Project 15 - Step 1

Build a “gateway” (using split rail fencing) for the WP nature trails

PURCHASE AND NamE one or more 10-foot section(S) of rail with engraved placard: $300

Help us give Woodland Park’s nature trails the entrance they deserve!  

Many park-goers and neighbors don’t even realize that there are beautiful, hospitable, and friendly nature trails along Hollywood Bayou (AKA Little White Oak Bayou) in Woodland Park.   One critical reason: there’s no visible “gateway” or trailhead. 

Friends of Woodland Park is working with HPARD and their fencing contractor to establish a natural-wood, split-rail fence with an opening offering a “gateway” into Woodland Park’s beautiful nature trails.   It would line the border between the wooded nature preserve and the more developed park (picnic lawn, tennis courts, etc.), with a prominent opening inviting parkgoers to use the trails.  Similar railings exist in Memorial Park Eastern Glades area and in other CoH nature preserves.

We want all our neighbors and parkgoers to experience the pleasures of the nature trail: herons, egrets, turtles, lizards - and over 170 species of birds in the preserve.  
We also want to make sure that the space feels welcoming and secure; the rail will show that these are well maintained and publicly frequented trails.  

– ~$7K gets us 300 feet (from Community Center to Tennis Court) 

– ~$30K gets us 1000 feet (from Community Center all the way to “the Grove” / southwest corner of park on Houston ave)