Owl's Head Park has a long, distinguished history as the perfect park for sleigh riding when it snows and for picnicking on the lawns on warm, sunny and even cloudy days.  The park offers visitors many trees, including Beech, London Plane, Linden, Red Oak, Pin Oak, Pine, Honeylocust, Crabapple, Tulip Poplar, Cypress, Redbud, Serviceberry, Magnolia, a pair of rare Osage Orange, and Cherry Blossoms   We have enhanced the grounds with a variety of gardens and small flowering beds.

Because of all the slopes in the park, soil erosion is a constant problem and pedestrian traffic trampling the grounds causes the soil to become compacted and turn to dust, thereby, making the soil slide into walking paths and sidewalks.  Our volunteers work to amend the soil with mulch and building flowering beds with perennials, flowering bulbs and mid-size bushes.

The grounds of the park require continued care, beyond what the Parks Department's horticulturists can provide.  An added benefit is volunteers learn how to use garden tools and do yardwork, a rarity in an urban environment, all while contributing to the beauty and longevity of a local park.