It’s bound to be fascinating and impactful. Dallas Water Utilities’ Stormwater Project Management department is sharing the results of an extended study of flooding along Dixon Branch between Easton and Bucker Blvd. That’s us! March 5 Thursday, from 6 to 7:30 pm, at the Lochwood Library (in the Black Box…
by Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator One of our Greenbelt Guild members, Cade Lobo, has a toddler and is developing two ideas for the woods around the playground at Dixon Branch Greenbelt Park: Today, Cade and I started work on the Toddler Nature Trail behind the playground. There is currently…
Volunteers In Patrol Keep crime down in Eastwood Eastwood’s Volunteers In Patrol (VIP) seeks more participants. Some have moved and others stepped aside due to health. Time commitment for VIP is very flexible. Simply attend a one-time training session and then sign up for 90-minute patrol shifts as often as…
Feb 22 Sun at 1 amWhitehaven at Lake Gardens Join in the rebirth of the Whitehaven bed. It’ll be fun and easy. Bring as big a shovel as you’ve got. Dallas Parks & Recreation delivered a large load of compost. It’s in a pile in front of the raised bed….
by Amy Martin, Eastwood Gardeners coordinator While the entry garden is dormant, Eastwood Gardeners’ project in February and March will be the raised garden bed at the closed block of Whitehaven next to the apartments, located off Lake Gardens between Sylvania and Easton. When speeding traffic entering the apartments’ Whitehaven…
What a grand time Francis, Hala, Katherine, Keith, and I of the Greenbelt Guild had on the last Full Moon beautifying the Woods Trail around The Knoll. (Greenbelt map). Enter at The Knoll and go left to see most of our work, primarily on the left/upper side of the trail.
Eastwood State of the Neighborhood Gathering Thursday, November 20th – 7 to 8 pm Central Lutheran Church, 1000 Easton at Forestgrove Get updated on the state of the neighborhood and all the cool things the Eastwood Neighborhood Association has been doing for our neighborhood. Elect our ENA officers for 2026….
By Amy Martin, Greenbelt coordinator A great day in the greenbelt! What a superb team! A beautiful, cool morning last Sunday. We continue to extend the Woods Trail eastward. We are now just one house away from Sylvania/Lippitt! Making the Erosion Dam The idea of an erosion dam is to…
Neighbors connecting = a more secure and happy community! The Eastwood VIP (Volunteers in Patrol) #1127 brought the neighborhood and the Dallas Police Northeast Station together to help make our neighborhoods safer. It was a lot of fun, too! Security VIP coordinator Lisa Monroe with a Dallas Code Compliance Officer…
Volunteers In Patrol Keep crime down in Eastwood Eastwood’s Volunteers In Patrol (VIP) seeks more participants. Some have moved and others stepped aside due to health. Time commitment for VIP is very flexible. Simply attend a one-time training session and then sign up for 90-minute patrol shifts as often as…
Grassland birds are the fastest-declining bird species in the US, with a 34% loss since 1970. Native grass expert John Snowden knows how we can help! Last week in the greenbelt, a distinctive bird call caught my ear — dick-sis-sel, dick-sis-sel. The onomatopoetic call of a dickcissel, a grassland bird that’s…
Tour of Native Grasses in Creekmere Meadow with the Texas Grassman John Snowden, the Texas Grassman, is obsessed with native grasses. And quite a character! He knows more about native grasses than anyone in North Texas and provided some for us, like the line of Indiangrass in the Entry Meadow….