by Amy MartIn It had been years since the entry garden sprinklers did anything more than gurgle. Dirt and plants had consumed the sprinkler heads. Some had been knocked off by city mowers. The water main box had been crushed by something very large and no water emerged at all…
by Amy Martin The Eastwood Diggers (our name for this go round) convened to finish prepping and planting the Peavy half of the entry garden. A big task! Lots of rosinweed roots to dig out — a lovely, overambitious native plant that took over the garden during its two years…
The ENA membership met on Thursday, May 15 at Central Lutheran Church for an update on neighborhood news. Guest Speakers We kicked off with a short appearance by DPD-NE Deputy Chief Patricia Mora, who summarized police efforts in the area and fielded questions on Eastwood crime, which is lower than…
Adjusting your settings, limiting who your post goes out to, and muting businesses and obnoxious people will make Nextdoor fun again. Get to Know Your Settings Look for your photo and click it. That leads you to your profile page. Click on settings. There you can: Control Who You Post…
VIP Training Class Let’s make Eastwood safer for all of us Volunteers in Patrol for our area. VIP patrols are here to protect you, your family, and your property, too. We all feel better when a VIP car with signs and flashing light is in your alleyway day or night….
Eastwood State of the Neighborhood Gathering Come get the neighborhood news. We’ll be honoring Warren and Ginger Travis for starting Eastwood Riparian many years ago. A speaker from the City of Dallas Code Compliance will inform and answer questions. Find out what Eastwood’s fabulous interest groups are up to and…
STOP! Just stop! Pull over and get out of your car. Take a quick amble through the greenbelt off Creekmere between Overglen and Creekmere Cir. The beauty you see close up is incomparable to what’s visible on foot. In full disclosure, there are bitey bugs in the grass, so take…
After a long period of neglect, today the Eastwood entry garden at Creekmere and Peavy came back to life. Many thanks to Sharon Holmes, Keith Marcom, Francis Shaner, and myself, Amy Martin. Planning on a two-hour garden session, the results of our labors were so exciting we kept at it…
Kids scrambled over the ground after colorful eggs. Parents hunted in high places for the golden eggs with gift certificates inside. Buntinis and homemade cookies were eagerly consumed. Plants were bought. Children anticipated when their cone of freshly spun cotton candy was ready. A grand time was had by all!…
Here’s your answer: FCC Environmental Services. The recycling facility recycles 96% of materials received! But some materials are rejected before reaching the facility because they are bagged or too contaminated with materials unable to be recycled by the local system, such as film plastic, Styrofoam, and organic matter. Recycle —…
The entry garden is coming along nicely under the guidance of Sharon Holmes. The garden design is being re-imagined with shorter, easier-to-maintain plants with more color. At the last plant sale, we raised enough to cover our plant bill from the Texas Discovery Garden’s native plant sale to augment perennials…
The entry garden is undergoing a renaissance! Volunteers cleared out the overgrown foliage and excavated the sunken edging. Yay Sharon Holmes especially! The city parks department stepped up and fixed the water main and sprinklers. All systems go! The garden design is being re-imagined with shorter, easier-to-maintain plants with more…