Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent.
Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods.
Why? spreading wood chips, trash cleanup along old Ellsworth and removal of invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle.
What to bring:
- Wood Chips: wheelbarrows and shovels,
- Clean up: Plastic garbage bags and gloves,
- Invasives: loppers, hand saws.
When: Saturday December 6, 2025 at noon – 2 pm. FYI, Sunday the 2nd is the start of daylight savings time.
Never done this before: Welcome! We’ll show you what to do and how to do it!
Snacks and water if desired. Mosquitos are out, so please apply repellent. Please shower with soap after being in the woods to wash any contact to poison ivy and do a tick check.
What we did: Judy wrote the following: A Friends of Scarlett-Mitchell Woods crew lucked out with the weather once again on a Chilly Winter Workday, Saturday 12-06-25. The temperature was warmer than Friday and the fresh snow held off until late Saturday evening! We trimmed buckthorn seedlings along the path from the Scarlett entrance to Old Ellsworth Rd south of the Loop Trail. If you walk that way you’ll notice small piles of clippings. Those are in preparation of a controlled burn we’re planning for next spring. We’ll be scheduling more workdays, usually on the first Saturday of each month, and we welcome other volunteers!
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