We know that many of you love walking, running, biking, or just reflecting in the Old Forest State Natural Area. It’s a different place depending on the season of the […]
[Originally posted April 24, 2013; updated with new content.] Overton Park is full of beautiful old trees. Many specimens in the Old Forest State Natural Area are estimated to be […]
Overton Park is full of beautiful old trees. Many specimens in the Old Forest State Natural Area are estimated to be over 200 years old. But it’s not just old […]
words and photos by Melissa McMasters Within the next week or two, those of you who are on our snail-mail list will receive our summer 2022 newsletter. (You’ll find a […]
This story originally appeared in our Fall 2021 newsletter. As we celebrate 50 years since the progress of Interstate 40 through Overton Park was halted by a Supreme Court victory, […]
Yesterday Mayor Strickland issued a shelter-in-place order that goes into effect at 6pm today. The order provides for people to get outdoor exercise, so we wanted to offer some guidelines […]
Many of us remember looking at tree rings when we were children, counting the grooves to figure out the age of a tree. But as this year’s Urban Forestry Fellows […]
Time to open up the ol’ Overton Park mailbag and answer a few questions! I’ve seen some pretty big trees coming down near Memphis College of Art. What’s going on? […]
If you could wave a magic wand and make Overton Park 100% perfect, how would you do it? That’s just the question we asked in our 2013 Speak Up Survey, […]
Last fall, we asked you to give us your feedback on Overton Park–what’s great about it, what’s not-so-great, and what you think the priorities should be for the future. The […]
