Community Cleanup and Volunteer Block Party
The community cleanup started as a grassroots effort in 2009 when a pair of westside residents got together with their neighbors! This event grew into a larger effort since and most recently had over 600 participants! This year, we spread the event out to make it more accessible to neighbors. We are focusing our cleanup […]
GR Bike Park Trail Day (with WMMBA)
Join Friends and WMMBA for an evening of general clean-up and trail maintenance at the Grand Rapids Bike Park! Bring water and work gloves,Tools will be provided,Kids welcome!
ArborFest Community Tree Planting — Day 2
Meet us at Martin Luther King Park on Saturday, April 27th, for the second day of ArborFest, our annual spring community tree-planting event. Bring a friend (or a group of them!) and help us get 250 new trees in the ground in the Martin Luther King Park Neighborhood! Lunch will be provided between shifts for […]
ArborFest Community Tree Planting — Day 1
Meet us at Martin Luther King Park on Friday, April 26th, for the first day of ArborFest, our annual spring community tree-planting event. Bring a friend (or a group of them!) and help us get 250 new trees in the ground in the Martin Luther King Park Neighborhood! Volunteer shift time: 1-4pm Volunteer registration is […]
Veteran’s Day Sapling Planting
Join with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, and Executive Director and US Army Veteran Stacy Bare to plant trees in honor of Veteran’s Day at Ball Perkins Park from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. The City of Grand Rapids had to remove a section of Ball Perkins Park that was being taken over by invasive […]
Neighborwoods – Day 2
The last day of September and the first of October brought out sunny clear skies, and the perfect temperatures for planting trees. With over 150 volunteers for the Neighborwoods event in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative, we planted 200 trees over three 3-hour shifts—finishing them all with an hour and a half to spare.
Neighborwoods – Day 1
The last day of September and the first of October brought out sunny clear skies, and the perfect temperatures for planting trees. With over 150 volunteers for the Neighborwoods event in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative, we planted 200 trees over three 3-hour shifts—finishing them all with an hour and a half to spare.
Eco-Stewardship Workdays
We are partnering with Kent Conservation District to bring invasive species control to parks around Grand Rapids! Supplies will be provided, as well as intro training on the importance of control and technique. Requirement Details: You are welcome to come to learn technique and control, and then stay as long as you can! Any bit […]
Eco-Stewardship Workdays
We are partnering with Kent Conservation District to bring invasive species control to parks around Grand Rapids! Supplies will be provided, as well as intro training on the importance of control and technique. Requirement Details: You are welcome to come to learn technique and control, and then stay as long as you can! Any bit […]
Invasive Species Control: Eco-Stewardship Workdays
We are partnering with Kent Conservation District to bring invasive species control to parks around Grand Rapids! Supplies will be provided, as well as intro training on the importance of control and technique. Requirement Details: You are welcome to come to learn technique and control, and then stay as long as you can! Any bit […]