Volunteers Needed to Create Urban Habitat Garden

As part of a grant project, the City of Birmingham is creating an urban habitat garden to help promote public awareness and stewardship of the critical urban wildlife and recreation feature provided by the Rouge River.

Volunteers are needed to implement the first step: site preparation for the planting that will occur in the spring.

Birmingham's designated location for its urban habitat garden is . Volunteers will meet next to the dam and waterfall.

Volunteers are instructed to bring loppers or hand saws and wear weather appropriate clothing, sturdy shoes and gloves.