Two spring beauties and a bee

Beauty and the Bees

Spring beauties, Claytonia virginica, are among the earliest blooming of our so-called “spring ephemerals,” the woodland wildflowers that bloom in succession between March and May. Spring beauties survive the winter as a mini-potato-like tuberous root that provides the plant with…

wild turkey standing in front of a tree

It’s Turkey Time!

It’s November, and across the country, turkeys are arriving in grocery stores and home freezers. The great majority of those, of course, are domestic turkeys, raised on farms and bred for meat production. But wild turkeys are on the rise,…

side by side comparison of the aging of a shaggy mane mushroom

The Amazing Melting Mushroom

October is a great month for mushrooms. The cooler temperatures and moist soils promote mushroom emergence, and more than 125 species have been observed in Greene and Montgomery Counties. Some of those mushroom varieties can be hard to identify. But…

You Spoke, We Listened (Family)

Community Events up 100%

Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…

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Making the Outdoors Inclusive

Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…

Text overlay: You Spoke. ((We listened.)) People sitting on yoga mats facing away from camera and toward a pond.

Parks Build Healthy Communities

Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…