FRIENDS OF WOODLAND PARK

About FOWP

The Friends of Woodland Park is a a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that has a long standing commitment to ensure the park remains intact as a nature preserve. The “Friends” are a dedicated group of people who take pride in taking care of all the facets of the park.

Through purely volunteer efforts, and in conjunction with the Parks and Recreation Commission, the “Friends” have created and maintained the park’s trails, donated and erected benches, built and repaired bridges, organized nature walks, and introduced native plants to the park. In addition, “Friends of Woodland Park Nature Preserve” organize clean up days and take part in town wide events.

The “Friends” over the years have improved the preserve in many ways. These improvements include, treating and marking the trails, maintaining the display board, organized clean up days, cleared brush, and spread chips.

Larger projects organized by the Friends of Woodland Park such as the Turtle Pond Dredging helped bring back the wildlife to the preserve. Turtle Pond naturally filled with leaves over the years and the embankment became eroded. The “Friends” held a fundraiser and with the partnership of the town, the project became a success in 2005. Later on the steps leading up to Turtle Pond were rebuilt. Those steps have since removed and rebuilt in the Fall of 2017. The footbridge has suffered some damaged due to fallen trees in 2017 and 2018 which have since been repaired.