Short Summary

Garber Park is a 13-acre wildland park owned by the City of Oakland located behind the Claremont Hotel in Claremont Canyon. Garber Park is home to significant stands of big-leaf maple, California buckeyes and regenerating coast live oak woodland and forest. The Garber Park Stewards vision is to safeguard the native wildland resources of Garber Park while reducing the risk of wildfire and improving the trail system.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

MARCH 19, 2011 GARBER GALLERY


Looking past the sturdy limbs of the Coast Live Oak at the Evergreen entrance to Garber Park.


A wood fern thriving in our Restoration Area.



The gorgeous colors of Spring at the Evergreen entrance.

Another Fun Day in the Rain

Where is the Himalayan blackberry?  Gone!
In its place snowberry, ferns, and cow parsnip.
It's raining so it must be a Saturday workday in Garber Park!  A stalwart group of three headed to the Harwood Creek area on the Lower Loop Trail.   The Himalayan blackberry bashers have been chopping away at the huge blackberry stand in this area since last fall, and have cleared the area along the creek from the Lower Loop Trail all the way to the Upper Loop Trail, freeing large stands of snowberry, ferns,  willows, and bay trees.  Today's task was to remove the last bit of blackberry growing amidst the snowberry, as well as the broom, poison hemlock, and Cape ivy that was only beginning to invade the area.  At the end of the day we looked up the hillside from the trail, smiling at what we have accomplished - we were looking at a hillside of snowberry, ferns, and cow parsnip.
Meanwhile, Mary was at The Restoration Site at the Evergreen Lane entrance conducting the first monthly photographic documentation of our recent planting on the hillside.  The plants are all thriving and enjoying these spring rains.  When we finally get a bit of sunshine we hope you will find time to come and walk the Loop Trail, enjoying Garber Park in its Spring beauty.

April Workdays:  Tuesday, April 2, 10AM-Noon, and Saturday, April 16 (Earth Day), 9AM-Noon.  We will be taking advantage of the soft ground to pull cape ivy, poison hemlock, and French broom, as well as trail maintenance and cleaning up the area around Fireplace Plaza.