October Work Party – Saturday 10/22, 9 to Noon

Join Portland Parks & Recreation, Friends of Woods Park, and SOLVE Saturday Oct 22nd from 9:00 until noon to work on park improvements. This is a great way to get outside and enjoy nature. Tools, gloves and project instructions provided. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and bring your own personal water bottle and snacks. Volunteers may be working off trail on uneven ground and will be hiking to the project site.

We had planned on planting but we have a (no) rain delay. Instead we will focus on site prep for that area along the edge of the meadow and will plan to plant in Jan or Feb.

This event requires pre-registration on the SOLVE Oregon web site.
Please register early.

You can also find other great outdoor volunteer opportunities on the SOLVE website at
https://www.solveoregon.org/search

Can’t get enough ivy pulling? Can’t make it October 22nd? Check out No Ivy Day, Oct 29th here: https://www.portland.gov/parks/nas/events/2022/10/29/no-ivy-day-2022

Coming up in November is our annual leaf raking event. That will be the last work party of the year and we’ll be back in January.

June Work Party – Saturday 6/25, 9 to Noon

Join Portland Parks & Recreation, Friends of Woods Park, and SOLVE Saturday June 25th from 9:00 until noon to groom the trails in Woods Park. This is a great way to get outside and enjoy nature. Tools, gloves and project instructions provided. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and bring your own personal water bottle and snacks. Volunteers will be hiking to the project site and may preform other tasks that involve working off trail on uneven ground.

This event requires pre-registration on the SOLVE Oregon web site (https://www.solveoregon.org/solvecalendar). Please register early. You can also find other great outdoor volunteer opportunities on the SOLVE website at
https://www.solveoregon.org/search.

No Ivy Day

It’s No Ivy Day this Saturday! Please join us Saturday morning in Woods Park to help get rid of nasty invasive ivy. We’ll meet at the top of the Stairway Trail and work until noon.

2016 Calendar

We’ve updated our calendar of Woods Park projects for 2016.

Woods Stewardship Calendar 2016

Below is a proposed schedule of events for stewardship activities at Woods Memorial Natural Area. This proposed schedule takes into account the ecological benefits of performing appropriate stewardship and restoration activities with native plant and animal species in mind.

January 2016 Work Party– this event has been moved to January 16: Ivy removal along Stairway Trail and Zig Zag Trail.
Meet at Stairway trailhead

February 2016 Work Party– Planting along creek side trail corridor and cleared areas between Stairway and Zig Zag.
Meet at Stairway trailhead

March 2016 Work Party– Ivy removal in new Marigold Trail section & tread work on Alice and other trails.
Meet at SW 48 and Marigold

April 2016 Work Party– Split-rail fence installation along the meadow.
Meet at Stairway trailhead

May 2016 Work Party– Trail maintenance: remove boardwalks and replace with turnpikes. Brush Alice Trail.
Meet at Zig Zag Trail.

June 2016 Work Party– Trail maintenance: brush creek trails (Woods Creek, South, Plum).
Meet at Zig Zag Trail

July 2016 Work Party– Trail maintenance: brush western trails (Stairway, Marigold, Cedar).
Meet at Stairway Trail

August 2016 Work Party– Trail maintenance: bridge work – replace deteriorated decking, handrails, and supports as necessary.
Meet at Zig Zag Trail.

September 2016 Work Party– Ivy removal- along Cedar Trail.
Meet at Stairway trailhead

October 2016 Work Party– Upper meadow planting.
Meet at Stairway trailhead

November 2016 Work Party– Trail maintenance: leaf removal.
Meet at Zig Zag Trail.

December 2016 Work Party – No work party

Recent Work Parties

Well, we need to post a bit more regularly.

October’s date coincided with the city-wide  No Ivy Day.  Lucy from Parks was there with tee shirts, decals, coffee, donuts, and nut bars.  We pulled ivy along the ZigZag Trail.  We had some of the regulars, a number of new people, and one big, brown, calm dog.  We pulled up about 2000 square feet of ivy, which is progress.

November saw our annual raking of the trails.  Enough volunteers showed up that we were able to clean off the entire trail system, well over one mile.  This helps the trails dry out quickly and reduces the deterioration during our rainy season.

We don’t have a work party in December, but hope to see everyone out there again January 23rd.

An owl in Woods Park

September Work Party

Please join us this Saturday September 26th for our monthly work party in Woods Park. Charlie Nappi will be leading us in removing ivy from the Marigold Trail.

We’ll meet at the top of the Marigold Trail at 9:00 AM sharp and work until noon.

Map at https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4603419,-122.7239974,18z

Trail Work – Marigold to Marigold

For the Oct Work Party, Jesse and Jim worked on the corner at the top of the new Marigold-to-Marigold trail.

October Work Party

Saturday 10/25 9:00 am – noon

This weekend is Portland’s No Ivy Day.  We’ll be removing invasive ivy near the new Marigold Trail extension in the west side of the park.  We’ll be meeting at the top of the new trail route, at the intersection of SW 48th Avenue and SW Marigold Street.  Here’s a map.

Hope to see you there!

September Work Party

Saturday 9/27 9:00 am – noon

This weekend we’ll be building out the Marigold Trail extension across the west side of the park.  We’ll be meeting at the top of the new trail route, at the intersection of SW 48th Avenue and SW Marigold Street.  Here’s a map.

Hope to see you there!