Before the planting, a cleanup is also needed for this park. Huge collections of debris were washed down during the March floods. A cleanup party took place on the morning of Saturday, May 12. Come for all or part of it. The work may well be finished before noon if enough people come.
Children are welcome if parents supervise.
Volunteers are asked to come armed with gardening or rubber gloves. A rake can come in handy for pulling trash from the water's edge or under bushes or poison ivy. Speaking of poison ivy, it does grow along the Rt. 2 path, mostly near the Lake Street end, so long pants and long sleeves are recommended especially for working in that area. The annual cleanup is sponsored by the Spy Pond Committee of the Vision 2020 Environment Task Group.