Work to Restore
Residents of all ages are pulling invasive plants, collecting data, and replanting trees. Join us!
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No experience necessary - we train! Got other talents to contribute? Let us know!
Volunteers digging up a privet bush in The Meadow
Join a Work Crew
Get involved! Learn about your ecosystem. Remove invasive shrubs and vines as well as replant with ecologically beneficial species. Sessions are two hours on a weekend, good exercise—and fun! Tools and instruction provided. Students earn community service hours.
Farragut Parkway near Exit 12, and the
Vine Squad removes invasive vines from public trees every winter.
You can also volunteer to care for a section of any public park through the Village's Adopt-a-Spot program, or adopt a roadside or traffic island to beautify.
Questions? Email us to ask us anything or to join our work session reminders email list.
A volunteer planting some stiff-leaf goldenrod
Planting Trees and Flowers
To date we've planted over 450 donated tree and shrub seedlings plus a handful of wildflowers in Hillside Woods. At the Burke, over 300 trees and shrubs have been installed, and 900 at Exit 12. Plantings will begin in earnest in Hillside Woods once fencing is erected. You're invited to help!
See our progress page for details on Hillside Woods plantings, or view our data tables in EpiCollect5, and see links above for other projects.
Members of the 6th Grade Service Club lopping vines in the Lower Burke Estate, 2020
Working with Hastings Students
We've engaged students from 2nd grade through college on our projects. Students have participated in invasive plant removals, tree plantings, species surveys and communications.
For more information on any of these projects, email hillsidewoods@hastingsgov.org. Visit our Volunteer Resources Page for more. You can sign up for a session at any time. No experience necessary: we train!
We also invite community members with writing expertise, an inclination to photograph or a penchant for social media to help us with communications. Students can design internships and conduct research. Community service hour credits available for all activities.