Love Your Parks: A Night Out with Friends

Love Your Parks is Friends of Grand Rapids Parks’ annual fundraising event, celebrating the past year’s work in parks, trees, and trails and the projects yet to come!  Get ready for a night out in the park with Friends! This year’s Love Your Parks fundraiser will be held on February 22nd from 5-8pm. Join us […]

Trees Along the Grand River: Guided Kayaking Adventure

Come learn about tree species along Friends and the City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation department’s GR Outside division. Paddle the Grand River along Riverside Park as Certified Arborist Lauren Davis teaches how to admire and identify our local trees along the Grand River. Basic kayaking instruction is included. This trip launches and ends […]

Community Forest Conversation

The Historical Relationship of African Americans, Forests, and the Forestry Industry  Join us for a discussion with moderator Latesha Lipscomb (Amplify GR) and panelists Jasmine Brown (doctoral student at MSU) and Tiawanna Ezell (Urban League of West Michigan) about the history of African Americans and their relationships with forests and the forestry profession. After the […]