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What has FoBP been up to?

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A big help from St. Christopher's School

With the guidance of Cary Wright, an FoBP board member, Bryan Park had sixty 6^th graders from St. Christopher’s School clean up the streams, lake edges and other hard to reach places on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. They collected mounds of trash from the parks waterways.

They did a fantastic job!

A big thanks goes to all of you!

Tree Planting

Saturday Morning

February 23, 2008

We planted about 25 good sized trees in Bryan Park on Saturday, Feb 23^th

Several able-bodied folks helped with setting the trees in the holes (which the city dug in advance), filling them with dirt, then mulching. A city water truck was used to water each tree in.

November 3, 2007 was the date of the

First Ever Bryan Park Tournament

We are pleased to announce that all 18 holes are now open at Bryan Park. Two work weekends in a row were followed by the grand opening tournament on Nov. 3rd. Close to 60 people signed up for the event, which included 18 holes from the gold tees in the morning, and 18 more from the blue tees in the afternoon. It was a big success, with donated prizes and ribbons and food, and $600 was raised for the FoBP.

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Red Maple Grove

In November of 2006, Friends of Bryan Park planted a Red Maple “Grove” near the Gatekeeper's House, as a memorial to Helen Bryan Norman, who

passed away at the age of 92, in December 2004.

She was the granddaughter of Joseph and Belle Stewart Bryan, and

an avid gardener and park-lover.

Benches and a marker honoring Ms. Norman have been added to the Grove.

Designated members of FoBP have been watering the maples on a regular basis since the grove was planted. We have used "gator bags" that we bought for this purpose.

This memorial grove is on the hill above the lower pond and across the road from the

west side of the Gatekeeper's House.

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Mission Accomplished-March 3, 2007 Work Party

Eleven FoBP volunteers cleared 53 bags of trash, plus tires and other bulky debris, from

the Kenmore site. Just before the flooding rain on March 16, the City and the County worked wonderfully together to clear the log jam. Trash and loose logs were kept

from moving into of the park.

Friends of Bryan Park is grateful to the County of Henrico and the City of Richmond for doing such an amazing job. Thank you!

Go to the Gallery for photos.

Here is the original background information about this project written before the March 3 Work Party:

There is a log jam on Upham Brook at the west (dead) end of Kenmore Road. The jam has been holding back a considerable amount of trash and debris. The brook flows into the western end of the Bryan Park's upper pond.

In mid March, to alleviate a flooding issue, Henrico County will clear the jam. We have until then to remove upstream trash and keep it from moving into the Bryan Park lakes and ultimately the Bay.

Richmond City Department of Public Works crews will haul off the logs which make up the jam. Henrico's plan was to leave the logs in the flood plain after removing them from the brook. Log movement downstream with the next good rain would have caused a mounding of log debris at the spillway and along the shoreline of Bryan Park.

At the next big rain, an unbelievable amount of trash will float into the park.

Henrico County has graciously held off on this project so that we can make a bad situation better, by cleaning up this area before the County clears the jam. The City is making a wonderful contribution by hauling off the logs. This is a win-win situation and a terrific example of regional cooperation.

Directions to the site: Kenmore Road is the third road north of and running parallel to the Bryan Park lakes. Take Kenmore toward Staples Mill Road to the dead end.

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