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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 […]
Stories: Nicole Dorsey
Nicole Dorsey is a Memphis artist, and the Art Education Coordinator for Carpenter Art Garden, right down the street from Overton Park in Binghampton. As part of our Overton Park […]
Overton Park moves forward
This story originally appeared in our Fall 2021 newsletter. As we celebrate 50 years since the progress of Interstate 40 through Overton Park was halted by a Supreme Court victory, […]
NatureZen: Slow It Down
Words and photos by Melissa McMasters At the end of a string of chaotic days recently, an Instagram scroll brought me to a gentle reminder. In the Northern hemisphere, we’re heading […]
St. Jude Marathon is this Saturday!
Overton Park Conservancy is thrilled to welcome the runners of this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon to the park once again on Saturday, December 3, 2022. This year, the runners […]