Fun for all ages on Friday, October 7 at Forest Field Park! Grab your family and friends and join us for a FREE night of fun. We will start the evening at 7 p.m. with activities, crafts, field games and…
A Night with the Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities
Bill Yeck Park‘s temporary Grassman vs. Crosswick Snake Hide ‘n’ Seek Trail will launch at the Smith House entrance on Saturday, October 1, with a sunset celebration featuring special guests from the Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities comics anthology. The celebration…
Breaking Ground on Improved Grant Park Entrance
The McEwen Road entrance to Centerville-Washington Park District’s Grant Park will be undergoing a transformation soon! Plans are underway to create an all-access trailhead and a paved multi-use path surrounding a 4-acre pollinator habitat. The improved park entrance will provide…
How the Tiger Changed Its Stripes
Tiger swallowtails are among the most recognizable of our local butterflies, maybe second only to monarchs. There are two reasons for this. First, with their large size and prominent pattern, their appearance is pretty unmistakable. And second, tiger swallowtails are…
Grant Park Expansion Plans Moving Forward
On August 29, the Centerville City School Board approved the sale of 33.25 acres of land to the Centerville-Washington Park District (CWPD). The land is adjacent to CWPD’s Grant Park, a 189-acre natural area with hiking trails along creeks and…
Robber; Assassin; Cannibal; That’s Some Fly!
When you think about flies, you probably don’t think about descriptions like, “tremendous size and leg strength,” “potent saliva laced with neurotoxins,” “think fighter jet,” or “iron maiden death grasp.” Yet all of these phrases appear in postings about a…
Community Needs Assessment Survey Results
The Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park experiences you want. The more we hear about what is important to the community, the better we can serve. In order to determine communitywide priorities and ensure we stay on…
Park Bingo
Are you looking for an easy outdoor activity to enjoy as summer winds down? Gather your family and friends for a game of nature Bingo in your parks! Print out these cards, drive or walk to a CWPD park, and…
Tricks of the Pollination Trade
In most plants, offspring grow from seeds. Flowers are a plant’s mechanism for producing those seeds. To do so, flowers must fertilize the female reproductive cells (ovules), located within the pistil, with male reproductive cells, contained in pollen produced by…
Queen of the Creek
You may be familiar with the phrase “a snake in the grass,” an unflattering term for a sneaky person. In the CWPD parks, though, you are just as likely to encounter a snake in the bush, or a snake in…