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I am discontinuing this blog. For information on the South Pasadena - Arroyo Seco Woodland and Wildlife Park (aka. South Pas Nature Park) go to WeedingWildSuburbia.com/nature-park, or South Pasadena - Arroyo Seco Woodland and Wildlife Facebook Page.

Nature Park Cleanups - Fall 2018

Park work days are usually scheduled for the third Saturday of the month. Dates, however, are tentative, please confirm on Facebook or email Friends of So Pas Nature Park.

We are planning to hold our regular park cleanups on the following Saturdays (9am - noon):

• Sept 15
• Oct 20
• Nov 17

Nature Park volunteers should:

• Wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses
• Bring plenty of water
• Bring gardening gloves and tools (weeders, trowels, whatever you use in your own garden), there are extra tools and gloves for those who need them.
• Wear comfortable work clothes, including work shoes (sneakers or boots) and long pants
• Bring binoculars for birdwatching (optional)

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

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:
Sept. 22, 2 - 4 , Wild Suburbia Garden Talk, LA Arboretum Library
Oct. 13, 10 - 11:30, Gardening with Native Plants, Theodore Payne Foundation
Nov. 3, 9 - 2, CNPS-SGM NATIVE PLANT SALE, Eaton Can Nature Ctr

For more info on the park:

* South Pasadena - Arroyo Seco Woodland & Wildlife Park
* Nature Park (Weeding Wild Suburbia)

Nature Park Cleanups - Spring/Summer 2018

Park work days are usually scheduled for the third Saturday of the month. Dates, however, are tentative, please confirm on Facebook or email Friends of So Pas Nature Park.

We are planning to hold our regular park cleanups on the following Saturdays (9am - noon):

• May 19
• Jun 16
• NO OFFICIAL WORKDAYS UNTIL SEPTEMBER

We will weed, apply mulch, water, and care for the park.

Nature Park volunteers should:

• Wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses
• Bring plenty of water
• Bring gardening gloves and tools (weeders, trowels, whatever you use in your own garden), there are extra tools and gloves for those who need them.
• Wear comfortable work clothes, including work shoes (sneakers or boots) and long pants
• Bring binoculars for birdwatching (optional)

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

The plant of the month is globe gilia, Gilia capitata. This is one of the many wildflowers that we have sown in the park. Others include California poppies, tansy-leafed phacelia, owl's clover, bird's-eye gilia, desert blue bells, chick lupines, arroyo lupines, tidy-tips, elegant clarkia, and more. (Don't you just love their common names!) Anyway, as you can see – if you look super carefully –  the bee on the top of the flower informs us that this is a great pollinator plant. Its flowers range in color from lighter blue to this lovely rich color, and it looks wonderful with poppies. We will collect seeds in a few weeks to save for next year, though it is doing a fine job of reseeding itself without our help! According to Sandra Strike (Ethnobotany of the California Indians, 1994) the seeds were eaten by Native Americans. If you look carefully in the park you will find many lovely native wildflowers.

In other news, I will be giving a talk at the California Native Plant Society - San Gabriel Mts. Chapter program meeting on our work in the nature park on May 24. I will discuss our successes, challenges, and what we have learned in over a decade of efforts. CNPS-SGM events are free to the public and I hope you will come by.

For more info on the park:

* South Pasadena - Arroyo Seco Woodland & Wildlife Park
* Nature Park (Weeding Wild Suburbia)

Winter/Spring 2018 Nature Park Planting Party and Cleanups

MLK Service Day Planting Party
January 27, 2018, 9 AM – 3 PM

In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., students from Occidental College and local volunteers will be planting native plants in the South Pasadena - Arroyo Seco Woodland and Wildlife Park (South Pas Nature Park, for short) on January 27, 2018. Volunteers are welcome to come anytime during the day. We plan to start at 9 am and finish around 3 pm. 

The next scheduled cleanups are on the following Saturdays from 9 am to noon:

• Feb 17

• Mar 17

• Apr 21

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. 

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)

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

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.

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). 

Fall 2017 Nature Park Cleanups

The next scheduled cleanups are on the following Saturdays from 9 am to noon:

• Sept16

• Oct 21

• Nov 18

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 preparing the park for a large scale planting in January.

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)

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

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.

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). 

Spring 2017 Nature Park Cleanups

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.

Map of park with areas labelled.

*********************************************************************************
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)

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

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.

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). 

Winter 2017 Nature Park Cleanups

PLEASE NOTE THE FEBRUARY DATE CHANGE DUE TO FORECAST OF HEAVY RAINS.
 
The next scheduled cleanups are on the following Saturdays from 9 am to noon:

• January 21

• February 18  February 25

• March 18

Be sure to confirm dates on Facebook page before coming or email me (barbara.eisenstein@gmail.com).

We will be planting and weeding in the park. 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. We may also be planting some oak trees in the Park Annex area adjacent to the golf course driving range.

Map of park with areas labelled.

Some of you may be wondering about the sign in the central sign holder. It is part of the SPACELAND III - Aftermath biennial art exhibit. The exhibit which ran from September 10 - October 9, 2016 and is described on the Bermudez Projects website as:

Approximately 10 works, ranging from two large-scale mural installations, mixed-media drawings, fiber based sculpture, paintings, and photography, will be made specially for this exhibit. An originally produced soundtrack will be available both in the gallery and online. And, a site-specific installation will take over a local park along the Arroyo Parkway.

Interestingly, the sign has remained undamaged for many months. Maybe it is time to put in new interpretive signage in the park? If you are interested or know of any scouts or environmental science students who are interested in working on the design and execution of signage for the park, please have them contact me. 

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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)

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

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.

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).  

Fall 2016 Nature Park Cleanups (NEW DATES)

The next scheduled cleanups are on the following days from 9 am to noon:

• Aug 20
• Sept 17 NEW DATE: SEPT 25 (Sunday)
• Oct 15 NEW DATE: OCT. 16 (Sunday)
• Nov 19

Be sure to confirm dates on Facebook page before coming or email me (barbara.eisenstein@gmail.com).

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Monarch Butterfly Waystation Opening

April 23, 10 - noon
Pasadena Avenue, South Pasadena 91030

Support your local park!

The South Pasadena Nature Park is hosting a ceremony to celebrate the opening of their Monarch Waystation. The Waystation will help provide a resting stop for Monarchs on their 3,000 mile migration.

Join in on the fun!

Food, crafts, games, and outdoor family fun!

 

Winter and Spring Park Fun Days

So hard to know what to call these events. Cleanups is so boring, and I can't decide whether it should be "cleanups" or "clean ups" or "clean-ups." "Workdays" sounds unfun. How about "Park Playdays?" No, that sounds like something you do with toddlers. Maybe, "Park Fun Days?" Got a bad feeling about that. Suggestions anyone?

The next scheduled fun days are:

• January 16 (Sat, 9 - noon)
• January 17 (Sun, 9- 11 am) in cooperation with Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery
• January 23 (Sat, 9 - noon)
• February 27 (Sat, 9 - noon)
• March 19 (Sat, 9 - noon)
• April 16 (Sat, 9 - noon) in cooperation with Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery
• May 14 (Sat, 9 - noon)

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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 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).  

Fall 2015 Park Cleanups

The next scheduled cleanups are:

• Aug 15 (Sat), 8:30 - 11 am
• Sept 19 (Sat), 9 - noon
• Oct 17 (Sat), 9 - noon
• Nov 21 (Sat), 9 - noon

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Park Clean-up, July 26

I have not been to the park nearly as much as I would like but I did manage to do a quick stroll on Saturday. It is looking mighty fine! Most of the greenery is horseweed (Conyza condensis). Not a lovely plant but it is native and it is green during the summer. And it is easy to get rid of once it has finished blooming (a very scythable plant).

There will be two park cleanups this summer. I usually do not schedule these, but rather wait until I hear from high school students in need of service hours. I try to accommodate as many as possible. As such, we will have a cleanup on Sunday, July 26 from 8:30 AM to whenever we are too hot to work (around 11). We will be spreading mulch since there are very few weeds to deal with. There will be another cleanup in August before school starts (8/20/15). Check back for time and date.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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 twice 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).  

Nature Park Cleanups: 5/13 (Wed) & 5/16 (Sat)

The next scheduled cleanups are:

• May 13 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 am
• May 16 (Sat), 9 - noon
• June 17 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 am
• June 20 (Sat), 9 - noon

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Nature Park Cleanup, Sat. 3/21

The next scheduled cleanups are:

• Mar 18 (Wed) (CANCELLED)
• Mar 21 (Sat), 9 - noon
• April 15 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 am
• April 18 (Sat), 9 - noon
• May 13 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 am
• May 16 (Sat), 9 - noon
• June 17 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 am
• June 20 (Sat), 9 - noon

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Celebrate Arbor Day

I will be leading a walk in the nature park this Saturday (March 7, 2015) from 10 - 11 am in celebration of Arbor Day. Learn a bit about the history of the park and become acquainted with the beautiful native wildflowers, shrubs and trees. There have been an amazing number of monarch butterflies in the park, along with birds including red tailed hawks. I'm sure we will see some wonderful things as we enjoy our lovely native habitat park. Tell your friends! Hope to see you there!

Nature Park Cleanups, Wed, 1/21 and Sat, 1/24

Oh how I miss the park! Although I was able to visit a couple of times in December, I haven't been down there for several weeks. At last glance it was looking very nice, though the weeds are enjoying the moisture as much as the natives.

Next week we will be weeding, cleaning up, and planting. Huntington Botanical Gardens was kind enough to donate 35 native plants to the nature park. These new additions will be joining other recently planted natives that were purchased with donations from local residents. This is a great year to be planting, and I am so pleased to receive these generous donations.

UPCOMING PARK CLEAN-UPS

• JANUARY 21, Wednesday, 8:30 - 10:00 AM
• JANUARY 24, Saturday, 9 - Noon
• FEBRUARY 18, Wednesday, 8:30 - 10:00 AM
• FEBRUARY 21, Saturday, 9 - Noon
• MARCH 18, Wednesday, 8:30 - 10:00 AM
• MARCH 21, Saturday, 9 - Noon
• APRIL 15, Wednesday, 8:30 - 10:00 AM
• APRIL 18, Saturday, 9 - Noon
• MAY 13, Wednesday, 8:30 - 10:00 AM
• MAY 16, Saturday, 9 - Noon

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.

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.

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!

Next Cleanup, Sat., Nov. 15

The next scheduled cleanups are:

• November 12 (Wed) (CANCELLED)
• November 15 (Sat), 9 - noon
• NO CLEANUPS IN DECEMBER
• January 21(Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 am
• January 24 (Sat), 9 - noon

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Environmental Fair, Oct. 18, Fall Cleanups

Can you believe the park is 10 years old!! And yes, we are having a celebration. Mark your calendars: 

October 18 (Saturday), 9 AM - 1 PM 

This means we will be working hard to make the park look its best (even during its most dormant time of the year). We will have tables staffed by environmental groups, tips on water conservation, park tours and more. Plants in the park will be labeled so if you have been wondering what that beautiful red flower is, you can check it out and see for yourself. Check back again for more information on activities for our 10th Anniversary Environmental Fair. If you are interested in participating, please email me, or contact Debby Figoni.

The next scheduled cleanups are:

- Sept 24 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM

- Sept 27 (Sat), 9 - noon

- October 8 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM

- October 11 (Sat), 9 - noon 

- November 12 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM

- November 15 (Sat), 9 - noon

No cleanups scheduled in December 

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Summer Cleanups (including August)

The next scheduled cleanups are:

- June 11 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM

- June 14 (Sat), 9 - noon

- NO CLEANUPS IN JULY (change in schedule)

- August 13 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM

- August 16 (Sat), 9 - noon

Cleanups may be canceled in case of extreme heat. Email me if you are unsure.

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. Tumble pigweed (Amaranthus albus) is not shown in the booklet. Click here for pictures of this noxious weed. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).  

Summer Cleanups (Revised)

The next scheduled cleanups are:

- June 11 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM
- June 14 (Sat), 9 - noon
- July 16 (Wed), 8:30 - 10:30 AM
- July 19 (Sat), 9 - noon

No cleanups are scheduled for August, though this may change. Cleanups may be canceled in case of extreme heat. Email me if you are unsure.

There are enough weeds to go around, so if you would like, pull a few whether it is an official cleanup or not. You can find pictures of many of the weeds at the following link. If you are unsure, leave it be.

Map of park with areas labelled.

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)

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

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.

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).