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Grants from the Hudson Garden Club

The Friends of Hudson Parks relies on grants from the community to fund many of our Conservation Projects. The Hudson Garden Club has generously funded numerous projects over the past six years. Below is a listing of many of our current Conservation Projects and others since 2019. 2025 Projects - Restoration Projects generously funded by…
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Pollinator Meadow at Darrow Road Park

Darrow Road Park Meadow is now in its fourth year of growth. Meadows need to be either severely cut or burned about every three or four years to keep woody plants from regrowing and to knock back invasive cool season grasses. A plan is in place to burn the back half of the meadow this…
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Monarch Garden

The Friends of Hudson Parks have developed a native plant filled Monarch/Pollinator Garden at Hudson Springs Park. The garden provides an excellent opportunity for park visitors to observe our native Ohio bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, and flies and the beautiful native plants that sustain them. Discover the benefits of a wild back yard. Check out MetroParks website.…
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Pollinator Meadow at Hudson Springs Park

Our latest project to reintroduce lost native flowers and grasses to support and restore native populations of bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects at Hudson Springs Park. An update on the Pollinator Meadow Project at Hudson Springs Park The wet meadow at Hudson Springs Park was supposed to have been "frost seeded" during the winter…
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Pack the Pond

Pack the Pond – Monday, 8/5 Pack the Pond is back this year, Monday, August 5 from 5pm to 8pm at Hudson Springs Park. Join the hundreds of families that attend Pack the Pond! Activities include free kayak, canoe and paddleboard opportunities courtesy of Kent State University Department of Recreation and Wellness Services Adventure Center.  Because of…
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Geocaching Adventure 2026

Put on your hiking shoes!  We’ve got a new set of challenges for you with the 2026 Geocaching Adventure Series.  Can you work as a team?  Put together a puzzle? Take a park tour?  Sort out some magic blocks?  You will be exploring various Hudson parks searching for and solving some unique and challenging caches. …
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Playground Palooza

The 2026 Playground Palooza begins May 1 and continues through September 30. Click HERE for 2026 Passport. NEW THIS YEAR: Friends of Hudson Parks (FOHP) is partnering with Hudson Community First and Hudson Preschool Parents to create a “Children’s Guide to Hudson Parks.” Please help us by completing this SHORT SURVEY with your child. Our…
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Hudson Story Walk

The Story Walk program is jointly sponsored by Hudson Community Education & Recreation (HCER) and Friends of Hudson Parks (FOHP) in cooperation with the Hudson Parks Department. The Hudson Story Walks are located at Veterans Way Park and Bicentennial Woods. They were originally installed in 2016 with the idea that families with young children could…
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BioBlitz

This event will resume in 2026. In the Spring of 2023,  FOHP partnered with Melissa Davis of the  Kent State Herbarium and Hudson High school’s ninth grade honors biology class to begin the process of making an inventory of the flora and fauna of Hudson Springs Park.  We refer to this type of organized event…
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