Volunteer Park

There is a farmers market every Saturday morning that it is amazing.

This is an excellent park! Great place for families. Has a large play area for kids under 8. Swings, slides, climbing areas. Even a take/give book stop by the playground. A large pavilion you can rent for events. There is also a great tennis court for teens and adults. There is a wonderful walking/running trail. If you need to reserve a hall for events it’s also a great spot. They also have a Farmers market on Saturday mornings.

Located very close to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, this park has something to offer to everyone who wants to relax outdoors: basketball and tennis courts for the active ones, playground with slides and swings for the little ones, a nice walking path around the lake with cute wood bridges above water and some benches and tables in the shade.
Plenty of parking space (25% of the surface of the park is actually parking space) so there’s no excuse not to go there.

I never knew that this incredible park was only a short distance from the Sawgrass Mills Mall. I always zoomed passed it on my way to the mall not realizing how much it had to offer. I finally decided to stop one night on a trip home and was amazed to find the huge wetland trail that runs at the back of the park. Some parts of the trail are paved and some are gravel and it crosses over several wooden boardwalks. I saw signs that it was used by the equestrians who have their facilities at the back of the park. My favorite part was in the water under one of the boardwalks where I saw at least 50 turtles swimming around with the fish. It had just finished raining alleviating the oppressive Florida heat for a moment making my evening walk among the wetlands pleasant.

The trail let me out at the huge playground called Camp Everglades. Opened in 2004, it was designed with an Everglades theme. Components of the playground include an Everglades village, fishing camp, and tree huts. The park also has a community center available to rent to Plantation residents for private events, picnic tables, benches, bathrooms, tennis courts, and basketball courts.

I loved my visit to this park. Birds were soaring overhead and fish and turtles were swimming below. I definitely won’t be passing this park by again. It’s a park worth taking your camera out for.

Beautiful, peaceful place.You can come with kids of any age and enjoy either using a playground or walking around on one of the trails, feed fish , turtles or birds.See horses.the other side of the park has basketball and tennis courts.They have farmer’s market at some weekends.At the playground area there are tables, you can make big party over there and those tables under the roof.Of course, there are bathrooms.