Norval Studios & Gallery occupies the old parish hall belonging to St. Paul's Anglican Church. It was built in 1927-1928 and is nestled in the village of Norval, right beside St. Paul's, at 16 Adamson Street South (also known as Winston Churchill Boulevard). The architectural style of the hall is simple and unadorned, but it boasts a beautiful wood-clad interior, and a stage made famous by its connection to Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, who directed and acted in local plays in the 1920's  and 30's during the nine years she lived  in Norval. 

The parish hall has been the home of Norval Studios & Gallery since March 2023. It currently provides working studios and gallery space for several local artists (painters, printmaker, and textile artist).  Several special art events are hosted at the Gallery every year, including Plein Air competitions, the Montgomery Christmas Sale, and guest artist/ group exhibitions and sales. 

In early 2024, both St. Paul's Anglican Church and the parish hall earned the distinction of being declared Heritage Sites.

L. M. Montgomery loved the natural world, and wove the beauty she saw around her into her writings. Managed entirely by volunteers, the Garden is a creation of the Norval Community Association, and this spring (2024) marks it's 32nd season. 

You will find the Garden at 479 Guelph Street, Norval, next to Willow Park, an ecology park situated next to the Credit River, and both locations are regularly frequented by local birdwatchers and artists.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, famous Canadian author of Anne of Green Gables, spent 9 years of her life in Norval, living at the Presbyterian manse with her husband, Reverend Ewen MacDonald, and their two sons. Ewen MacDonald was the minister at Norval Presbyterian Church from 1926-1935. 

Montgomery  was active in Norval's social life, taught at the Sunday School, and was a member of the Norval Choral Society and Norval Women's Institute. She directed and appeared in plays at St. Paul's Anglican Church and on the stage of its parish hall. While in Norval, she published The Blue Castle, Emily's Quest, Magic for Marigold, A Tangles We, Pat of Silver Bush, Mistress Pat, and Courageous Women (with other authors).

"I love Norval as I have never loved any place save Cavendish. It is as if I had known it all my life," wrote Montgomery in her diary.

In 2017 a local Halton Hills Charity purchased the Norval Presbyterian Manse (built 1888), where Montgomery once lived, and the adjacent Caretaker's Cottage (built 1840). Both buildings are now Heritage Sites. Plans are in place for the Manse to open as a museum while the Cottage will be used for administration and a gift shop. The target date for the opening of the museum is 2026, 100 years after the arrival of L. M. Montgomery to Norval.

The works of Lucy Maud Montgomery are known and loved world wide, and each year, buses of tourists from Japan come to Norval in the summer to see the Manse, the Church, the Hall and the Garden.

Picnic beside the Credit River in McNab Park, grab a Kawartha Dairy ice cream treat steps away at Norval Convenience, sit down to a full lunch or dinner at BK Bar & Grill Indian restaurant next door, or just grab a coffee and a Nigerian meat pie (and a yummy cupcake for dessert) at Aty-Jamil Cakes on Guelph Street (on the way to Lucy Maud Montgomery Garden).

• McNab Park (Norval) beside the Credit River, (off Noble St, Norval)

• Lucy Maud Montgomery Garden, (479 Guelph St, Norval)

• Sisnett Lobby and Helson Gallery (Halton Hills Public Library, 9 Church St, Georgetown)

• Downtown Georgetown Farmers Market, (Main St, Georgetown)
  Saturdays 8am – 12:30pm, June to October

• Williams Mill Creative Arts Studios, (515 Main St, Glen Williams)

• walk the Bruce Trail, 10 km loop.  Park at Scotsdale Farm parking lot, (13807 Trafalgar Road, Halton Hills)
  Scotsdale Farm is an Ontario Heritage Site.