Great Parks is putting some new mowing practices into place. Began as one of many “green” initiatives, reduced mowing will benefit us in many different ways: Create diverse habitat areas of woodlands, meadows and grasslands over time to better meet the conservation component of our mission. Improve storm water management practices by slowing down surface […]

Before the cold weather settled in, Great Parks was busy aerifying the putting greens at both Winton Woods golf courses. Aerification is a cultivation process where soil and/or thatch is removed from the surface without destroying the turf. It’s typically viewed as a burden to golfers by disrupting the playability of the putting surface. But […]

I have worked for Great Parks over 17 years now. While I have enjoyed my time at each park, it is actually the walking and hiking trails that have provided me with special memories. I met my future wife while I was working at Sharon Woods, and the trails there became part of our weekly […]

Operations team members, perhaps more often than any other group of Great Parks employees, are routinely privileged to witness and experience both the wonder of nature and the forgiveness of natural systems to man-made damage or disturbances. At no place is this more evident than on Great Parks’ golf courses. Weather extremes, high temperatures, drought, […]

The Operations Department typically celebrates Independence Day by pressure washing wet playgrounds, repairing leaky faucets and stocking up on trash bags. As we ready the parks this week for the July 4 holiday, we remember our veterans’ service and the enormous contribution they have given to our nation. Lucky for Great Parks of Hamilton County, […]

When watching your favorite professional golfer on the PGA tour, you’ll often hear the announcer on television say something like “He’s really getting aggressive and attacking the pin with that club!” If you didn’t know what they were referring to, one would think that a golfer was having anger management problems. And that certainly may […]

In the Operations Department, we often are looking for beds to weed, grass to mow and litter to pick up. At the same time, we get to see wild flowers bursting in bloom, turkeys roosting in trees, or – in a recent case – eggs that were surprisingly well-hidden in the middle of a gravel […]

Spring is a busy time of year here at Great Parks of Hamilton County! With a long and cold winter behind us, we are gearing up to make some great improvements out on our nature trails. Recently I hosted a spring kickoff meeting for Adopt-a-Trail volunteers and introduced a new opportunity for volunteering on the […]