Winooski Recreation and Parks

10/12/2026

Our Vermont Patriots soccer teams are having so much fun this fall! ⚽️❤️🏆 Thank you to our amazing coaches for making this season a blast. Go VTP Family!

10/09/2026

We need volunteers to help remove Knotweed at Memorial Park and Casavant Nature Area! Click below for event details. If you're looking for an engaging way to volunteer and help ’s parks and open spaces stay beautiful, these opportunities are for you. Registration is not required – just show up at one or both of the upcoming events:

Knotweed Removal at Memorial Park 🌱
Sunday, October 18, 2026, 10 AM – 12:30 PM 🗓️
Meet at parking lot from Elm Street 📍

Knotweed Removal at Casavant Nature Area 🌱
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 10 AM - 12:30 PM 🗓️
Meet at parking lot from East Allen Street 📍

Winooski Recreation and Parks needs your help! We're looking for volunteer weeders to help manage patches of Knotweed, an introduced species. If you're looking for an engaging way to volunte

10/05/2026

Check out the latest issue of National Recreation and Park Association's Parks & Recreation Magazine! Click the link below to read 'Listening to Your Community - Lessons from Rebuilding a Small-City Pool' by our Community Services Director, Ray Coffey.

"Design what you want, not what you think you can afford. When we began planning for the next iteration of the Myers Pool, we were fortunate to have engaged a group of residents consistently at the table. Their involvement gave us a strong group of project champions and brought a wide range of perspectives to the design process."

10/01/2026

Wow - what an amazing turnout for our Memorial Park Bird Watch! Many thanks to Trish O'Kane and Friends Of The Winooski River for this incredible educational opportunity to explore one of 's parks and wildlife. 🪶🪶🪶

And a huge thanks to the volunteers who helped support our Landy Park Cleanup Day! We're so excited for the space for new garden plots and upgrades to the mountain bike trails, courtesy Fellowship of the Wheel. 🚵‍♀️

09/24/2026

More Trail Cam clips from Gilbrook and Casavant!

Cardinal 🪶
Chipmunk 🐿️
Squirrel
Weasel
Possum
Raccoon 🦝
Mouse 🐭

What was the last animal you saw in a park?

09/15/2026

Join us, the Friends Of The Winooski River, and Trish O'Kane, local environmental educator, author, and expert in ornithology and urban birding, for a very special bird walk through Memorial Park! Enjoy the bird walk, then a fun nature-based art activity. People of all birding experience are welcome - families are encouraged to participate. We'll provide binoculars, snacks, water, and bug spray. Click here for details: https://bit.ly/46oNKAY 🐦

09/14/2026

We need volunteers for the Landry Park Cleanup Day on Tuesday, September 22!

Make space for new plots at the Landry Park Community Garden 🥕 or work with Fellowship of the Wheel to build and install safety features to keep the mountain bike trails safe. 🚵‍♀️

Tools, gloves, bug spray, and snacks will be provided.

Click here for details: https://bit.ly/4gTEOcQ