Paradise Creek Nature Park Tour with Yolima Carr
Date/Time
Saturday, October 5, 2019
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Paradise Creek Nature Center
Categories
This will be a members and their guests only event. It will not be open to the general public like our monthly meetings.
One of Portsmouth’s best kept secrets, Paradise Creek is a 40-acre waterfront park that is teaching future generations what it takes to bring back the health of an urban river.
Yolima Carr
Photo: LinkedIn
Yolima Carr is currently the Conservation Landscape Curator at Paradise Creek Nature Park, owned by the City of Portsmouth. The Elizabeth River Project runs all educational and environmental programming. Yolima oversees the horticulture integrity of volunteers, students, staff and youth efforts to restore the conservation value of an urban landscape, one that includes 2 miles of trails, coastal woodlands, and 11 acres of restored wetlands and meadows. This summer she taught five high school Youth Conservation Interns about horticulture, and how to become Citizens of Science through conservation of a nature park with emphasis in the use of native plants.
If you know someone who is plant, conservation or nature oriented, especially if they are a compelling speaker, please ask them if they would be interested in speaking at one of our meetings and pass the names on to Steve Stasulis at stasulisss@hotmail.com.
Chapter meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month, September through May, except as noted below. Meetings are free and open to the public so bring a friend. Light refreshments are served before the meeting at 6:30 pm. The speaker starts at 7:00 pm followed by a brief chapter meeting.
Meetings will be held in the refurbished Old Administration Building, Garden Room, at Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG). Note that occasional scheduling conflicts at the Garden may necessitate a room change. The alternate location will likely be the Holly Room in Baker Hall. Please check the schedule each month to verify the location of our meeting.
Gates close at 7 pm so please arrive in time to get in.
