{"id":14541,"date":"2012-10-08T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/green-kent-day-set-for-oct-27\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T23:35:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T06:35:35","slug":"green-kent-day-set-for-oct-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/green-kent-day-set-for-oct-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Kent Day set for Oct. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"
Volunteers are wanted to clean up parks as part of Green Kent Day from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Help is needed to remove invasive plants, plant native trees and shrubs and to celebrate the city’s Green Kent stewards.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Green Kent is a 20-year partnership with Forterra, the Kent Parks Foundation and REI to restore and manage 1,344 acres of urban forests and natural areas in the city.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The work projects on Oct. 27 are at Morrill Meadows Park and the Green River Natural Resources Area.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Advance registration is required.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n