Friends
of the Woods and Bronx Community College celebrated earth day with a
planting at University Woods.
April 23, 2009-Earth
Day at University Woods
On October
31, 2008, Friends of the Woods hosted a Ghost stories event at the
University Woods. The Harlem River Ecology Center costume parade
came through in addition to the Mount Hope Monitor.
October 31, 2008-Ghost Stories at the Woods
On October 29, 2008, community members decided how to spend the
$500,000.
October 29, 2008- Scope Meeting
On August
30, 2008, Friends of the Woods in conjunction with the University
Heights Presbyterian Church, the Northwest Bronx Community and
Clergy Coalition and the Morris Heights Health Center hosted the
University Heights Block Party.
August 2008-University Heights Block Party
We used this clean up to make the entrance ways more
inviting. We painted welcome signs, drew flowers, painted stencils
and planted flowers.
July 2008
It's
My Park Day 2008 went well. We used this time to survey community
members, the parks staff and to plant a tree.
May 2008
It's My
Park Day 2007 was a huge success. We painted the hand rails, placed
woodchips around the boarder of the park and removed trash. We also
received a visit from the forestry department and a group supporter
from CB5.
October 2007
Today at
the park, Richard Love of the Natural
Resources Group (NRG) came out to help us remove invasives
and plant native bulbs. We planted 640 bulbs today--288
sedges, 96 yard rushes,64
white snake roots,128 whitewood
asters,64 blue-stemmed goldenrods. Thanks NRG!
September 2007
August's
clean up focused on general trash removal and surveying how
neighbors used the park.
August 2007
July's clean up was all about beautifying the entrances of the
Woods. We painted "welcome" signs, planted flowers and cleared trash
from all of the entrances.
July 2007
This was
our groups first clean up at University Woods. We focused on
clearing out the trash near the staircase with the most traffic in
an attempt to increase park usage.
