Located at SW 198th and Rosa Road, Aloha, OR
Rosa Park, a mixed-use park complete with a trail, tennis courts, and a play structure, provides another great example of a multi-agency restoration effort. The project sought to restore areas of a small 1.2-acre suburban park surrounding Celebrity Creek, which runs through the park. The efforts at Rosa Park are somewhat challenging, but provide an opportunity for education and outreach.
Invasive species removal is focused on manually removing English ivy and manual and chemical control of Himalayan blackberry. Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District, along with the Friends of Rosa Park group, holds regular monthly work parties to manually pull invasive weeds. In 2006, both SOLV and Clean Water Services joined the restoration efforts of Rosa Park by reinvigorating volunteer efforts and helping to plant native plantings. With blackberry removal and native plantings finishing up in the spring of 2008, the ivy and blackberry removal has moved into the maintenance phase in which the Friends of Rosa Park will continue monthly volunteer work parties. Special events, such as Earth Day and Down by the Riverside events with SOLV, will ensure a steady supply of volunteers to the site. The success of the blackberry control and the monthly volunteer work parties is visible, as the thorny hedge slowly disappears and native rushes move in.
