Friends of Hoyt Park, Inc..

Welcome to Hoyt Park

Sunset from Sunset Point Overlook

Volunteer work days resume on Saturday March 16!

Come join the first Friends of Hoyt Park Work Day of 2019 -- ALL are welcome

We will be adjusting fire breaks for our upcoming prescribed burn and picking up trash exposed by the melting snow.
Meet at 10 AM in the Main Parking lot.
Dress for the weather, with work gloves and sturdy footwear
Warm drinks and snacks will be provided
Contact TimAstfalk@yahoo,com if you have questions

Coming up in April

Friends of Hoyt Park Annual Meeting

Thursday, April 18, 6:45 PM

Bethany United Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Rd

EVERYONE is invited to the program!

Our speaker will be Snapshot WI coordinator, Jen Stenglein, who will talk about the Snapshot program which places motion activated cameras on public and private land throughout WI.

It is a volunteer-based project for wildlife monitoring and is a collaboration between the Wisconsin DNR and several partners. See Snapshot WI website

After the program, there will be a short business meeting open to all members of the Friends of Hoyt Park

We had a GREAT evening with the bats at the 2018 annual meeting!

Thank you Jennifer Redell!

Did you realize that when you meet a bat face to face, it is really cute! Beautiful brown eyes, very attentive expression, cute wiggling ears . . .

Additional information: The Wisconsin Bat Program

Future Volunteer workdays for 2019

Information about the UW-Madison study of Urban Red Foxes and Coyotes

This was the subject of the program at our annual meeting in April 2016 and the study is continuing in the Hoyt Park neighborhood.

Summer Photos of Ready Prairie!

These flowers will be back with us soon!

ready prairie summer

Membership Renewal

Please renew your membership to FHP for calendar year 2017 or become a member using our 2018 membership form. Your volunteer and financial support helps maintain the award winning activities of FHP so that you may enjoy a great neighborhood park. We encourage you to check the box for emailing newsletters so more of your donation goes to Park projects.

Holiday Giving

Make your generosity count this holiday season. Please give to The Friends of Hoyt Park. All donations are tax deductible. Mail to: FHP, Inc., P O Box 5542, Madison WI 53705-0542.

View Map

This is a social media site for biological observations. Record plants and animals you observe in the park to share with others or to ask for help with identification, and see what others have observed. The thumbnail photos are some of the recent observations.

What is iNaturalist?

Getting started using it

Map of Hoyt Park

The map will be available at the information kiosk in the park by the main parking lot, but you may also download a copy of the pdf file here (updated July 23, 2015)

Mark Your Calendar

Volunteer work days

Typically the third Sat of each month from 10 AM to Noon

Mar 16 - see center column

Apr 27

Our regular work day is beig moved to correspond to city-wide Earth Day challenge on Apr 27

May 18

Jun 15

Jul 20

Aug 17

Sep 21

Oct 19

Nov 16, weather permitting

2019 Board Meetings

Thursday, April 11

Thursday, May 9

Thursday, June 13

Thursday, July 11

Thursday, Sep 12

Thursday, Oct 10

Thursday, Nov 14

The FHP Board meets every month, except August and December, on the 2nd Thursday of the month in one of the meeting rooms at Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Blvd., from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). All members and concerned citizens are welcome. There is a standing agenda item for public comments. Meeting minutes and other documents will be posted on the web site.

Friends of Hoyt Park "archives" (older minutes and records) are maintained in binders at the Sequoya Branch of the Madison Public Library

Like Friends of Hoyt Park on Facebook