Overton Park - In The Heart of Memphis

In the Center of it All

Overton Park is a place where Memphians connect with their best selves, with each other, and with the natural world. Thanks to support from our community, Overton Park Conservancy works every day to make that possible.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

May 2024

May 1 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Wednesday Walks

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May 1 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

First Wednesdays – Happy Hour and Live Jazz with Stephen Lee and friends

Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

May 3 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Art & Fashion: Runway at the Museum!

Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

LATEST NEWS

Students amid a field of bright yellow mustard plants

NatureZen: Nature, Together

Eastern redbud branch

NatureZen: The Spring So Far

The Conservancy team walks the new trail with designer Bob Richards

New trails coming to Overton Park

Barn swallow

NatureZen: Love Nests

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Overton Park showing up for the @citnatchallenge t

Overton Park showing up for the @citnatchallenge this morning with seven naturalist-led walks in the woods!

Today is #ArborDay, and a great reminder of how fo

Today is #ArborDay, and a great reminder of how fortunate we are to have an old-growth forest right here in the center of Memphis. Places like the Old Forest contain a large percentage of the city's overall tree canopy, but only take up a small amount of the land. The Old Forest's 141 acres provide a whole host of ecosystem services--wildlife habitat, air and water filtration, recreation, carbon sequestration, and more--in a small footprint. Today's a great day to head into the forest and notice the little things about trees, like tulip poplar blooms falling to the ground, the green berries on a spicebush, and even the strands of oak pollen lining a bird's nest.

You can support the care of the Old Forest by making a gift to Overton Park Conservancy at https://www.overtonpark.org/give.

Paint and Picnic at Overton Park this weekend! Fro

Paint and Picnic at Overton Park this weekend! From 2:00 - 4:00, join artist Nicole Dorsey to paint your own birdhouse (or RV, or spaceship...). Tickets are available at https://overtonpark.vbotickets.com/events.

This is the weekend! Join us in putting Memphis on

On #EarthDay and every day, we're grateful for our

On #EarthDay and every day, we're grateful for our community's support in caring for the only urban old-growth forest in the Southeastern United States. The Old Forest is a valuable habitat for wildlife, the lungs of our city, and a place for people to connect with nature. We hope you'll join us in exploring it at this Saturday's Nature 101 walks, where we'll introduce you to the plants, birds, insects, and other wildlife of the woods. Sign up at overtonpark.org/nature101 or at the link in our bio.