastly different than during our regular Open Oven (which caters to the cooking of pizza at extremely high temperatures).
Head over to our Open Bread page to find out all the details!
Our 2019 summer interns, Olivia and Kate.
We’ve had so many people ask about when this would be back that we are excited to finally announce the return of our popular Thursday Open Oven for the 2019 season.
12 to 3 pm every Thursday until the end of August our summer interns Olivia and Kate will be lighting and hosting Open Oven.
Thank you to the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission for sponsoring this great summer activity for the 4th year!
Want to know more? Check out our Open Oven page.
Hi Friends and Volunteers,
This is a notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Leighton Dillman Park Oven, Garden, and Orchard Association.
The AGM will take place on Saturday, June 29th at 10 AM, at the Park Oven on Park Avenue in downtown Dartmouth. Should rain be in the forecast, it will be postponed to the following Saturday, July 6th, same time and place. The rain notice will be posted on our website no later than 24 hours before the meeting is to start.
We hope to see you there!
Board of Directors
Leighton Dillman Park Oven, Garden and Orchard Association.
Before I say anything about the 2019 season, I want to take a moment to pick up a ball I dropped back in the Fall by not recognizing an incredibly huge support contribution that the Park Oven is a grateful recipient.
Students from the NSCC’s Baking & Pastry Arts Program at the Akerley campus held a bake sale fundraiser will all proceeds going in support of the Park Avenue Community Oven. This is the 2nd straight year the students have held a fundraiser for the Park Oven, and this year raised a whopping $850 in a single go!
The timing of this support could not have been better as over the winter, unfortunately, we lost our amazing firewood sponsor from the last 7 years. Because of this financial support, we will now have the funds necessary to ensure the Park Oven has all the firewood needed to heat our hearts and cook our food for another season.
On behalf of all the other Park Oven organizers and volunteers, a rousing big thanks to the students and NSCC for their support. We appreciate it! Continue reading