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Join us in the Honeysuckle War

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 10:51 am Last Updated on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 3:28 pm Written by Administrator

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT In the Great Roanoke Park Honeysuckle War

  • Groups regularly meet Saturday mornings to engage in organized bushwhacking, from 8 or 9 am to lunch.
  • Please know however, the Honeysuckle fight is NOT an invitational event:
  • Restless citizens may engage at will going alone or meet a couple of pals for bushwhacking therapy in Roanoke Park. (If you're using a chain-saw, please have a buddy for safety.)
  • Bush whackers get bragging rights to the beauty they create.

Click Here For Info on Honeysuckle and its Eradication

Specialized Skills sought:

  • Seeking heavy-handed pruning skills for initial contacts with honeysuckle.
  • Herbicide applicators (with gloves) need to follow closely behind.
  • Contact Kite Singleton or Scott Burnett for Tordon herbicide which needs to be applied to fresh cuts within minutes. (Information about the Tordon herbicide.)
  • Brush pullers to drag the cut brush close to the curb for pick up by parks department.
  • Sharp-eyed clean up specialists armed only with a trash bag. Along your walks pick up some now visible trash within the newly trimmed zones.
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Get Involved, However You Want

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 10:41 am Last Updated on Friday, August 27, 2010, 11:19 am Written by Administrator

We are currently actively engaged in cutting back the invasive Bush Honeysuckle that has taken over the park and welcome all helpers, with and without tools. We generally meet in the Park at 8:00am on Saturdays. See Events > Work in the Park for examples.

If bushwhacking isn't your style, there are other ways you can help. We'll be having planning meetings in the future to help formulate a new Master Plan for Roanoke Park, to guide future activities. Check the Calendar or contact info@RoanokeParkKC.org if you want to be notified of future events.

And since we're not ALL WORK, there will be social events happening in the Park where neighbors from the Park's surrounding neighborhoods can meet. The Park is where the neighborhoods of Roanoke, Volker, Valentine and Coleman Highlands come together.

Check the Calendar (to come) on this site for specific events.

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