Join members of our Environment Committee and the Clean Valley Council, for a guided tour of Kiwanis Nature Park Pollinator Garden from 10am-12pm on August 5. The public is welcome. Join us as we learn about native pollinators and the plants that feed them. We will share guidance on how to avoid using pesticides, so […]
This year's Fun Day will be held on Saturday, May 31. We will be partnering with Melrose Plaza, the library, and the Envision Center. Looking forward to bringing us all together for a grand opportunity to celebrate community. Free food -- Shiloh Baptist Men's Mission grill the best hot dogs and hamburgers and there is […]
Meet at the Kiwanis Nature Park to help with some Spring effort in the pollinator garden. We will have 50 small plants to put in the garden. That is the main focus, getting those babies in the ground. Maintenance and weeding comes second. Bring your shovels, work gloves and sunscreen. We have an auger to […]
Meet from 9:00am-12:00pm on October 26th at the Kiwanis Nature Park to help with some Fall effort in the pollinator garden; Native Plants IN and Invasives OUT. Registration will occur on site. There will be a big "Larry the Roanoke Logperch" banner marking the spot – (that promotes Larry's message of Only Rain Down the […]
This year's Fun Day will be held on Saturday, June 1 at the Melrose Library and the Envision Center (old Melrose Library) from 11 AM - 3 PM. It will feature multiple agency and organizational activities and entertainment for children and adults, and food and drink will be provided to an anticipated 1,000 people in […]
Meet at 9:00am on April 27th at the Kiwanis Nature Park to help do some Spring planting in the pollinator garden. Come ready to plant or prepare soil for planting. Bring your favorite gloves and garden tools. Hand shovels and gloves are provided. Water and snacks provided. We will plant about 50 plants. Should be […]
Meet at 9:30 on November 4th at the Goodwill picnic shelter at 2502 Melrose Avenue to sign in and get supplies and instructions (and muffins). Work between 10:00 and 11:00 to fill those orange trash bags with litter that threatens our precious environment and our Larry the Logperch endangered species. Afterwards, join those of us […]
Meet at the Goodwill picnic shelter at 2502 Melrose Avenue for a bit of weeding in the Pollinator Garden and a bit of trash picking up at the Kiwanis Nature Park. Hope you can join us. We will put a hoe or shovel in your hands with work gloves to remove those invasive weeds. Arrive […]
Meet at the Goodwill picnic shelter for a fun day.
Join Clean Vally Council as they conduct an Earth Day event at Horton Park (the site of our Kiwanis Nature Park) on April 22 from 9am-12noon.
Meet at the Goodwill picnic shelter at 2502 Melrose Avenue. We are again partnering with Clean Valley Council to do a Horton's Branch Watershed Clean Up AND a Save Our Streams training. We will certainly look at our environment with great intention on that date to not only remove litter but to study the quality of […]
Meet at the Goodwill picnic shelter at 2502 Melrose Avenue for a clean up of the Kiwanis Nature Park, Horton's Branch creek, and surrounding area. Arrive at 9:30am to sign in and get a snack. The clean up starts at 10:00am. We have gloves, safety vests, grabbers for you - and the trash bags! Come dressed […]