Harrison West

Are you interested in being part of the Harrison West Society Executive Committee? The society will hold annual elections on May 17, 2017 and will be accepting nominations for president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Society members may submit a nomination in person at our April 19, 2017 meeting or electronically at any time. If you would like to […]

Earth Day is Friday, April 22, 2016. To celebrate, Earth Day Columbus is encouraging residents to get out and help nurse our sick planet back to health. The Harrison West Society Parks and Green Spaces Committee will once again sponsor an event. This year, we’re looking for 40 volunteers to pick up litter along the Olentangy […]

As spring takes over from a mild winter, the Harrison West Society Parks and Green Space Committee has begun planning this year’s schedule and watching for some of our long-awaited projects to begin to bear fruit. As in past years, we will hold park workdays on the last Saturdays and the Wednesdays before the last […]

I can’t count how many times I’ve been smacked in the face by wet branches while walking through the neighborhood after a rain or shivering at the unwelcome clout of a big, fat, cold drop of water drooling off a leaf that I ducked and running down my back. It’s been on my to-do list to survey the […]

Part of what makes bush honeysuckle such a problematic plant is that it grows very quickly. It grows so fast that it can choke out native plants in just a few years. If you bike, walk or run along the Olentangy Recreation Trail between West 3rd and West 5th Avenues, you can see a lot […]