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….
Eastward Ho, part 2! Discovery of the Druid, Saw Palmetto, & Big Ole Bois D’Arc by Amy Martin, Guild coordinator Earlier this month — after the Greenbelt Guild continued trail-making eastward from Steve Pickett’s re-routing of the Woods trail from the creek — Steve returned and continued their work. Find…
Eastwood Gardeners Muffins & Mimosas Plant Sale Sip some mimosas, munch on some muffins, and peruse a fine array of plants grown with love in Eastwood, acclimated to our weather and soil. Let’s bring beauty to our neighborhood and support important pollinators. Help Eastwood Gardeners raise funds for the Entry…
by Amy Martin, Greebelt Guild coordinator A merry band of five — Hala, Katherine, Keith, Rudy, and I — gathered on Sept. 7 Sun. to work on the easternmost section of the Woods Trail. Take the Creekmere Meadow Trail from the big pecan by Overglen and as it turns left/west,…
There it was on my iCal: Total Body Lab at the gym on Friday. But the morning was blessedly cool, and pushing a deadline had me indoors all week. Removing ragweed from the beautiful blue-leaved line of Indiangrass in the Entry Meadow would be a total body workout, while salvaging…
by Amy Martin A few of us gathered to keep the entry garden looking fresh. The team has been keeping the garden watered through all this heat, so we expected a lot of weeds. And there was a bit, mainly from this beast, bindweed aka native morning glory. Alas, in…
Eastwood National Night Out 2025 Tuesday, October 7th – 5 to 7 pm Dixon Branch Greenbelt Park: 10305 Lippitt/Sylvania at Sinclair National Night Out promotes community-police partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer. Network with law enforcement from the Dallas Police Northeast Station and with Volunteers In Patrol (VIP)…
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….