By Alana Moehring Mallard
On this month’s It’s My Park Day, neighbors of Reed Park turned out to lavish some love on their green space on Exposition just off 35th Street. James Page and Justin Halloran of Friends of Reed Park estimated that probably two dozen volunteers came out that overcast Saturday morning to clear out invasive plant such as nandina, ligustrum and poison ivy; do some tree trimming; pick up trash; spread mulch; and just generally spiff up Reed Park.
Across Austin, some 3,300 volunteers came together at 90 parks to make parks, trails, and green spaces better. Austin Parks Foundation, the sponsor of Austin’s twice-a-year It’s My Park Day workday, estimates that across Austin 34,000 pounds of trash was removed by volunteers on Nov. 2, and that volunteers spread 713 cubic yards of mulch. With 2024’s spring and fall It’s My Park Days combined, volunteers provided more than $600,000 in labor value, Austin Parks Foundation estimates.
It’s My Park Day, an Austin tradition for more than 20 years, happens next on March 8, 2025.
