Friends of Wintergreen Park

05/06/2026

Here it is, our annual reminder: don't spray spring dandelions with roundup. One flower can be visited by 100+ bees in a day, and your chemicals will kill all of them. 🌻And it's not good for you either!

05/03/2026

The park and road officially opens Memorial Day Weekend. At this time the pavilion is 1st come 1st serve and there is no fee to use it. However, be aware that there will be major construction going on in this area at some point this summer. When we have details re when that will start we will let you know. Follow this page to keep informed.

04/28/2026

Birds are a’nesting! And we know you’d love to help, but please keep it to items that are helpful and healthy for our feathered friends!

04/22/2026

04/14/2026

https://www.facebook.com/events/905470008982257 This is gearing up to be a great time to help the park and meet your like minded neighbors. Live music by Mickey Boslet during the community picnic.

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04/08/2026

I'm not sunbathing. I need this.

You see me on that log every morning. Legs stretched out, neck extended, eyes half-closed. You think I'm relaxing.

I'm a painted turtle. And everything in my body depends on what happens on this log.

I can't make my own heat. When I climb up here at nine in the morning, my body is cold enough that I can barely move. By noon I've warmed up enough to digest, to fight off infections, to actually function. That climb from cold to warm is the difference between a body that works and one that doesn't.

🐢 The sun does more than warm me.

The UV light hitting my shell triggers the same vitamin process that happens in your skin — without it, my shell weakens over time. The heat activates my digestion. The fish I ate last night doesn't get processed until I bask. The leeches and algae on my shell dry out and fall off in direct sun. I'm not choosing to sit here because it feels good. I'm choosing to digest, to heal, and to stay intact.

I share the log because there aren't enough good spots. If you see a line of turtles on one log and empty logs nearby — those empty ones are shaded, angled wrong, or too low to the water. We're not being social. We're competing for the warmest, most exposed surface available.

🌿 Every warm morning I climb out of the water and onto this log. Not because I'm lazy.

Because without it, nothing works. 🌱

04/04/2026

This is a terrible shame and we will do everything we can to clean this up without hurting the tree. There are citrus based degreasers we will use that are safe for the tree. We will add it to the list of things to accomplish at the park cleanup on May 17th 10-12 Come and be part of the solution! Lunch with live music 12-2

01/14/2026

More snow is on it's way. We have great snowshoeing trails for you to enjoy.