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Parks

403-938-8958
Email:  openspaces@okotoks.ca  
 
The Open Spaces team provides professional care of parks, pathways, playgrounds, outdoor recreation facilities, natural spaces, and trees. Open Spaces will also provide information on parks and natural areas stewardship, vegetation management and urban forests.

Okotoks residents have made a significant commitment to their open spaces, which means that they think about and consider many different types and kinds of green spaces and natural areas outside of traditional municipal parks. Residents consistently have reported that open spaces are important on their list of priorities towards the kind of community they want to live in and be part of developing for the children and grandchildren. Pathways, the river valley, local community parks, urban forests, the community garden, the river valley escarpment, boulevards etc. all receive attention in our Open Spaces planning and management.
 
Parks and Amenities
- 92 Parks
- 46 Playgrounds
- 13 Ball Diamonds
- 21 Soccer Fields
- 3 Tennis Courts
- 8 Basketball Courts
- 3 Multi Sport Courts
- 5 Football Fields
- 1 Running Track
- 5 Outdoor Skating Rinks
- 1 Skateboard Park
- 1 BMX Track

Community Parks and Outdoor Facilities
Community parks and outdoor facilities are comprised of numerous named parks and amenities and many other open spaces/berms/boulevards which are maintained by a miniscule number of full-time staff and a whole lotta seasonal staff and summer students. Open Spaces manicures over 300 acres including grass cutting, irrigation, fertilization, and weed control (using sound Integrated Pest Management strategies). Sorry - no more stats for you - we could count weeds but we don't consider it to be value added use of time!

Town Xeriscaping Initiatives
Check out the Towns xeriscaping (landscaping for water conservation) demonstration sites at the Recycling Centre and Seaman Stadium.  These are non-irrigated sites planted with drought resistant turf mixes, ornamental grasses, and other drought-resistant plants.  Visit the heritage garden at the Heritage House, the Healthy Okotoks Coalition community garden and Voluntree Grove at Kinsmen Park, and the water features at Suntree Park.  

Communities in Bloom
The Town of Okotoks is proud to have received five blooms in the 2008 Communities in Bloom provincial awards with special mention in the category of Environmental Awareness.  Communities in Bloom News Release (36 KB)