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Your story…on the air at WYXR!
Overton Park Conservancy is teaming up with our community radio station WYXR on our Overton Park Stories program! Ear to the Ground host Nancy Morrow is putting together an episode […]
Comcast Cares Day this Saturday!
The big mulch pile is back! Help us refresh the safety surfacing at Rainbow Lake Playground as part of the annual Comcast Cares Day volunteer event. Wear shoes you don’t […]
Free wellness classes this summer
We are pleased to announce that FREE wellness classes in the formal gardens begin May 3 and continue into the fall! Thanks to the generosity of our instructors, Overton Park […]
NatureZen: Rose-Colored Glasses
Words and photos by Melissa McMasters One of the great joys of spending years getting to know the same patch of land is developing a familiarity with the way it […]
City Nature Challenge: April 29 – May 2
For the first time, the Memphis metro area will be participating in the global City Nature Challenge event! Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, […]
Stories: Kathy Barnes-Lou
Kathy was kind enough to share this heart-warming memory from a trip to the Old Forest with us. Share your story at www.overtonpark.org/stories! Good People in the Old Forest of […]
A Toast to Charlie Newman
Overton Park Conservancy’s Executive Director, Tina Sullivan, gave a toast to Charlie Newman at our April 2 Center of a Century celebration. Charlie was the attorney who brought Citizens to […]
New parking plan restores Greensward, forest
Today Overton Park Conservancy, along with our partners at Memphis Zoo and the City of Memphis, is proud to announce a permanent solution to the Zoo’s parking needs that not […]
NatureZen: Heavenly Hummingbirds
Words and photos by Melissa McMasters In medieval times, the word “gorget” (from gorge, the French word for “throat”), referred to a cloth wrapped around a woman’s neck and head. Over […]
Help us clean up after last week’s ice storm
Last week’s ice storm had a devastating impact throughout the city of Memphis, and the cleanup will take a long time. This week our team has been assessing the damage […]