Thursday, March 5, 2009

Upcoming Clean-up, Saturday, March 14, 2009, 9 am - noon

Meet at the park info sign on Pasadena Ave and then head down into the park. The group will pull weeds, pick up litter, and enjoy the park. Come for the whole time, for an hour, or just stop by to say hello.


Nature Park entrance on Pasadena Ave., east of the York St. Bridge

Remember to:

- wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses
- bring water
- bring gardening gloves and tools (weeders, trowels, whatever you use in your own garden)
- comfortable work clothes, including work shoes (sneakers or boots)
- binoculars for bird watching (optional)

Children must be under adult supervision at all times. There is poison oak in the park, which we will point out before we start.

Please pass this info along to anyone else you think might be interested in the park. If you know of anyone who doesn't use the internet, let me know so we can be sure they are kept in the loop.

For more information email me at: barbara.eisenstein@gmail.com.

3 comments:

Bellis said...

I visited the park today and much of it resembles a wasteland. What happened? Where are all the plants?

Barbara E said...

Sorry you thought that. When were you there before 3/6? The central part of the park was supposed to be a grassland but it turned into a weedland. I had expressed concern about this part of the park during the planning stage. Anyway, the city then dumped mulch on it to try to control the weeds. We will be planting it out over time - several years - with low growing scrub plants so the birds have low, medium and high cover.

Barbara E said...

Hi again, Daisy,

I was at the park today for the clean-up. Indeed, it seems someone, probably TruGreen with city oversight, was fairly busy with some herbicide. Though they mostly went after weeds, there were other plants that got it too. I will be contacting them.

I am hoping to start planting out the central part of the park next fall.
Barbara