In calendar 2020, Friends of Oak Cliff Parks provided over 2,100 hours of volunteer services (by over 250 individuals) in the Oak Cliff Parks of the City of Dallas and since the beginning of 2016, over 15,000 hours by over 1,500 volunteers! Our work involves both regular maintenance of the gardens, as well as the installation of the Lake Cliff Park Crape Myrtle Demonstration Garden and the Lake Cliff Abelia Demonstration Garden. These newly designed and installed gardens replace sections of the rose garden lost to the rose rosette disease which is destroying so many roses in the north Texas area. They feature 26 varieties of crape myrtles showing the variety of sizes, colors and shapes and 14 varieties of abelias. Through of our website plantsmap.com/friendsofoakcliffparks, visitors to the parks can gain instant access thru QR reader plant ID signs to information on each variety.
In 2021 we will begin works on the redesign and planting of the Japanese Gardens at Kidd Springs.
Care and maintenance of the gardens in Lake Cliff Park, Kiest Memorial Garden, Kidd Springs Japanese Garden and Oak Cliff Founders Park.
To maintain and restore horticulture in five of the historic parks of Oak Cliff, being Lake Cliff Park, Kidd Springs Park, Kiest Memorial Gardens, Kiest Park Conservation Area and Founders Park. To provide educational and social activities that promote gardening, conservation and a greater appreciation of the environment. To support public policies that support these goals.
Organization name
Friends of Oak Cliff Parks
Causes
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Community Improvement, Environment & Conservation
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx
Address
P.O. Box 210124