The next scheduled cleanups are on the following Saturdays from 9 am to noon:
- April 22
- May 13
- June 17
Be sure to confirm dates on Facebook page before coming or email me (barbara.eisenstein@gmail.com).
We
will be watering new plantings, weeding and spreading mulch. We will concentrate on
planting in the Monarch Butterfly Waystation at the east end of the park
and on the slope below the main Outlook area.
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| Map of park with areas labelled. |
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Volunteers should:
- wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses
- bring water
- bring gardening gloves and tools (weeders, trowels, whatever you use in your own garden)
- wear comfortable work clothes, including work shoes (sneakers or boots) and long pants
- bring binoculars for birdwatching (optional)
The South Pas Nature Park is a four-acre habitat park along the Arroyo Seco. The entrance, marked by a small plaque on an attractive river rock wall, is in the 100 block of Pasadena Avenue in South Pasadena, east of the York Street Bridge. There is plenty of on-street parking on Pasadena Avenue.
The park is graced with mature coast live oaks, southern walnuts and western sycamores. Planted with sage, buckwheat and other native coastal sage scrub plants, the park provides an inviting environment for birds, lizards, squirrels and numerous other critters. Locals too enjoy walking, jogging and horseback riding through the park.
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| Coast live oak |
Since 2006 an informal group of park stewards, Friends of the Nature Park (FONP), have been removing invasive weeds and litter on Saturday and Wednesday mornings. Cleanups are held approximately once a month. For notification of cleanup dates, contact Barbara Eisenstein (barbara.eisenstein@gmail.com), or check the Nature Park blog, (http://www.nativebydesign.blogspot.com).
