FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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DOCENT WALKS START MARCH 12 By Carolyn Strange Abundant rains have gotten the wildflowers off to a great start—early and in a different order than prior years—and our docents are ready to help visitors enjoy and understand the show. This year docent walks run every weekend from Saturday, March 12 to Sunday, June 12. We’re experimenting again with just one of the alternate trailheads we tried last year, and will lead walks from the Clarkia trailhead (at Cañada Rd.) on five Saturdays in April and May. The old Park & Ride access provided great access to our serpentine grassland wildflower displays, but that’s gone for good. Clarkia seems like the next best route. Turnout was low at the alternate trailheads last year, so now all we have to do is get the word out to the public! We have a wonderful new flyer this year to help with that task of attracting visitors to our docent walks. This flyer springs from a wonderful collaboration with the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation. They're spotlighting Edgewood's interpretive center in a fundraising mailing, and wanted to include our flyer—so they hired a graphic designer to help us spiff it up. A real win-win situation! As the enclosed flyer notes, the more specific docent schedule appears on the Friends web site at http://www.friendsofedgewood.org/docent.htm (as does a PDF of the flyer). Also new this year, and another win-win, is a collaboration with our intrepid Weed Warriors. They’ve planned special weeding Saturdays during the walks season (see page 8), and will choose their work spots to increase the likelihood that the docent tours will encounter the weeding crews, presenting a live, interactive interpretive display of the ongoing preservation work in the Preserve. To help ensure that our docents are up-to date on the latest goings on, such as the weeding and Interpretive Center developments, we gathered for a Pre-Season Kickoff Meeting the last week of February. We enjoyed a good turnout, excellent discussions, and the camaraderie of kindred spirits who share a love of native flowers and plants. Come out and join us for a walk in the Park! |
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