Past Events
FoHP Winter Party at Hoyt Park
We had a great turnout for the 2026 Winter Party. The sun and seasonal temperatures brought greater than 50 people out for our annual Winter Sledding Party. Everyone enjoyed finally being able to get outside and play in the snow. FoHP provided a warm fire, hot beverages and treats. New this year, Coral Conant Gilles treated us to traditional story telling around the fire.
Thank you to all who volunteered and came out for the event.
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.