09/07/2026
This land next door to me in Cotswold, just ten minutes south of Uptown Charlotte, has my heart. ❤️ And we have a chance to save it.
Spent part of this glorious Labor Day working for Mother Nature alongside Ed Murray of Constructive Plant Rescue – walking the Taylor property, clearing litter from the trails and creek beds, and beginning to identify the remarkable mix of native plants growing here alongside the invasive species threatening them.
There is so much life tucked into these 9 acres – frogs in the creek, native wildflowers, mature trees, wild habitat, and a little pocket of forest that somehow still exists in the middle of a rapidly growing city.
Thank you, Ed, for lending your knowledge, your time, and your hands this morning. 🤘🌿
Places like this are becoming harder and harder to find in Charlotte. Once they’re gone, we don’t get them back.
Help us protect this forest from overdevelopment and preserve it for wildlife, for our kids, and for generations of Charlotteans still to come. ❤️🌳
City of Charlotte TreesCharlotte Charlotte Arborists Association Richard Branson NC Wildlife Federation N.C. Wildlife NC Conservation Network NC Division of Parks and Recreation Governor Josh Stein Trust for Public Land – I’d love to connect us in conversation about what this land could become.
There is an opportunity here to create something much bigger than a preserved parcel: an interconnected ecological campus, nature education destination, wildlife habitat, and lasting community asset for Charlotte.
I look forward to the opportunity to work together to protect it, restore it, and imagine what it could become.
