Past Events

FoHP Winter Party at Hoyt Park

We had a great turnout for the 2026 Winter Party. The sun and seasonal temperatures brought greater than 50 people out for our annual Winter Sledding Party. Everyone enjoyed finally being able to get outside and play in the snow. FoHP provided a warm fire, hot beverages and treats. New this year, Coral Conant Gilles treated us to traditional story telling around the fire.

Thank you to all who volunteered and came out for the event.

March FoHP Volunteer Workday

Thank you to all who came out for our first volunteer workday of 2026. Volunteers worked to prepare a firebreak in anticipation of the Madison Parks Department prescribed burns. The weather was unseasonably warm after a mid-March snowstorm but it was great to be outside enjoying Hoyt Park on a beautiful day. Working as a team makes the hard work easier and even fun.

The parks department will be conducting Spring burns in several parts of Hoyt Park this year in order to aid in the oak savanna and woodland restoration efforts at Hoyt. Burning in restoration areas discourages invasive woody plants while creating a better space for native shrubs and plants to survive.

The March woodlands may seem pretty devoid of new life but pops of green moss remind us that Spring ephemerals are not far behind.