See the Ramanessin Brook Nature Area in its Fall Glory
Enjoy Nature on a Greenway Walk ~ Fall 2007

Have you seen the ancient forests along Ramanessin Brook ablaze with color in the fall?  Did you know that the fruit of the jack-in-the pulpit looks like a giant raspberry?  Can you identify trees after their leaves have fallen or animals by their tracks? 

The Holmdel Environmental Commission invites you to come explore nature on the Greenway walks this fall.

Walk to Arts and Music Festival

Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Go green! Meet at the shelter at Holmdel Park and walk to the Bayonet Farm Arts and Music Festival.

Third Annual Arts and Music Festival

Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.

Join the Bayonet Farm Advisory Committee and the Holmdel Department of Parks & Recreation as they CELEBRATE THE ARTS at the 4th Annual Arts & Music Festival on The event will be held at the Township-owned Bayonet Farm at 41 Middletown Road.

Trail Work Day

Saturday, October 6, 2007   9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
(rain date Sunday October 7)

The Holmdel Environmental Commission invites you and your family and friends to participate in a trail workday. We will meet at the far end of the parking lot at Cross Farm Park off of Longbridge Road.

Wear work gloves and boots and bring water to drink and a snack if you wish. Tools that will be helpful include brush cutting tools, large loppers, shovels, and wheelbarrows.

If you can't make it at 9:30 a.m. or can't stay until 2:30, please come whenever you can.  Everyone is welcome.

Ramanessin Brook Greenway End-to-End Hike

Saturday, December 1, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(with ˝ day option ending at 12:30 p.m.)

Meet at Holmdel Park shelter building (lower parking lot). We will provide transportation to Phillips Park.  We will hike the entire length of the Ramanessin Brook Greenway from Phillips Park to Cross Farm Park near the Swimming River Reservoir.  We will be walking the watershed from its sources to the Reservoir.  Bring a daypack with lunch and rain gear.

13th Annual New Year’s Day Greenway Walk
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 –– 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Meet at Holmdel Park and celebrate the New Year with a leisurely walk through the Ramanessin Brook Conservation Area (formerly the Chase Property) to Bayonet Farm.  Families welcome; if there is snow, bring cross-country skis, snowshoes, or wear snow boots.

Greenway walks to be held rain or shine. Environmental Commission members will lead our walks.  As a precaution against ticks, we recommend wearing long pants tucked into socks.

Visit our website at
www.holmdelenviro.org for any changes in the schedule.  If you have questions, you may call the Environmental Commission at (732) 946-2820, extension 1341.