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…
Eastwood Spring Celebration w Easter Egg HuntSaturday April 12 from 2 to 4 pmDixon Branch Greenbelt Park aka Playground Park 10305 Lippitt at Sinclair Everyone is invited to come to the park and celebrate with us Eastwood Spring Celebration. Come for the Easter Egg Hunts at 2:15 pm, first for…
Eastwood Riparian Restoration Day The goal: Make the greenbelt riparian woods trails sing again! Wear sturdy footwear (no flipflops or Crocs) and work gloves. Long-pants preferred; overshirt suggested. Bring loppers, clippers, and shears. If you would like to get on the Eastwood Riparian list, send your email here. What’s an…
Spring Equinox Dixon Branch Greenbelt Walk March 19 Wed. – 6:30 to 7:30 pm (sunset 7:38 pm) Gather on Creekmere between Sylvania and Overglen Celebrate Spring Equinox with Amy Martin, author of Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth, a long-time Eastwood resident. She is known for leading…
National Invasive Species Awareness Week has come to a close. In Eastwood, what is an invasive species and why should you care? They’re green, right, and green is good? An invasive is a plant not native to the area. Lacking the usual predators and diseases of its original home, it…