Friends Of Edgewood Park

2024 Greenspace Report

Each week, an enthusiastic and dedicated group of volunteers from the Friends of Edgewood Park continue to invest time and love into stewarding this expansive park, which spans an impressive 123 acres and includes vital urban oasis areas that support significant wildlife. This seasoned Greenspace volunteer group meets weekly, year-round, rain, snow, or shine, and has done so for decades. This summer was particularly exciting! Joined by Latter Day Saints missionary volunteers, Common Ground student workers, and local high school students, the group kicked off their efforts by weeding and mulching various garden beds, including the Sundial Garden, which was revived last year, and the Midbridge Garden. The momentum didn't stop there! With unrelenting energy, the volunteers tackled the persistent Japanese knotweed along the trails, repaved trail paths with wood chips, and created protective mulch rings around our growing trees to guard them from mowing accidents. Throughout the summer, they enthusiastically planted a diverse array of trees—cypresses, maples, and oaks—to restore the park's canopy. They also added vibrant dogwoods, buttonbushes, and ninebarks to fortify the riverbank against erosion.

2024 Accomplishments

• 6 trees planted (East of Bocce Court and end of promenade - 1 Celebration Red Maple, Going DOWN Stairs of Ranger Station on the right - 2 Carolina Silverbells, Directly South of Ranger Station and southeast of Carolina Silverbells - 2 Bald Cypresses, South of mid bridge path by cement path - 1 Swamp Chestnut Oak)
• 13 shrubs planted (At Sandy’s Sundial Garden - 1 Itea Sweetspire, 1 Inkberry Holly, 1 PJM Rhododendron. By underbridge - 5 buttonbush, 1 ninebark, 2 gray dogwood, 2 silky dogwood)
• 2 perennials planted (2 coral bells)
• 0.5 yards compost spread
• 3.0 yards mulch spread
• 9 events
• 19 volunteers
• 175 volunteer hours