Green Hills Park Nashville

Happy Holidays & Giving Tuesday

11/11/2019

What a year! This year, we added benches, trees, and bike racks, replaced the chain link entrance fence with a wooden fence, hid the porta potty, moved the park sign closer to the road where it could be more easily seen, installed a crosswalk across Belmont Park Terrace, removed some invasive shrubs and installed the first phase of the log obstacle course (thanks to a grant from the Nashville Predators!).

Plus the Green Hills Park Festival, presented by Gluck Orthodontics, was a smashing success with attendance of 1800 this year (see pictures here). Mark your calendar for next year's festival on Sept. 13.

Can you help us keep the momentum going for improvements? Next year we'd like to add a water feature and exercise equipment. Can you chip in to help? If so, please make a donation by clicking on the "donate" button on this page: https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/ Thank you for being part of such a giving and wonderful neighborhood!

Green Hills Park Festival Schedule

9/2/2019

The Green Hills Park Festival, presented by Gluck Orthodontics, is only 12 days away! Get ready for the free fun on Sept. 14 from 5-9pm.

Schedule of Events!

5pm 2019 Green Hills Festival presented by Gluck Orthodontics begins

Vendors and food trucks, college football trailer and beer garden open!

Live music - emceed by Blake Howell
- 5-5:10- Hillsboro High School Players
- 5:20-5:50 The Parks Jam Band
- 6:00-7:00 Incognito Cartel

Activities for kids:
- How fast can you run the obstacle course?
- How long can you stay on the JT Moore inflatable bucking bull?
- Can you set a Green Hills Park Record with the Green Hills YMCA?
- Learn bike skills and safety tips from Walk/Bike Nashville - bring your bike and helmet
- Jump on a Springfree Trampoline.
- Shoot on a goalie from the Nashville Soccer Team! (ages 15 and under)
- Have your face painted and take a pic at the Gluck photo booth.

 7pm - Time for the movie: Mary Poppins Returns!
9pm (or end of movie) Festival ends

More info here:
https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/festival.html

Thank you to all our sponsors:
Gluck Orthodontics, Guitar Center Music Lessons, Chartwell Hospitality and their new Green Hills Hilton, Residence Inn by Marriott, and harth restaurant, Hill Center in Green Hills, Lipscomb University, neighbors Mark & Jennifer Chalos, the Green Hills YMCA, Sitting Made Simple, Major Family Chiropractic, Devine Dentistry, Adams and Seaton Pediatric Dentistry, Reliant Bank, Tarkington and Harwell Realtors, Klein Solomon Attorneys-at-Law, Alliance for Green Hills, Vertis Green Hills, Davita, Eric Osborne State Farm, Tennessee Bank and Trust, Fridrich and Clark Realty, Au Pair in America, Bob Freeman, and the J.T. Moore PTO.

Hashtag your fun with #ghparknash or #ghparkfest. Look forward to seeing you there!

What else is going on at
Green Hills Park?

New trees by the playground.

Improvements to the park entrance.

A curb has been added to the corner of Castleman and Belmont Park Terrace, to make the new crosswalk safer.

Also, a traffic calming application has been submitted for streets near the park. Metro Public Works has it under consideration.
Coming soon: Log obstacles, bat houses, and bird houses!

Want to get involved or help with improvements? You can sign up for park updates or donate here, or you can email us at friendsofghpark@gmail.com with your ideas.

Would you like traffic to slow near Green Hills Park?

6/7/2019

Traffic Calming Petition: Friends of Green Hills Park is preparing an application for a traffic calming district to include at least Belmont Park Terrace from Arden Place to Shackleford and Belmont Park Terrace from Lone Oak to Harding. Do you support slowing traffic near Green Hills Park? If so, please click here to sign a petition and tell us which streets you would like included, and why.

Pizza + Park = Brixx on Sat. June 15 (Bring this flyer)
It's fund-raising night for Green Hills Park at Brixx Pizza on Saturday, June 15.
Bring in the flyer when you order pizza on June 15, and Friends of Green Hills Park receives $4/pizza.
Please share this event and flyer with your friends!

Can't order pizza that day? You can donate directly to the park by clicking here: https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/

Your donations at work in the park:

Improvements to Park Entrance: The porta potty shed is finished - this will allow the porta potty to be hidden from the entrance view. And, the new fence on the corner is almost done (it's going to be straightened). Once the wood on these projects is dry (in a few months) we will stain or paint them to match the color of the park sign.
New benches: Thank you to the Fischer Family for the new bench in the park! It is already being well used and will be for years to come. Friends of Green Hills Park has also placed seven green benches in the park, which can be moved around for convenience and to find the best shade.

Thank you Predators Foundation! Friends of Green Hills Park has received a $3,750 grant to start our log obstacle course. It will be located near the playground. Look for work on this project to begin this summer.

This check was presented to Friends of Green Hills President Lora Barkenbus Fox on May 2. The Predators Foundation distributed checks totaling $675,962 that day to 144 non-profits in Middle Tennessee. What an amazing organization! Thank you Nashville Preds!

Adding shade to Green Hills Park

5/2/2019

It's Big Payback Day! Can you help add some shady relaxation spots in the Green Hills community? $25 helps buy shade trees; $50 helps buy portable benches; $100 helps buy permanent benches; $250 pays for a cherry tree; $500 or $1000 helps build a lovely shade pavilion by the water fountain. Let's make our neighborhood park the go-to neighborhood spot for creating family memories. Thank you!

Bike to Work Day - this Friday, May 3, 2019
We will be riding the Belmont Blvd-Music Row route to downtown.
Meet at 7:10 in Green Hills Park. We will meet other riders at Osborne's Bi-Rite 7:25 AM and Belmont Bookstore 7:35 AM.. The Vanderbilt area group will meet us at the corner of Edgehill and 10th. We'll proceed down Demonbreun to downtown, where we'll turn left on 3rd Avenue (just past the Symphony Hall) and will meet the rest of the groups for coffee and sweets at Public Square (the lawn of the Historic Courthouse).
You can view a map of the route here.

Seedlings - Thanks so much to the volunteers who planted seedlings with the Cumberland River Compact on April 20. They included oaks and button bushes, which will form an understory. There will be more planting in the fall, when larger trees can be planted to form a canopy.

These are the first steps toward replacing many of the invasive plants in the park and improving the quality of water flowing into the Browns Creek watershed (and then to the Cumberland River).

New crosswalk - Check out the new crosswalk at Belmont Park Terrace and Castleman! Thank you to Don Thielemann for spearheading this project.

Planning for the Green Hills Park Festival, brought to you by Gluck Orthodontics, is going great. More information is here: https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/festival.html. Follow the Facebook event page for updates.

Green Hills Park Tree Planting April 20

4/11/2019

Volunteers are needed for a tree planting day on Sat. April 20 @ 10 a.m.
The Parks Department has cleared out the stagnant water on the southern border of the Park and has created a channel so that area is less likely to fill up with water. The next step is for the Cumberland River Compact plantings to be installed. They will help soak up water in that area.

Cumberland River Compact will bring 150-200 seedlings, plus tools, to the Park on April 20 @ 10 a.m.

Can you join us? You can let us know you're coming by emailing friendsofghpark@gmail.com. Volunteers may want to bring their own gloves.

Thank you Gluck Orthodontists!
Gluck Orthodontists will be the lead sponsor for this year's Green Hills Park Festival! We look forward to working with them to bring improvements to the Park & to have an extra fun festival this year.

Hillsboro Community Day
this Sat., 4/13/19

Hillsboro High School April 13: Heart of Green Hills Spring Festival & Community Yard Sale
Ready to "Marie Kondo" your home but not sure how to dispose of all the stuff that doesn't spark joy? Donate or sell it at the PTSO's community yard sale on Saturday, April 13! That's right—for this sale, you can either: a) drop off items for us to price and sell OR b) purchase a space and sell your own stuff out of your vehicle.

Donations will be collected on Friday, April 12, from 3 to 6 PM at Hillsboro (in front of the school).
Click here to reserve a spot to sell your own stuff; the $25 fee will be collected on the day of the sale. Crafters, artisans, and growers are welcome too!Questions? Email ptso@wearehillsboro.com.

Lipscomb Elementary School additions
This week, representatives from Lipscomb University presented an overview of the upcoming improvements and new construction at Lipscomb Academy Elementary School (4517 Granny White Pike), Brewer Campus. It looks like most of the construction at this time will be limited to the Harding Place and Granny White Pike borders. So it will not affect the Park (or access to the park) at this time:

Dedicate a bench or tree in Green Hills Park
Wish to honor someone with a tree or bench in Green Hills Park? Benches and trees with plaques can be purchased through the Parks Dept. The price of a tree (approximately 2" caliper) is $250 and a bench is $2200. Here is the link to the application:
https://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Parks/docs/permits/Metro%20Parks%20Tree%20and%20Bench%20Donation%20Application_2019%20Update.pdf.

Do you live in Green Hills Park Neighborhood? Did you know that realtors are starting to call the area near the park "Green Hills Park Neighborhood." Has a nice ring, yes?

Bike to Work Day - Friday, May 3, 2019
Save the date for Bike to Work Day. Like in years past, we'll meet early at the Park and bike to downtown. More info to come.

The Green Hills Park Festival will be...

3/1/2019

The Green Hills Park Festival will be fun.

The Green Hills Park Festival will be tasty.

The Green Hills Park Festival will be September 14, 2019!
We are looking forward to having our new sponsors the Green Hills YMCA & Klein Solomon Law Firm this year:

Save the date! If you wish to be a vendor or sponsor, click here: https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/sponsor-levels.html

New in the Park:

Metro Parks has planted approximately 25 new trees in the park. Some are by the entrance, some are along the new pathways into the park, and others are scattered throughout. They include Cryptomeria, Oaks, Beech, American Hollies, & Princeton Elms.
Metro Parks will be improving the drainage for the standing water on the border with Lone Oak. Once the area is draining properly, Cumberland River Compact will provide new trees for planting in that area.

3 things to know about Green Hills Park's future

11/26/2018

Thanks to the very successful 2018 Green Hills Park Festival (and your very generous donations), there are improvements coming to Green Hills Park.

What can you expect to see in the future at Green Hills Park? Here are three of the projects you'll see first:

1. Completion of the walking path and sidewalk project along Belmont Park Terrace.
The contractor has come back out to complete this project. It has been held up due to two re-designs. The first re-design was required because of drainage coming into the park. The second was due to ADA requirements. And the rain made it difficult for the contractor to maintain access into the park. The contractor expects to complete the project within the next 2-3 weeks. The supervisor on the project is aware of the need to smooth out ruts along the path and to repair some broken pieces of sidewalk.

2. Installation of Trees & Benches.
Trees have been ordered and will be planted this fall/winter by the Parks Department. The majority of the trees will be placed in the corner at Lone Oak and Belmont Park Terrace, where the new path was created and many trees were taken out. The rest will be spread out to different areas of the perimeter – with some going strategically where shade is needed. In addition, benches are being priced, for placement along the walking path.

Did you know that you can dedicate a bench or tree in Green Hills Park? A tree or bench would make a great holiday present or lovely memorial gesture. The benches are black metal benches with bronze plaques. Information on this program can be found by clicking here: tree and bench application.

3. Installation of play stumps.
Parks has approved the installation of several stumps for kids to play and climb upon.

What else is coming to Green Hills Park? Stay tuned for more announcements about physical improvements and a spring event...
Want to be a part of the park planning and fun? Email friendsofghpark@gmail.com to get involved or donate #givingtuesday at https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/

Terrific Festival! thanks for coming out

9/17/2018

First, the important stats:

over 1200 attendees
over $13,000 raised for park improvements!

What is next?

Installation of park improvements -- log obstacle course, stumps, benches, shade trees
More info here: https://www.friendsofgreenhills park.org/master-plan.html

How can you help?

Do you know a landscape architect, landscaper, or construction company that might like to help? contact friendsofghpark@gmail.com
Do you want to volunteer for next year's festival/ sponsor? contact friendsofghpark@gmail.com
If you enjoyed the festival please consider donating at this link, so we can continue to improve the park: https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/

Special thanks to the volunteers who worked so hard to make this Festival a success - including Elizabeth Miller, Kathy & Margaret Nelson, Jennifer Chalos, Jackie Osborne, Ginny Staggs, Mariko Hickerson & Amanda Holcomb, Arthur Saakian, Nora Fitzgerald, Kristina Arnold, the Fox kids, and students on the Hillsboro High School football team. Check out this fun video of the football players on the obstacle course, and see a few pics from the Festival below (more coming soon).

Do you have pictures? Tag us with #ghparkfest and #ghparknash, or email them to us.

Nashville Soccer Club goalie Michah Bledsoe gets ready to defend his goal

Mr. Steve entertains the crowd

Green Hills Park Festival is this Saturday!

9/10/2018

Join the Friends of Green Hills Park for the third annual Green Hills Park Festival, featuring dinner-and-a-movie!

Admission is FREE
September 15, 2018 5pm to 9pm

Location: 1200 Lone Oak Road
(next to JT Moore Middle School)

Join us to have fun while raising funds for our neighborhood park!
Click here to donate and help us reach our goal
(so we can add benches, shade trees, exercise equipment and more).

More info on Facebook & click here to add the Festival to your calendar

5pm Festival begins
Kids: Major Family Chiropractic obstacle course is open for play,
Walk-Bike Nashville Bike Rodeo for kids ages 4-10 (bring your bike and helmet), All for a Face painting,
6-6:30 pm Kids 15 and under can shoot on Nashville Soccer Club goalie Micah Bledsoe,
6-7pm Mr. Steve, the Music Man will be onsite to sing and lead kids in fun activities.

Adults: Shop at vendor booths, Chow down at the food trucks, Enjoy the wine and beer garden,
Watch college football, Bid on silent auction items

7pm - Silent auction ends & time for the movie: Despicable Me 3!

Food trucks & booths include: Music City Brisket, Hoss' Loaded Burgers , Bao Down, Dan's Gourmet Mac & Cheese,  The Picnic Tap, Blue Monkey Shaved Ice, Oliver's Icebox, 4 Paws Pastries (doggie food truck),
All For A Face (face painting), SMS Nashville (Sitting Made Simple), Green Hills Library,
Linden Waldorf School, Lularoe, The Luk, Rover, Erin Burress Alff FTM Travel, Champion Windows,
AT & T, Adams & Seaton Pediatric Dentistry, Nashville Heat sauce, Hubert's Lemonade,
Lipscomb College of Pharmacy, Nurse Next Door, Camp Gladiator, and John T. Moore Middle School.

Thank you to sponsors and friends, for your generous support and silent auction donations:
Chartwell Hospitality and their new development on Cleghorn the Residence Inn by Marriott Nashville Green Hills, Hilton, & Harth restaurant;  Reliant Bank, Lipscomb University,
Hill Center Green Hills, Halcyon Bicycles,
Alliance for Green Hills, Eric Osborne - State Farm Agent ,  Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics,
Vertis Green Hills, Huckleberry Branding, The Village Fund, Parnassus Books, Green Hills Grille,
Rent-a-Rita, Donut Den,  Logo Brands, Nashville Zoo, Nashville Children's Theatre, Costco, Martin's BBQ, Hattie B's,Batch Nashville, Sky High Sports, Char Nashville, Fridrich and Clark Realty,
Arrington Vineyards, The Escape Game Nashville, Nashville Symphony,  Ryman Auditorium,
Wonderworks Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Aquarium, City Winery Nashville, 21c Museum Hotel Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Logo Brands, Kroger, Nashville Sounds, Nashville Predators, Tennessee Titans, Top Golf & the Chalos Family.

See you there!

Crowdfunding, Festival schedule, construction

8/2/2018

For a very limited time
(through the Sept. 15 Festival) -
we are running a crowdfunding campaign - can you help us?
Click here to donate and help us reach our goal
(so we can add benches, shade trees, exercise equipment and more).
The grand total raised will be announced at the Festival.

Have you seen the schedule for the Green Hills Park Festival? Get ready for the fun:
5pm Festival begins

Kids:
- Mr. Steve will be on site to entertain and lead kids in fun activities.
- Obstacle course will be open for play.
- Bike Rodeo for kids (put on by Walk-Bike Nashville) will be up and running. Bring your bike and helmet.
- Face painting will be available.
Adults:
- Shop at vendor booths.
- Chow down at the food trucks.
- Enjoy the wine and beer garden.
- Watch college football.
- Bid on silent auction items.

 7pm - time for the movie: Despicable Me 3
9pm (or end of movie) Festival ends

Construction in the park is moving fast and may be completed before the Festival.

Mr. Steve's appearance at the Green Hills Festival is made possible by a donation from Osborne State Farm.

We have a new vendor booth to announce: Sitting Made Simple, a local babysitting service that connects area families with college sitters. Look for them next to the face painting booth.

Thanks to the Hughston Clinic - Orthopaedics for their generous support of the Festival as a neighborhood sponsor.

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Friends of Green Hills Park is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to improving our neighborhood park, building community, and increasing walk and bike connectivity to nearby green spaces where we love to walk and play.

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