Going Green in the Parks
The Park District continues to examine the usage of pesticides in parks. Pesticide usage never occurs on the playgrounds. On June 1, 2019, Marjorie Davis Park became the second park in the District to go green, following Van Voorst Park in 2016.
Herbicide application
At the May 28, 2019 Park Board meeting, the Board reached consensus to eliminate the use of broadleaf weed application by 15% (30 acres) from the 2019 fall schedule. Twelve sites have been eliminated from the fall application; this reduction equates to 30 acres. Adding these parks to the existing parks that do not receive the broadcast application, (Conrad Fischer, Van Voorst, Marjorie Davis) brings the total to 47 acres not receiving a broadcast application which is nearly one quarter of the District’s turf.
