Edgehill Mt Description
Edgehill Mt is a small, hidden gem in our park system. Local neighborhood activists began advocacy efforts in the early 1990s which ultimately led to acquisition of the property with Open Space Fund money. For the past eight years this project has been officially part of the Natural Areas Program.
The park contains mature Monterey pine and cypress trees along with plenty of invasive blue gum eucalyptus. The primary challenges here include English ivy, cape ivy, blackberry, and ehrharta grass. Remarkably, as we remove the carpets of invasives, we’ve found a strong resurgence of native scrub species from retained seed banks in the soil. We also have planted many native grasses and forbs. Indeed, the grasses have been particularly successful — so much so that Edgehill Mt was the location of the first-ever Poapalooza beginning native bunchgrass workshops held in San Francisco.
In 2003 we placed a couple of wooden benches at the favorite view spot in remembrance of Joan Kingery, one of the key early forces behind the creation of Edgehill Mt Park.
Edgehill Mt currently has 135 volunteers who have subscribed to our regular email newsletters and work at this site. They have posted 29 photos and 10 posts to their blog.
Regular Workparty Schedule
- 2nd Saturday of each month from 13:00 to 15:00
Regular Meeting Location
- The Joan Benches -- [Map and Details]
Blog Posts
Here are blog posts about the Edgehill Mt project — presented 2 at a time in reverse chronological order. Browse to earlier or later posts via the pagination controls below.
May 2008 Report
Mon, 12 May 2008, 5:42pm, Tinman said:
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The most remarkable finding that greeted our crew this past Saturday was the paucity of ehrharta grass. What with our diligent monthly attacks and the recent dry weather, very little ehrharta regrowth was to be found!
The watering we’ve done the past couple of months has proved highly useful, as we’ve only sustained a relatively small (perhaps 5-10% or so) loss from this winter’s plantings. The new melic grass (Melica californica and M torreyana) are particularly nice.
Here is a photo of one of the numerous live oak saplings we’ve planted at Edgehill, all of which are doing great:
And here is one of the coffee berry shrubs we’ve planted—also growing well:
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April 2008 Report
Sat, 19 Apr 2008, 11:48am, Tinman said:
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The ehrharta plague remains remarkably controlled thanks to our diligent efforts. We spent the day consolidating gains here and uncovering this winter’s plantings from the continual rain of eucalyptus duff.
One welcome new finding was a just-opening Ithuriel’s spear (Triteleia laxa) on Steve’s Rocks:
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