BEDFORD—Volunteers are welcome to come out and help save the trees at Otis Park in Bedford. Join us on Thursday, October 24, at 12:30 p.m. in front of the Red Brick Mansion at Otis Park Golf Course on 607 Tunnelton Road. We plan to work until 3:00 p.m.
Many of the large trees in the golf course are being smothered by purple wintercreeper vines. Learn how to identify wintercreeper and the damage it does to trees. Many people may have wintercreeper on their trees at home or in their woodlots and may want to come learn how to control this vine that forms a thick ground cover and aggressively creeps up trees. It can degrade and kill trees if not controlled. Volunteers will work together to remove the invasive vines from the trees at Otis.
In 2023, Keep Invasives in Check members, park employees and volunteers worked to control the vines but only made a small inroad into the amount of wintercreeper at the golf course so another annual work day was planned.
Bring garden gloves, loppers if you have any, and wear long pants, socks and sturdy shoes. You may want to bring your own water, but water will be provided. Call the Lawrence County SWCD for questions at 812-279-8117, ext 3.
This event is sponsored by the Bedford Parks Department and Lawrence County Keep Invasives in Check, a local organization that works to promote awareness, identification, control, and prevention of invasive plants.
