SPPC News
Volunteer Spotlight: St. Paul Rotary
Local service club plants the gardens at Cleveland Circle downtown. Cleveland Circle is named for pioneering landscape architect Horace Cleveland, who transformed the Twin Cities with his vision for preserving open spaces. In...
Join the Swede Hollow Park Stewards
Help keep this natural area beautiful and build community connections. Register for upcoming events on October 6th and 19th. Swede Hollow Park has many friends. If you are among those who like “getting your hands dirty” to improve the...
Register Now for Winter sports, Adaptive Rec and other programs
This winter, Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is excited to announce that registration fees have been eliminated for winter basketball for 10U and up (ages 9+) at all recreation center sites. Eliminating participation fees...
Update on Beaux, Wacouta Commons Park Hero
Beloved St Bernard crossed the rainbow bridge, leaving volunteers heartbroken. Franco Guerra's 227-lb St. Bernard Beaux earned a special reputation among the Friends of Wacouta Commons Park. From guarding the park while Franco gardened in...
Thank you, Leadership St Paul Volunteers
Seven community leaders have really stepped up this season. The St. Paul Chamber of Commerce's Leadership St Paul program is the premier experience in the Twin Cities for emerging and new-to-market civic and business leaders. The program...
Volunteer Spotlight: Mem Lloyd and the Poetry Park
Be inspired by one of the artist-gardeners behind the Phalen Poetry Park. Mem Lloyd is a clay artist and teacher who helped create the East Side Arts Council, along with several other movers and shakers: Sarah Fehr, Romi Slowiak, and...
Coming Home to Swede Hollow on OCTOBER 1
Enjoy local food and music along the trail while taking in new interpretive signs. Join us to dedicate new signs that interpret the place that indigenous and immigrant relatives called home. Musicians will be stationed along the trail,...
Volunteer Spotlight: Franco Guerra
Franco and his dog Beaux keep Wacouta Commons Park beautiful and improve park safety. How did you get started gardening in the park? I’m a lifetime gardener, so when Kay Clover from Friends of Wacouta Commons Park asked me to help out, I...
Uŋčí Makhá Park Opens in Highland
Welcome Uŋčí Makhá Park, a brand-new 6.4 acre park at the Highland Bridge development! The new park features an off-leash dog park, nature-based playground, two beach volleyball courts, fitness lot, hammock grove, two picnic shelters, and...