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New trails coming to Overton Park

New trails coming to Overton Park

If you’ve ever wondered what’s behind the fence that runs along the paved Old Forest trail, you’ll soon have the opportunity to see for yourself! Thanks to the Conservancy’s partnership with the Memphis Zoo, the boundary fence that’s kept over a dozen forested acres separate

AmeriCorps team attacks invasive species

AmeriCorps team attacks invasive species

This week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week, so it’s a perfect time for Overton Park Conservancy to host a visiting AmeriCorps crew to tackle some of the aggressive invasive plant species in the Old Forest. For the past few weeks, an eight-person team from

Combating English ivy in the Old Forest

Combating English ivy in the Old Forest

A good rule of thumb: if something is green right now in the Old Forest, it’s probably an invasive species. Another good rule of thumb: it’s a good time of year to work on controlling those invasive species, because the native plants are dormant or

Urban forestry fellows win poster contest

Urban forestry fellows win poster contest

Congratulations to our Rhodes College Urban Forestry Fellows Helen Hope, Ethan Williford, and Mac Wilson, who won first place for their research poster about regeneration dynamics in the Old Forest. They received the honor at the International Society of Arboriculture – Southern Chapter conference in

Watching the Old Forest grow

Watching the Old Forest grow

In our previous blog post, we told you how students from Rhodes College are studying the Old Forest through examining what’s at the heart of its full-grown (or dead) trees. But there’s a lot to be learned from trees at a much younger life stage,