Friends of Brentwood Park Workday - Dec 5th

The Crestview Green Neighbor Initiative is starting a new offshoot group, Friends of Brentwood Park (FOBP). This new group has signed an Adopt-A-Park agreement with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department. Our first work day is scheduled for Saturday, December 5th from 9 am to noon. Our task will be simple but important: spreading mulch! We will mulch several bare areas under large trees where the soil has been compacted by lots of use, and around newly planted young trees. We will also mulch the informal “trail” that links Yates to Arroyo Seco, which turns into a mud pit during the rain. Friends of Brentwood Park needs lots of new friends to make the work quick and fun! All park users from the surrounding neighborhoods are invited and encouraged to participate too.

If you are interested in joining FOBP, or just volunteering for the work day, please email Hedrich. The Parks and Recreation Department will supply the mulch, and the Austin Parks Foundation will lend some of the tools we’ll need. If you are able, please bring a rake, shovel or wheelbarrow to make sure we get the job done quickly. Also come prepared with work gloves, a hat and sunscreen, and a refillable water bottle.

FOBP is now accepting donations for future park improvement projects. Go to the Austin Parks Foundation website and make your donation under the Gifts to Special Funds section and select “Brentwood Park, Friends of.” Thanks friends!

By Hedrich Michaelson