Latest News
Meet the Overton Park master planning team
Overton Park Conservancy and the City of Memphis have begun work on the Overton Park master plan. Now that we’re beginning Park Conversations with the community, we want to introduce […]
Vote for Overton Park through 8/31!
We’re so grateful for all that First Tennessee does for our community and for the park. In addition to providing the funds to create the Bike Gate arch and plaza, […]
Master Plan: A Human-Centered Overton Park
It’s here: the first master planning process for Overton Park in three decades is officially underway. As Overton Park Conservancy and the City of Memphis Division of Parks & Neighborhoods […]
Day 202: July 21, 2018
One of the major challenges of managing an old-growth forest in the heart of a city is the large number of non-native, invasive plants that find their way into the […]
Day 172: June 21, 2018
It takes 45,000 pounds of engineered wood fiber surfacing to cover both sides of Overton Bark. The surfacing comes off the truck and into a large pile outside the fence, […]
Park Conversations: Radnor Lake State Park, Nashville, TN
Let’s talk about parks! Since we’re asking you to share your stories about parks you’ve visited, I figured I’d get the ball rolling and show you the kind of information […]
Introducing Park Conversations!
As we begin the process of planning for Overton Park’s future, we’re curious about what YOU think makes a park fun to visit! So while you’re traveling this summer–either to […]
Sam Blair on three decades of park volunteerism
“In the early 2000s, you could not go 100 feet on the Old Forest trails before having to crawl through a blockage. It was that overgrown with brush.” Sam Blair […]
Thanks to Whole Foods!
Thanks to Whole Foods Market on Poplar Avenue for hosting Overton Park Conservancy last week! The store’s employees voted to make the Conservancy the beneficiary of 5% of all sales […]
Final parking reconfiguration plan released
Today Mayor Jim Strickland has released the final version of a plan to reconfigure the Zoo’s parking lot in order to permanently end overflow parking on the Greensward. The final […]