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| Volunteers were led by Anna Kendrick of Mountains to Sound Greenway Photo by Steven H. Robinson |
Northcrest Park in Ridgecrest, 827 NE 170th St, had a good turnout of volunteers Saturday for a park clean up work party led by Mountains to Sound Greenway.
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| Volunteers attack Himalayan Blackberries Photo by Steven H. Robinson |
The crew attacked out of control Himalayan Blackberries. Some of the neighbors discussed maintaining some of the blackberry bushes to provide fruit.
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| Before: this was the starting point for work party Photo by Steven H. Robinson |
Anna Kendrick from Mountains to Sound provided instruction to the volunteers and supervised the entire work party. Removing ivy takes special techniques, which she shared with the group. Mountains to Sound provided tools for the event, as well.
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| After the ivy was removed Photo by Steven H. Robinson |
Fallen trees are left in place. They are called "nurse logs" because as they rot, they provide a nursery for new seedlings to grow.
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| Nurse logs are left to nurture new growth and enrich the soil Photo by Steven H. Robinson |
The work party accomplished quite a bit, but it is a large park. There will certainly be more work parties needed.
Yeah, the blackberries are usually yummy late in the summer. Last year our parks department employees slashed them down just before the peak of ripeness - turns out they were widening the path for the team that was going to walk through and discuss improvements to the park.
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