by Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator As you walk the newly reclaimed Main Meadow Trail from the start on Creekmere between Sylvania and Overglen, you may wonder what the plants are in this summer season. Here’s what’s growing until the trail turns to follow along the edge of the creek…
By Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator The Dixon Branch Greenbelt Guild stewards eight acres of Dallas Parks and Recreation riparian land in the Dixon Branch Greenbelt. This linear swath of riparian land flanks the Dixon Branch feeder of White Rock Lake. Located mainly along Creekmere between Peavy and Easton, our…
by Amy Martin Eastwood Gardeners team leader Sharon Holmes was insistent — we need monthly (4th Saturday) weeding sessions for the Entry Garden. I drive by the pollinator garden at Peavy and Easton all the time. Sure looks fine. But she knows what she’s talking about, so let’s do it….
By Amy Martin It was a hot and sweaty Sunday morning filled with hard outdoor work. Volunteering with six of the best people you could ever hope for, the Greenbelt Guild reclaimed a half-mile of trails with a rented brush mower, laid waste to an entry meadow seriously overgrown with…
Photo: Just a small part of the ultimate pile of brush Matt and his young gang pulled from the woods. by Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator An impromptu work session last Saturday. Matt Cadwallader had a bit of spare time and a few younguns who needed a task or two….
Contact the following for assistance with wildlife: Photo by Karin Saucedo of the Canid Project.
A wonderful look back at the Eastwood parade and picnic on July 4th. We had a record crowd of around 100 people and lots of dogs. A police car, firetruck, and a tractor, plus bikes, kids’ cars, an adult trike, and even a rolling toy lawnmower bubbleblower. Our neighborhood is…
The Eastwood entry garden is looking great! Red blossoms are bursting on the Turk’s caps and hummingbirds have already found them. The lantana is wild with yellow flowers and butterflies. The other wildflowers are looking fine as well. Let’s keep it that way! Monthly garden days begin on 4th Saturdays…
BE a PART of the PARADE! Details on the event: https://eastwooddallas.org/eastwood-july-4th-parade-and-picnic/
Don’t you love the Spring Celebration & Easter Egg Hunt? Certainly, the July 4th Parade & Picnic! Your dues make these big events possible. Join! Be a part of the team by emailing or texting Catherine. We hear you! You want even more fun, smaller events to mix and mingle…
by Amy Martin Great restoration day last Saturday. Cade Lobodzinski dispatched the dangerous limb blocking the trail. Basically, the entire top of a large tree, probably from the high winds a while back. Then he tackled the hanging limb at the trail entrance at the knoll. Now you can see…
by Amy Martin, author, Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth As summer ensues, the shady woods trail is needed more than ever. But it needs work. Woods Issues The eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans was making the woods trail downright dangerous. But after three assaults on it, it’s starting…