Championed by the American Battlefield Trust, Park Day is an annual hands-on volunteer event to help historic sites, museums and battlefields shine their brightest.
The morning volunteer event takes place from 9:30 a.m. to noon. | Register online at: FOFNP.org/RSVP
Help Fort Negley Park shine its brightest by volunteering for one of three projects:
- Clearing Vegetation: Volunteers will cut vegetation and clear brush from the park to improve visibility.*+
- Nashville Mustard Seed Collection: Volunteers will gather Nashville Mustard seeds from the park entrance to redeposit in the park. Nashville Mustard is a native plant with a limited habitat range and is experiencing decline. Fort Negley Park has one of the largest patches in the city. Park improvements are expected to impact a large patch. =
- Laborer Flag Preparation: Each year in the fall 2771 flags are displayed at the park entrance in remembrance of the laborers the built Fort Negley in 1862. Volunteers will sharpen the planting end of flags to ease installation. >
In the instance of inclement weather, Park Day will be moved to Saturday, May 2.
* For vegetation clearing work gloves will be available. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their favorite pair of work gloves, sturdy shoes, and a refillable water bottle.
+ Vegetation clearing includes working on slopes with terrain that includes trip hazards.
= Nashville Mustard seed gathering includes bending and crouching down on the ground.
> Flag preparation is a wheelchair accessible activity. Volunteers will use a manual pencil sharpener to sharpen flags. Flags will be bundled and reboxed for use later.
