Author: dwood
Roosevelt Park Improvements
Kids on the Ball, in conjunction with the Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront, and the Parks Foundation of Burlington, are planning improvements to Roosevelt Park. Please Join us for a…READ MORE
Getting Ready for Summer
North Beach Lifeguards will sit in towers starting Father’s Day Weekend Food Concessions Stop by for a delicious treat at Splash at the Boathouse, the Beach House at North Beach,…READ MORE
311 North Avenue Park Property
The Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront (BPRW) property currently known as 311 North Avenue is a unique park, modest in size at 12 acres, and rich in its value and…READ MORE
Bedrock to Birds: Plants, Animals, And Human History
By Chris Ajello and Alicia Daniel This is the second part of an article exploring the incredible diversity of Burlington’s landscape across space and time; in particular, we will carry…READ MORE
Arms Forest Trails Design
Update April 2021: BPRW and Timber and Stone held a kick-off meeting in early April to review on-site conditions and begin the detailed design of the first phase of trail…READ MORE
Springtime Wild Plants in our Gardens
This time of year there are so many wonderful herbs just starting to spring up in our area, and many in our gardens. When I first started gardening at Rock…READ MORE
Two Takes on Pollinators in our Yards and Gardens
From Flowers to Food By Erin O’Neill About one third of food production globally is possible because of animal pollinators including bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and mammals. These animals move…READ MORE
TapONE Comes to Burlington
Burlington Just Got Sweeter Tap ONE (Old North End) began as an idea around a campfire in the woods, a happy place for all of us. My friends and I…READ MORE
Grow Wild: Spring Clean up of Yards and Gardens
What? Leave Stem Stubble in Our Gardens?? We gardeners and landscapers are being asked to rethink what our gardens can contribute to increasing and returning biodiversity to our landscapes. Who…READ MORE
Ethical Foraging: Striving Towards Sustainability
A question and concern that has been coming up for me lately while stewarding the Intervale’s uncommon natural community, the Silver Maple Ostrich Fern Riverine Floodplain Forest (a distinction bestowed…READ MORE