Humboldt in Harmony
Resilient Park, Resilient Community
Humboldt Park provides many health benefits and recreational opportunities for our community.
The Humboldt Park Friends Group is committed to caring for this essential ecosystem. We invite everyone in the community to join us in supporting a more resilient park by helping us maintain, restore, and improve this vital treasure.
As a community member, we ask you to be a part of caring for our park.
Humboldt in Harmony Goals
You can participate in educational sessions this winter to learn about tree maintenance, pollinator gardens in your own yards, management of water run-off, and more.
Project Goals
Native Plant and Pollinator Gardens
Starting with a 1100 SF area at the East Entrance of the Pavilion, plant native pollinators that will attract butterflies, birds, and insects while reducing the areas needed to be mowed. This garden will feature plants that can be used in home gardens and offer opportunities for community members to volunteer and learn along the way. Humboldt in Harmony will use the success of this initial space to extend pollinators around more of the pavilion and perhaps to other park areas where mowing can be reduced.
Lagoon Restoration and Native Shore Plantings
Excellent work has been accomplished in recent years by a corps of volunteers who work in concert with County Park staff to eliminate invasive plant species that reduce habitat for native plants. This work continues and will be augmented by planting more natives along the shoreline. Still, much more work needs to be done to address the basin of the lagoon. Research continues to find the best practical solutions.
Preservation of the Tree Canopy
Every year trees in Humboldt Park are lost to weather events, disease, and age. Because of the recent successful 100 for Humboldt campaign, more than 100 new trees were planted to replace those that have come down. However, our efforts continue to plant new native trees in numbers that exceed those lost annually. Through this approach, we will also attend to varieties that hold promise in helping us all mitigate the impact of climate change.
Educational Programming for Adults and Children
Through evening events in the late fall and winter, Humboldt in Harmony will bring in talented people to help community members learn about tree maintenance, history of our parks, water management, and pollinator gardens. Area school children will continue to be engaged in information about trees through Tree Day activities and new signage for the Pavilion Pollinator Garden.