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. 

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)