People
Ghosting a Road
Six UC Berkeley undergraduates took hoes and seed bags in hand and spent Saturday morning restoring habitat in the Nature
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Healing Nature
The meadow on the north side of the park is a “Protected Natural Area.” That’s by the authority of Berkeley
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Rock Banksy is Back
For some weeks, the rock arrangements on the west shore of the park were uninspiring. Some copycat had been at
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Work Done and To Do
The Peace Symbol on the northwest corner hilltop of the park suffered damage a few weeks ago when someone pulled
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Wildfire Training
Ten new recruits to the Berkeley Fire Department worked to earn their wildfire certification during a training exercise in the
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Stewards Eleven
An able crew of eleven volunteers showed up for the Chavez Park Conservancy’s August 21 Stewardship Saturday for a morning
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A Native Plant Pollinator Garden: Berkeleyside Opinion
Berkeleyside, the local online journal that publishes at 5 pm daily (same as this blog) yesterday published this opinion piece
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Park Pioneer Speaks
Dave Kaplow, one of the pioneering figures who shaped Cesar Chavez Park, spoke to an audience of two dozen park
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Weed, Lunch, Talk this Saturday
The never-ending joy of park stewardship will flare again this Saturday July 10 with a deep dive into the Native
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Next Saturday: Park Pioneer Talks
David Kaplow, the last active member of the group of pioneers who established the Native Plant Area in the park,
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Open Circle Reopens
Thanks are due to Parks management for reopening public access yesterday to the Open Circle seating area and the rest
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Taking Care
It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and six volunteers showed up to help take care of the neglected Native Plant
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Saturday Weed Pull
This Saturday, May 22, is another volunteer opportunity to pull weeds and improve habitat in the https://chavezpark.org/native-plant-area/Native Plant Area in
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Sole Music
Either the anonymous Rock Banksy has branched out into a new medium, or a new talent has emerged in the
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Weeds Begone
With a growing squad of volunteer park stewards at work, the weeds in the Native Plant Area of the park
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Wayside Strings
I was walking along the north side path hearing the wind, the waves, and the gulls, when a soft melody
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Weed and Discover
The next opportunity for hands-on park stewardship is this coming Saturday April 24, Chavez Park Conservancy Volunteer Coordinator Bob Huttar
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Weed Squad at Work
Kikuyu grass and other invasives took a hit Saturday as half a dozen Chavez Park Conservancy volunteers got to work
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She Who Runs Against the Wind
CELEBRATE APRIL 10TH DOLORES HUERTA DAY By Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila Many times we have chanted SI SE PUEDE (yes we can)
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Weeding Opportunity This Saturday Morning
The annual weed season is upon us so we will be weeding at Chavez Park this Saturday April 10. We
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Honor Cesar Chavez: Volunteer Saturday
The annual weed season is upon us so we will be weeding at Chavez Park this Saturday 4/3. We have
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Deadheads Gone but Not Forgotten
Cesar Chavez Park hosts dozens of memorials to the dead. More tan fifty benches commemorate loved ones, their names inscribed
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On the Wind
This photo of the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary in the northeast corner of the park might have been taken from a
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