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August 28, 2025
August 28, 2025
UAB Students Help Salvage Native Plants for New Universally Designed Park
On August 21, 2025, first-year students from the UAB Honors College rolled up their sleeves to help transform East Side Park into a universally designed nature sanctuary for the Birmingham community and the surrounding region. The students worked alongside Jefferson County Greenways (JCG) staff and volunteers to salvage native plants from Red Mountain Park’s improvement zone to give them a second life at East Side Park.
August 28, 2025
UAB Students Help Salvage Native Plants for New Universally Designed Park
On August 21, 2025, first-year students from the UAB Honors College rolled up their sleeves to help transform East Side Park into a universally designed nature sanctuary for the Birmingham community and the surrounding region. The students worked alongside Jefferson County Greenways (JCG) staff and volunteers to salvage native plants from Red Mountain Park’s improvement zone to give them a second life at East Side Park.