SPPC News
China Friendship Garden Launches Phase 2
This Phase includes the Hmong Plaza, Pavilion Landscape, Donor Wall and Moon Gate. The Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society, working with the Saint Paul Parks & Recreation Department and two Changsha architects, formally launched...
Swede Hollow Interpretive Sign Unveiling
Join us to celebrate the addition of new interpretive signs celebrating the communities who called Swede Hollow home. Approximately 264,000 people travel through Swede Hollow Park on the Bruce Vento Trail. New interpretive signs will give...
Volunteer Spotlight: The Halling Family
“It’s wonderful to do something meaningful together that teaches our sons the importance of giving back...” Tell us about your volunteer work in the park. Our family (Parents Katie and Andrew, sons Max and Dylan) have been stewards for...
Board Member Spotlight: Deb Schaber
From Ice Palaces to wool gathering, Deb knows how to create events in parks! Deb Schaber joined the board in 2021 as an “at large” director. Her very successful tenure with the Saint Paul Heritage and Festival Foundation was just one...
New Hamline Park Play Area Completed
Community feedback led to including accessible equipment. A new playground with accessible equipment opened in Hamline Park this month. The play area includes four new swings (one of which is wheelchair accessible), five slides, climbers...
Wacouta Commons Park Improvements
You may have noticed that the fountain has been transformed into a garden plot. Much of the apparatus that operated the foundation was in poor repair plus the fountain, while quietly beautiful, did attract some questionable and even...
Help Light Up Mears Park
You can light up the park (and make the twinkle squirrel-proof!) Thank you to Lowertown residents and businesses for having been so supportive with donations to the Holiday Lighting fund over these past several years. This year we need...
Park “Friends Group” Update
Six Park “Friends Groups” identify common needs and start a budding cohort. This month, The Trust for Public Land and your Saint Paul Parks Conservancy hosted the first gathering of park “friends groups” at Frogtown Community Center....
Gift a Tree! (No Supply Chain Issues!)
Gifting a tree is a great way to honor someone you love and the environment. A beautiful Northern Red Oak tree was planted in Mears Park this month in memory of Bill Gardner. Majestically spreading their branches across all of our parks,...