• WHEN: Saturday, 4/20/2019, 9a.m.- 12
  • MEETING LOCATIONS: Map of Frog Park
    • Big Frog (Hardy Cir., corner of Hudson & Claremont)
    • Corner of Cavour & Redondo
  • WE PROVIDE: Tools, gloves, snacks, coffee & water
  • WHAT TO BRING: Hat, sunscreen (optional: labeled gloves & tools)
  • ACTIVITIEs: Clean-up pond, creek, spider webs; sweep; prune; turn fibar; weed & more kid-friendly tasks
  • MORE INFORMATION? info@frogpark.org.

After a long winter, cooped up indoors, most families are counting down the days to warm weather and afternoons in the sunshine. For our Rockridge community, FROG Park is a special gathering place for families and neighbors, and the beautiful trees, greenspace and playground are the backdrop of many happy memories. To celebrate spring park days, join your neighbors for Earth Day, the annual celebration of community care for the park and greenbelt.

The DMV Neighbors Association and FROG Committee are jointly sponsoring the 2019 Earth Day cleanup event on Saturday, April 20th from 9 am – 12 noon. Cleanup activities will happen throughout the park and greenbelt. To work on the creek, greenbelt and “Little Frog” (the tot park at Redondo and Clarke), sign in at the table at Cavour and Redondo. There will also be a sign in table at the play structure at “Big Frog” to work on the pond, play areas, and path.

Tools and gloves will be provided, or bring your own, marked well as yours. Many tasks are kid-friendly. We’ll be raking redwood duff out of the pond, sweeping the greenbelt path, trimming ivy, and turning over the fibar (the soft material under the play structures at Big and Little Frog) to prune overgrown shrubs and trees, weed the creek bed, cut back willow roots. Parents or guardians must sign for volunteers under 18. Snacks, coffee, and drinks for volunteers will be at the tables, and water will be available. As always, remember your sunscreen.

Taking care and celebrating our park is truly a community event. If your company or employer supports volunteering, why not recommend the Greenbelt and park as an Earth Day project? There’s plenty to do, and you and your co-workers will be most welcome.

For more information, contact LeonoraSea@comcast.net or info@frogpark.org. See you on April 20th!