Archive for October, 2017

6 Oct

When is Heart of the Park this year? I haven’t heard a thing!

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in Dog Parade, Dogs, Events, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park. Tagged: , , , , .

Last year’s Heart of the Park event

For those of you who have been wondering, the next Heart of the Park will be held in May of 2018.  Once an exact date has been determined, we will be sure to let you know.  We are hoping it will be a lot cooler in Spring and our parks should look their best at that time of the year.  We will all be looking forward to seeing you there.

3 Oct

Thanks to all for giving our Memorial Rose Garden a Fall clean up

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in Adopt-a-Park, City of San Jose, Jeffrey Fontana Park, MFPA, Park Maintenance, PRNS, SCCAOR. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Fall SCCAOR Rose Garden clean-up crew

Thanks to the Santa Clara County of Realtors (SCCAOR), District 5170 Rotary Club members, Martin-Fontana Parks Association members, and other volunteers. We had a great turn out on a beautiful day in the park.

Pat Wagstaff signs them in
Pat Pizzo in the red cap gives instruction

Mulch was spread, weeding was done, along with trimming, and fertilizing. Tools were provided by MFPA and San Jose’s Parks, Recreation, & Neighborhood Services.  Refreshments were provided by the Martin-Fontana Parks Association.  Thanks to Orchard Supply Hardware for their donation of 15 bags of mulch.  They were put to good use in the garden.

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*A special thanks to our MFPA Photographer, Susan Mosher and thanks also to Kris Myers for her photos.

2 Oct

Please don’t pick the flowers. Oops! I meant to say FLAGS….

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in CA Native Plants, Drought, Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, Johnny Khamis, Park Maintenance, Tree Data. Tagged: , , , .

 

 

You may have seen green/blue and red irrigation flags in one area of Guadalupe Oak Grove Park between two of the main walking trails.  These flags represent a project being done in cooperation with District 10.  They mark a 30 foot-wide swath from trail to trail, and all the one-year old, baby Valley and Blue Oak shoots that are growing within.  These shoots are to be ‘caged’ in chicken wire cages to protect them, watered and encouraged to live as they are to be the replacement trees for the Blue and Valley Oak trees we are losing to the extended drought and other issues.  The flags are there because after the deciduous native oak trees drop their leaves they will be ‘invisible’ but for the subsequent caging.  Blue and Valley Oaks will not regenerate due to the high-weed and grass load in the park and the out-competing Coast Live Oaks which are overtaking the open Savannah.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

 

 

 

Pat Pizzo