The VHCA would like to thank Park Pride and MSL Group for providing 20+ volunteers who spent last Friday morning sprucing up parts of John Howell Park. These awesome volunteers mulched around the plants along Virginia Ave., sanded a bench near the Phoenix Flies statue in the middle of park and pitched in to help…
By: The VHCA Parks Committee (John Becker, David Brandenberger, Lauren Wilkes Fralick, Colleen Lysen, and Jack White) Contractor Hutcheson Horticultural has begun the renovation of the western end of John Howell Park. The project will substantially alter the look of the park along Arcadia Avenue opposite Inman Middle School; new granite sitting walls topped by black steel…
Has anyone else noticed the summer color exploding at the triangle island, and the wonderful new plants that have been installed at John Howell Park? Thanks to the efforts of Nonie Daniels (landscape design and installation), Anthony DeVingo (weekly maintenance) and resident volunteers, the triangle island in front of Taco Mac and Murphy’s is looking…
The fourth annual Battle of the Burgers returns to John Howell Park this Saturday October 12 from 11 AM – 6 PM. The event features a Best Burger in Atlanta contest in which up to 25 purveyors of fine burgers will compete, including local entrants American Roadhouse, Murphy’s, Highland Tap and Taco Mac. The event…
Work that was done last week and continues this week at John Howell Park – and much more that’s planned for later this fall and winter and next spring – is part of a process that began in 2012 with the goal of restoring the major horticultural elements included in the original plan developed by…