Neighbors,

I hope that a good number of you will join us on this Saturday’s work day at the Homedale Trail entry. It definitely needs our TLC, and we will provide Maria’s tacos to help build stamina for the tasks, and tools and leaders to facilitate the work. You just come in your long shirt and pants and work shoes and with your collaborative spirit. We always have fun and feel accomplished as we survey our work afterwards.

The Austin Parks Foundation now has an easy sign up process, so please go to the website address : http://austinparks.org/calendar.html
to sign up under the Greenbelt Guardians listing. They will keep tabs on the contact information and we will do the rest.

Thank you for your support.

Glee

Glee Ingram
Greenbelt Guardians Coordinator
(512) 441-3278
gleeful@earthlink.net
http://greenbeltguardians.org

Greenbelt Fans,

We hope you will join us for our next workday on Saturday June 2, from 8-Noon, to do some important tasks on the Gus Fruh portion of the greenbelt. We will meet at 8:00 sharp at the Gus Fruh entry at 2642 Barton Hills Drive for sign-in, breakfast tacos, a group photo, and task orientation. We are planning some important trail repair and resurfacing work, retaining wall construction, and invasives removal and monitoring. We’ll also do some weeding, edging, and pruning in the front entry area. We will need lots of hands to help, and hope that you will be able to join us to assist.

There are lots of enticements: Maria’s tacos for breakfast, lush beauty on the trails due to the spring rains, camaraderie with other greenbelt lovers, AND a lunch party afterwards outside Barton Springs, sponsored by the Hill Country Conservancy. This work day celebrates National Trails Day, and numerous other volunteer groups will be working on other areas of the greenbelt. The Austin Parks Foundation is providing the overall organization and registration for the various volunteer groups.

To volunteer with us at Gus Fruh, please RSVP directly to this address so that we get an accurate count for our planning, and ALSO register on the Austin Parks Foundation web site so they can accurately plan for the overall event and after-party food and drinks. Thank you!

We’re looking forward to a great work day and hope to see you there!

Glee Ingram
Greenbelt Guardians Coordinator
(512) 441-3278
gleeful@earthlink.net
http://greenbeltguardians.org

Dear Greenbelt Lovers,

This year’s annual citywide It’s My Park Day event, sponsored by the Austin Parks Foundation, is scheduled for Saturday March 3, 2012. As usual, the BHNA Greenbelt Guardians will be participating, working at both the Gus Fruh and Homedale entries to the Barton Creek Greenbelt. You can participate at the site of your choice, and we will provide tasks, team leaders, tools, and refreshments at each site.

Work projects at both sites will include lots of invasive plant removal activities, some minor trail repairs and maintenance, possibly some rock work, and, as always, picking up cans, bottles, and other trash. There will be suitable tasks for all ages and skill levels. Kids with adult supervision are welcome.

Please RSVP by both replying to this message, and also registering online at the Austin Parks Foundation website at www.austinparks.org. Click on the link for It’s My Park Day volunteer registration, and then use the search tools on that page to find our events. They are listed as: Greenbelt Guardians: Homedale Entry at Barton Creek and Greenbelt Guardians: Gus Fruh Entry at Barton Creek. If you search by park name, they’re both under Barton Creek Greenbelt East. You can also just click on Show All and scroll through the list.

NOTE: be sure to register online if you want to receive a t-shirt!

The work day is from 9:00 – 1:00, and as usual we’ll start the morning off with breakfast tacos before getting to work. Snacks will be provided throughout the day. We’ll send out more details next week to everyone who registers. There’s plenty to do, so we’re hoping for a good turnout and are looking forward to seeing everyone, both veterans and newcomers!

Thanks,

Glee Ingram and Stan Ostrum
Greenbelt Guardians Coordinators