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Just south of Calgary is a new attraction that just opened up to the public, and if you have kids, you’re going to want to take them there. Granary Road is a large theme park slash educational exhibit. Plus there is going to be a farmers market and a restaurant setup inside the building. Granary Road just opened, however the farmers market and restaurant aren’t open yet. Soon I’d guess.<\/p>\n

I was invited by them to come check out their digs, so I went, and took lots of pictures. Thank you for the invite!<\/p>\n

Their website is\u00a0https:\/\/www.granaryroad.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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So What is Granary Road?<\/h2>\n

A large 36 acre themed education playground, basically. Granary Road has a number of different exhibits setup around the grounds, each with their own theme and information. Granary Road is really dedicated on bringing in classrooms of children for field trips as well. Wish I had something like this when I was a kid.<\/p>\n

Each exhibit is built larger than life and meant for people to climb all over it, for the most part. There’s a couple exhibits where you get to see and pet animals (like goats!), so best not to be climbing around on them. At each exhibit they have an amphitheater for doing presentations and learning up some kids. They also have TVs so they can play videos and like such as.<\/p>\n

Here’s a map of the grounds. Photos below.<\/p>\n

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The Granary Road Farmers Market<\/h2>\n

Back in June when they invited me to drop by and check the place out, they had a small farmers market set up as a demonstration of what it’ll look like once things are up and running. I ran into the Perogy Guy! He was setup at the Blackfoot Farmers Market, but closed his booth down there and will be full time at Granary Road. Good Ukrainian perogies.<\/p>\n

The place was filled with vendors that had stuff to eat, pet food + gear, bath stuff and creams and some other things you’d expect to see at a farmers market.<\/p>\n

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The sliders were really good. Bison? I think.<\/p>\n

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The banana chocolate .. chocolates were really good.<\/p>\n

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The meat trays from Luc’s European Meats were so good. The olive stuffed peppers were a nice touch. So good.<\/p>\n

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Beer was served up by Village Brewery<\/a>. Their Blacksmith is one of my favourite local craft beers. Love dark beers!<\/p>\n

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Granary Road – Frog Pond Fun Pad<\/h2>\n

Our first stop into Granary Road was the frog pond. The ‘Frog Pond Fun Pad’ has 3 large padded trampolines that are built into the ground. I don’t have any photos of them because when we were there, they hadn’t been installed yet.<\/p>\n

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Signage has been placed throughout the grounds to ensure everyone knows where they are or how to get somewhere easily.<\/p>\n

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The Frog Pond Fun Pad had a few things for toddlers to climb on and have fun with.<\/p>\n

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This is what the grounds look like. Plus there was a cool looking cloud, so hey, picture time!<\/p>\n

In the water were some fake ducks that I think were moving. Should have got a video. Anyway, behold! A cool cloud.<\/p>\n

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Granary Road Mushroom Meander<\/h2>\n

Learning about mushrooms is fun. Kids love them or hate them, but I think they’ll be down with climbing in and around them no matter what. Mushroom Meander is not only a mini playground, it has actual real mushrooms for kids to check out.<\/p>\n

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Mushroom mushroom!!<\/p>\n

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Mushroom mushroom!<\/p>\n

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I love me some mushrooms, but these one didn’t really look ripe enough to eat yet. Maybe next time.<\/p>\n

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Lots of little spaces for kids to climb in up\/around, even if they don’t care to learn about mushrooms.<\/p>\n

Granary Road Orchard Tree House<\/h2>\n

There isn’t much to learn at this one. Just a larger-than-life orchard themed jungle gym to kids to run amok in.<\/p>\n

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It even has a sweet escape route! Here’s Brangwyn<\/a>\u00a0risking life and limb to demonstrate.<\/p>\n