Author: Humboldt Park Friends
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Tree Day 2019
Nearly 180 first graders from five Bay View schools participated in the 21st annual Tree Day celebration at Humboldt Park. The students enjoyed walking tours of the park to learn to identify trees, birds and animals and also worked together to build a “tree” in a craft workshop led by Wehr Nature Center staff.
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Volunteers needed for Cattail cut on Saturday, Oct. 12 9 a.m.
HPF is doing cattail cut on Saturday, Oct., 12 9 a.m. – 12:30/1 p.m. We’ll have some tools, but folks are encouraged to bring their own gloves, shovels, rakes, and loppers/hedge trimmers.
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May General Meeting Minutes
Park Meeting 5/2/19
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Tree Update
We share and appreciate your care for the park. After many inquiries, HPF contacted the County about all the trees that were cut down. Most of the trees that have been cut down were infected by Emerald Ash Borer, and were cut in an effort to remove the hazardous trees from the public spaces before…
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February General Meeting Minutes
Park Meeting 2/7/19
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Humboldt Park Friends 2018 Annual Report
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.12.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.2″] Thank You Your membership is important to Humboldt Park. It contributes to the events and activities of HPF and supports our mission of fostering park stewardship through volunteering, preserving park history, improving park amenities and safety, sponsoring events and programming for education and enjoyment of Humboldt Park. We accomplish this through enhanced…
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500 Students to Honor 22 Area Soldiers Killed in World War I By Planting Poppies in Humboldt Park on Friday, Nov. 9
Approximately 500 grade school through high school students from Downtown Montessori Academy, Humboldt Park Elementary, Indian Community School, Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts, Reagan High School and St. Lucas School along with members of the Humboldt Park Friends, the Interorganizational Council of Bay View, the Bay View High School drum line and reenactors dressed…
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How Healthy Is Milwaukee’s Urban Canopy?
Ramsey Radakovich, a certified arborist, and Milwaukee County Parks deputy regional operations manager says five of Humboldt Park’s surviving 26 ash trees are being treated. With so many trees to tend to, he’s forced to be selective. When deciding which ash tree to treat, safety comes first, followed by environmental function (the importance of the…
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Humboldt Park Celebrates Wisconsin Food & Beer on July 21
Humboldt Park in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood will host two events celebrating Wisconsin’s food and beer heritage this Saturday, July 21 beginning at 3 p.m. in the park’s popular craft beer garden. Beginning at 3 p.m., Humboldt Park Friends (HPF), a nonprofit volunteer group working to improve the park’s facilities, will be selling freshly grilled corn…
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Humboldt Park Lagoon Restoration Nets Sweet Water Funding
MILWAUKEE (April 10, 2018) — Humboldt Park’s 125-year-old lagoon will be getting a little makeover beginning later this spring, thanks to the efforts of volunteers and a $4,100 grant from the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust (Sweet Water). Humboldt Park Friends (HPF), a nonprofit volunteer group, is one of 14 groups receiving grants from Sweet Water…