Podcast appearances and mentions of forest park forever

Forest Park holds a special place in the heart of St. Louis residents, especially us. It's the place we got engaged, enjoy day dates on art hill, ice skate at Steinberg, and so much more. We had the honor to host Roman Fox, the Horticulture Superintendent to celebrate A Day 4 Forest Park. This day will focus on our region's greatest civic treasure – a place of beauty and joy for millions of visitors each year! Tune into KMOV Today, December 6th from 7am-6pm. Forest Park Forever is a private nonprofit conservancy that partners with the City of St. Louis to restore, maintain and sustain Forest Park. At 1,300 acres and filled with historic structures and expansive greenspace, Forest Park is expensive to care for. Your donations are crucial and help maintain our park – planting trees and flowers, maintaining the popular recreation path, adding visitor amenities, maintaining iconic sites like the Emerson Grand Basin and the World's Fair Pavilion and so much more.Support the show

Forest Park Forever (FPF) is a private nonprofit conservancy that partners with the City of St. Louis to restore, maintain and sustain Forest Park to ensure that Forest Park is beautiful and welcoming — now and forever. FPF is supported by generous members, donors, and volunteers. Dominik Jansky, Director of Communications & Marketing for Forest Park Forever discusses some history of the park and current and future projects that will continue to make Forest Park one of the most beautiful urban parks in the world as well as the #1 City Park in the United States (USA Today Reader's Choice Awards).This is Season 6! For more episodes, go to stlintune.com#forestpark #forestparkforever #slam #themuny #mohistory

Lesley Hoffarth, CEO of Forest Park Forever joins Debbie Monterrey and Megan Lynch previewing "Play Day in the Park" which is a way for kids to get off the screens and be active. 

John O'Gorman, Senior Vice President of Development and Community Initiatives, Forest Park Forever joins Tom Ackerman and Debbie Monterrey talking about the latest with the basketball courts at Forest Park and the open houses that will allow you to provide input on the project.

In this week's Roaming St. Louis segment, KMOX weekend host Scott Jagow showed up in Forest Park, specifically at the Steinberg Ice Rink. He sat down with Domink Jansky, director of communications and marketing for the non-profit, Forest Park Forever. They discuss the skating rink's longtime role in the St. Louis community and what's in store for its future. They also talk about the history of the entire park and what new things might be coming soon. 

Lesley Hoffarth & John O'Gorman of Forest Park Forever talk about what they do to maintain and improve the park. Joe Holleman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch stops by to talk about some of the things he's been writing about over the year.

John O'Gorman, Forest Park Forever's Senior VP of Development and Community Initiatives joins Carol Daniel and Debbie Monterrey talking about the possibility of putting basketball courts in Forest Park. 

Whine Line and Blast from the Past; Lesley Hoffarth, President and Executive Director of Forest Park Forever joins Brennan and Marxkors talking about the possibility of Steinberg being in use year round. Bob Costas joins the show to talk about the US diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Olympics in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President and CEO at Forest Park Forever breaks the news that Forest Park will open Steinberg skating rink as a year round venue! https://www.forestparkforever.org/steinberg

Emma Klues, VP of Communications & Outreach at Great Rivers Greenway, and Katie Stuckenschneider, Marketing and Digital Media Manager at Forest Park Forever, join KTRS' John Carney and Julie Buck to talk about Forest Park, its mission and the partnership with GRG throughout the Brickline project. Forest Park is one of the four anchor parks that will be connected with the Brickline Greenway, along with Fairground Park, Tower Grove Park, the Gateway Arch National Park, and so many other destinations in between. Learn more and get involved at bricklinegreenway.org. 

St. Louis is full of incredible places, but the heart of the city is Forest Park. Nearly twice as big as Central Park, the incredible space available to residents and tourists alike is maintained by thousands of volunteers and a staff dedicated to keeping one of the most special places in country beautiful. Meet St. Louis sat down with Lesley Hoffarth, president and executive director of Forest Park Forever, to understand the history behind St. Louis’ biggest treasure, and how it stays that way.

A conversation with Forest Park Forever’s horticulture superintendent Roman Fox about all things Forest Park in the springtime, including the best spots for a walk in the park and how his team maintains all of the plant life.

Jean Turney, the education coordinator at Forest Park Forever, shares her insights of the wild spaces open to everyone at the park. Everyone in the St. Louis area knows about the great institutions in Forest Park, like the Saint Louis Zoo, the St. Louis Science Center, and The Muny. However, many may not know about the natural wild spaces in Forest Park. From old growth forests, bird watching, fishing, nature walking trails, to outdoor learning opportunities - it's all there just waiting to be discovered. Pictured: Jean Turney, education coordinator at Forest Park Forever. Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.

Forest Park Forever by Andrew Davis

Ah, that first refreshing flush of Green! Enlivening our yards and roadways. Aaahhh, so lovely . . . . NOT! The earliest leaf-er in our area is one of our most Invasive Species: Lonicera maackii, Bush Honeysuckle. The Kudzu of Missouri. AAARRRRGGGHHHH! What's a person with a honeysuckle "privacy hedge" to do?  Theodore Smith of Forest Park Forever explains why this plant is such a problem - and how to remove it, safely and effectively. Artisan and woodworker Dale Dufer invites you to consider this too-abundant plant matter as a creative resource. His project Think About Tables is inspiring adults and youth to make something useful and beautiful from a plant that really grows quite elegantly (except too much, here). And Meg Hoester of the Missouri Botanical Garden invites you to participate in this region's first-ever Honeysuckle Sweep for Healthy Habitat, coming up March 5-13. Environmental groups all around St. Louis are teaming up - before tick and chigger season - to lead volunteers in bush honeysuckle removal, learn why this plant is such a problem, and get introduced to Native Plants as healthy habitat replacements, when you get rid of your bush honeysuckle.  Lace up your sturdy boots, grab a clipper and give Bush Honeysuckle a pull!  Music: Balkan Twirl - Sandy Weltman and the Carolbeth Trio, recorded at KDHX. Related Earthworms Conversations: Rebecca Girresch on Maryville University's Goat Project, a cloven-hooved experiment in bush honeysuckle remediation. (April 15, 2014) Dr. Kyra Krakos on Maryville University's Bauhaus Botany bush honeysuckle art exhibition (October 14, 2014) Horticulturist Bill Davit (one of Missouri's Living Treasures!) on growing prairies, ecosystems where Native Plants are splendid. (September 11, 2014) Remembering Edgar Dennison, the illustrious early advocate of gardening with Native Plants and author of the classic "Missouri Wildflowers." With Missouri Botanical Garden's Dr. George Yatskievych and Scott Woodbury. (April, 2014)