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

April 2023

April 1 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Visual Thinking Strategies Teacher Workshop

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

Free

LATEST NEWS

Cedar waxwing

NatureZen: Birds with Snacks

Taska Sanford leads a nature journaling workshop during NatureZen Week.

NatureZen Week connects people to nature

A peek inside nature journals

NatureZen: Wanderin’ in the Woods

Matt Thompson, Mayor Jim Strickland, City Councilman Jeff Warren, and Tina Sullivan

Conservancy, Zoo, City formally agree to end Greensward parking

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#OvertonParkStories 🌳 Roger Bransford is an air

#OvertonParkStories 🌳 Roger Bransford is an airline pilot in Dallas who calls Memphis home and Overton Park his paradise. ⁠
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He and his dog Sully have been coming here for 20 years to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy long walks on the trails of the Old Forest.⁠
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Though his work is based in a state over 400 miles away, he felt a connection to the city of Memphis and the natural green oasis that sits in the heart of it all. He regularly volunteers with the Invasive Species Removal crew because of his connection to the Old Forest.⁠
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Thanks for sharing your story with us, and thanks for loving Overton Park with all your heart!

Uprooting Invasive Species with Bill Bullock 🌿

Uprooting Invasive Species with Bill Bullock 🌿 We recently caught up with Bill and his team of volunteers working on uprooting privet, English hollies, and Cherry laurels and replacing them by planting acorns of native trees around the Old Forest!⁠
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⁠It’s a pretty rare thing to have a forest in the middle of a city like we have here at Overton Park. The impact of urban development on the forest ushered in some non-native plants that grow so well and look lovely but that have no natural enemies in our region. They begin changing our old-growth forest’s character when they get loose in the park. Each of us can positively impact that environment by cultivating native plants and helping nature rebound!⁠
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Over the past three years, Overton Park has received untold hours of Bill’s time and energy–and the Old Forest is much better off for it. Bill and a team of volunteers from the Memphis community dedicate Friday mornings as invasive-removal days.⁠
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The Conservancy invested in training Bill to continue his passionate work maintaining the Old Forest by attending annual conferences on invasive plant management and becoming state-certified in the application of herbicide.⁠
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Interested in helping give some TLC to the Old Forest? You can join Bill by emailing info@overtonpark.org to learn more about signing up for the crew!

Overton Park Bird Watch! 🦉🔍️ Here are some

Overton Park Bird Watch! 🦉🔍️ Here are some of the birds you may spot flapping around the canopies of the Old Forest as we head into the wintertime. ⁠
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PRO-TIP: If you’d like to catch the songs and sights of these winged animals in the park, wake up bright and early in the morning and take a stroll through the Old Forest!

The 2023 MRTC Winter Off-Road Series kicks off NEX

The 2023 MRTC Winter Off-Road Series kicks off NEXT SUNDAY, January 15th, at Overton Park! Have you signed up to run in this series at parks all around Memphis? 🏃💨⁠
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💡 The MRTC Winter Off-Road Race Series is a collection of four races run each year during the months of January and February. The Memphis weather, as crazy and unpredictable as it is, could deliver a race where it's 70 degrees yet be a cold icy rain or snow day for the next... and trail runners run through it all!⁠
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Sign up today at @memphisrunnerstrackclub's link in bio 📲⁠
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*Please note: There will be no onsite race day registration, but you can register on race day on your own device online!⁠
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📸: @dannoneubanks

Start your year in the Heart of Memphis 💚 The B

Start your year in the Heart of Memphis 💚 The Brooks Museum has some exciting events and exhibitions to visit and enjoy this month. Check out the schedule below! ⤵️ ⁠
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🎥 'Where the Wild Things Are' Movie Screening - January 7th from 2-4PM⁠
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Enjoy a FREE screening of Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" adaptation of Maurice Sendak's story on Saturday, January 7th.⁠
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🎭️ Maurice Sendak Through the Lens of Opera- a Tour with Ben Smith - January 8th from 2-3PM⁠
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Take a tour of Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet with Ben Smith⁠
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🖼️ Black Artists in Context Lecture and Teacher Workshop - January 21st from 1-2PM⁠
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Join in a conversation between Henry Ossawa Tanner Scholar Theresa Leininger-Miller and local artist Carl E. Moore!⁠
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🎨 Tommy Kha: Eye is Another Exhibition - Beginning January 27th⁠
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This site-specific, photography-based installation by artist Tommy Kha explores themes of identity, (in)visibility, and sense of place and is presented as part of the inaugural, state-wide Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art organized by Tristar Arts.⁠
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📸: @memphiswithkids, @remembermedia