Families, Parks and Recreation

● Park Directory ● Contact Us ● FAQs ● Park Rental Info ●
● Tree Planting ● Forestry Request ● Green-up Orlando ●

Upcoming events:

Join us in celebrating World Environmental Day on June 5, 2010 at Central Florida Veteran’s Memorial Park, with an early morning 5k run followed by a festival featuring tree climbing, butterfly release, Trail of Trees presentation with Tim Womick, and more!

Mission Statement:
Provide the highest quality parks, street tree canopy and open spaces to the citizens and visitors of Orlando through excellence in design, construction and maintenance.

Division Manager:  John Perrone
Division Address: 1206 W. Columbia Street, Orlando, FL 32805
Division Phone: 407.246.2287 

Division Description:  
Welcome to the City of Orlando Parks Division. We are one of many divisions responsible for keeping the "City Beautiful" This includes overseeing the parks, street tree canopy, right of ways and grounds throughout the City. There are over 113 parks located through out the City, in neighborhoods and adjacent to Community Centers. There are scenic parks, exercise courses, bike paths, open spaces and playgrounds.

Our Division is comprised of the several programs designed to serving the City through design, construction and maintenance of the Parks and open spaces. Our programs include: Forestry, Irrigation, Horticulture and Irrigation, Grounds Maintenance and Green-Up Orlando.

Awards

STRATUM (Street Tree Resource Analysis Tool for Urban Forest Managers) Report: City of Orlando, Florida Municipal Forest Resource Analysis

Past events:

Earth Day 2010: April 24, 2010, volunteers helped beautify City green spaces surrounding the Central Florida Fairgrounds and brought used vehicle tires, oil, and batteries to the event for recycling and disposal.

City of Orlando pledged to replace the 10,000 trees lost to the 2004 hurricanes by 2010. Mayor Dyer planted the tree to reach that goal on Thursday, December 17th, 2009. Click here for more information on the 10,000 Trees Initiative