Project Leader Registration Now Open for
It's My Park! Day 2009

Mark your calendar for March 7, 2009!

It’s My Park! Day is an annual community service day focused on improvements to Austin’s park system. Individuals and community groups lead projects ranging from simple cleaning and repair to trail building and playground installation. We've moved the event to March this year so spring planting projects can take place.

Sign up now to host a project, find out more about leading a project, or contact Rosie to discuss possible project ideas.

We're looking for sponsors to help us with It's My Park! Day. Sponsorships start at $500 and can be a combination of cash, products and services. Visit our sponsorship page for further information or just contact us.

Pictures from our April 12, 2008 It's My Park! Day can be viewed on our Flickr site. Nearly 1,600 volunteers worked at more than 45 different parks, completing a wide range of projects.

www.flickr.com Some 2008 project highlights  At Convict Hill Quarry Park, a major project was erecting the stone wall on the northeast corner.  The group had stones cut from another quarry to make a very attractive wall that will protect the hill on that corner.  The concrete base was poured during a previous work day.  Remaining stones will be used for the waterfall being built by an Eagle Scout. Friends of Eilers Park cleared and mulched a large portion of the hillside terrace, pulled weeds from the gravel playground, cleaned debris out of a large drain in the parking lot, weeded around and mulched young trees planted last fall, and planted cactus, plumbago, and agave to beautify a retaining wall. At Blunn Creek/Little Stacy park, volunteers removed invasive ligustrum, nandina, and English Ivy, and planted natives to restore the creek banks. Look for newly planted inland sea oats, switchgrass, Eve's necklace, Mexican plum, and flame sumac.

Austin Parks Foundation 816 Congress, Suite 1680, Austin, TX 78701 tel 512.477.1566 fax 512.477.1586 Copyright © 2007 Austin Parks Foundation. All rights reserved.

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