Past Events
December 6th Full Moon Night Walk at Hoyt Park
The full moon barely showed its face on a cloudy Saturday night in December but those who attended our Full Moon Night Walk were treated to a view of Hoyt Park that we don’t often see. Volunteers for the Friends of Hoyt Park led several guided walks through the park and, although the moon was not shining brightly, there was still plenty of light to see. Thank you to all who volunteered and to those who came out to experience Hoyt Park at night.
January 10th Winter Seed Sowing Workshop
We had a great turnout for our Winter Native Seed Sowing Workshop. The 30 people who attended learned how to make mini greenhouses out of milk jugs. The jugs are then placed outside for the required chill period. The native seeds germinate when the Spring temperatures warm the soil. Everyone made a milk jug for Hoyt Park and, if desired, made one for their own yard. FoHP volunteers will tend Hoyt’s ‘greenhouses’ during the winter and early Spring. Native seedlings will then be planted in the park by volunteers to assist in our savanna and woodland restoration projects.
Early January snowfall made it safe for FoHP volunteers to burn the brush cut at the November Workday. Burning the brush in place adds needed nutrients to the soil.
The bottom photo shows how cutting invasive brush can open up an area to bring sunlight in to the woodland floor where native seed, spread in November, can germinate in the spring.