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 […]
Pints North Trivia Night | Love Your Parks week
Enjoy a night with good friends, good beer, and the creators of Interlochen Public Radio’s POINTS NORTH podcast, for Pints North Trivia Night at Creston Brewery! PINTS NORTH is a chance to kick back, win some prizes, and play some fun trivia about this beautiful region we call home. Trivia questions will be about the […]
February Luminaria Walk
Join us at Richmond Park to experience the magic of a moonlit wintery stroll with family, friends, a partner, or enjoy a walk in quiet solitude. On Tuesday, February 13th, the trails at Richmond Park will be lit with luminaria-inspired lights from 6-8 pm. The ambient light will mark the paths, but Friends recommends bringing […]
December Luminaria Walk
Join us at Ken-O-Sha Park to experience the magic of a moonlit wintery stroll with family, friends, a partner, or enjoy a walk in quiet solitude. On Thursday, December 21st, the trails at Ken-O-Sha Park will be lit with luminaries from 6-9 pm. The luminaries’ ambient light will mark the paths, but Friends recommends bringing […]
Winter Tree Identification
Update: This event is full! Thank you so much for your interest in our Tree ID Walk, co-hosted with the Land Conservancy of West Michigan. We had such an amazing response from you all, but unfortunately, we have to cap registration for this event to provide the best learner-to-teacher ratio. We host multiple Tree ID […]
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 […]
Greenwood Cemetery Clean-Up
We’re looking for volunteers to join us on October 28th to help clean up Greenwood Cemetery. Select ‘Register Now’ to sign up for a shift!