Upcoming events at Coal Creek.
Nature with Neighbors in Erie
Convert a weedy path to beautiful pollinator habitat in this co-project with the Erie Rotary Club
Pollinator Meadow in Superior
We’re seeding and planting a pocket of pollinator habitat at Purple Park in Superior.
Landscape & Voice: A Writing Workshop with A. Manette Ansay
Explore how landscape influences perception and helps writers find their voices on this walking workshop along Coal Creek in Lafayette.
Summer Showcase: The Textures of Coal Creek
It’s a community celebration! Stop by, say hey and view the photography and writing inspired by Coal Creek.
Native Plant Sale
Join us for our Second Annual Native Plant Sale. We’ll be selling a wide selection of native grasses and flowers for your home garden. All proceeds benefit Friends of Coal Creek.
Lunch Hour Project: Teasel Squeezel #4
Put the squeeze on this invasive riparian weed during your lunch hour.
Lunch Hour Project: Teasel Squeezel #2
Put the squeeze on this invasive riparian weed during your lunch hour.
Lunch Hour Project: Teasel Squeezel #1
Put the squeeze on this invasive riparian weed during your lunch hour.
Writing Spring: A Generative Workshop with A. Manette Ansay
Join NYT bestselling author A. Manette Ansay in a writing workshop to explore spring through prompts, readings, and imagery of Coal Creek.
Creek Monitoring Field Day with CU Research Team
Join our friends at Boulder Watershed Collective for a field day in the creek with CU researchers currently studying the effects of wildfire on creek life and ecology.
CANCELLED: Creek Clean-up in Superior
Help remove trash from the stream and its banks at our first project in Superior.
Writing Autumn: A Generative Workshop
Join Writer-in-Residence A. Manette Ansay for the fourth installment of writing the seasons, a creative workshop.
Sowing Seeds in Lafayette
Join us for a few hours of seeding along Coal Creek in Lafayette
Writing Summer: A Generative Workshop
Join bestselling author A. Manette Ansay and other local writers for a evening of writing, reading and discussion in Erie.
Limited to 10 participants.
Teasel Lopping
We’re lopping teasel in Lafayette. You should come out for it. All ages welcome.
Pollinator Garden at Public Road!
We have an amazing opportunity to put in a high-visibility pollinator garden right at the entrance to the Public Road trailhead — by far the busiest trailhead in Lafayette! We’re holding this event the day after BVSD lets out and it will be family friendly. Bring your kids!
A few weeks ago, a work crew from Friends of Coal Creek removed a Dumpster full of tumblweed, opening up this area to a potential planting. The City of Lafayette Open Space Department was into it and no we’re going to make it happen. Help us fill the empty space with native plants — grasses, flower and shrubs — that will turn the area beside the road into the showpiece it deserves to be.
Tasks will include: Raking/clearing, planting, mulching and watering. There will be plenty of kid-friendly tasks. Bring the whole crew!
Writing Spring: A Generative Workshop
EVENT IS FULL! THANK YOU ALL!
Join bestselling author A. Manette Ansay and other local writers for a evening of writing, reading and discussion in Erie.
Tumbleweed Rumble
Kochia is the invasive weed you see fringing the Coal Creek Trail. Let’s get it out of the Public Road trailhead.
Teasel Tussle #3
EVENT IS FULL! YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!
Let’s take it to invasive teasel in the Coal Creek corridor.
Prairie Restoration in Lafayette
Join us to restore a barren water detention basin into lush, beautiful habitat for pollinators and wildlife. This is what we’re all about!
Winter Sowing Workshop with Jennifer Frazer
Join us for a fun, family-friendly workshop on winter sowing, a technique to germinate native seeds in the cold season. Take your own bags home for use in your garden, or caretake a few for us for use in our spring projects.
Writing Winter - A Generative Workshop
Join Friends of Coal Creek Writer-in-Residence A. Manette Ansay at Erie Social Club for an evening of writing — and a few close readings — inspired by wintry weather.
Suggested donation: $10
Help Plant a Pollinator Island at Trails at Coal Creek
Join us to beautify the water detention basin at Trails at Coal Creek and invite bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and songbirds to the space!
Plant a Pollinator Garden at The Peaks
Join us to install the first piece of the new Coal Creek Pollinator District at The Peaks in Lafayette.
Weed Pull with WRV
Make way for native plants!
Join us for invasive species removal along Coal Creek in conjunction with Wildland Restoration Volunteers. This is a family-friendly way to get involved and improve the creek habitat for wildlife!
Pollinator Garden Installation at The Peaks
Friends of Coal Creek is just over the moon to announce that we’re parterning with the Butterfly Pavilion and The Peaks at Old Laramie Trail in Lafayette to install a pollinator garden. We’ll be clearing invasive species, turning the soil, and putting in a buffet of native, xeric flowers and shrubs to support nectar-feasting insects. Pollinator gardens have well known benefits for mental health of those who visit them. This project benefits not only the creek, but also the seniors who live at The Peaks.
Friends of Coal Creek Spring Social
Introducing Friends of Coal Creek. We're a new, nature-based community group built around enjoying and protecting our urban waterway and this is our neighborly little version of a cotillion. Come out to connect with neighbors, enjoy acoustic roots music by Kevin Slick and Keith Murdock, and learn how you can engage with creek happenings in the coming months. The Coal Creek photography of Jeff Goldberg will decorate the walls. Join us to shake hands, shake a leg, and shake off those pandemic blues!
Coal Creek Family Nature Walk
Join Casey Lyons from Friends of Coal Creek for a mellow, kid-friendly outing along Coal Creek. There is an area 100 yards from the parking lot that is off the main bike trail and has access to the water. Let’s join our kids to explore our local nature. Bring your camera or smartphone with the iNaturalist app loaded and ready to go. All ages welcome.
All Levels Birding
Join Art Reisman and the Lafayette Bird Watching Meetup Group on an early afternoon outing to Flagg Park in Lafayette. It is nearing peak migration for songbirds making for ideal birding conditions, especially if its a warm, calm day. Bring your camera or smartphone with the iNaturalists app loaded and ready to go. Binoculars if you have them. These hikes are popular! Reserve your spot at Lafayette Bird Watching Meetup
Coal Creek Connections / Coal Creek Conexiones (English & Spanish)
Join naturalist Dave Sutherland at Flagg Park to explore how land, animals, and plants come together to form a community at Coal Creek -- and understand how people fit in too! Bring your camera or smartphone with the iNaturalist app loaded and ready to go. Free.
Por favor únase al naturalista Dave Sutherland en el Flagg Park para explorar como la tierra, los animales y las plantas se unen para formar una comunidad en Coal Creek. Por favor traiga su camera o su smartphone con la aplicación iNaturalist ya cargada y lista para usarla. Gratis.
Weed, Feed and Plant on Coal Creek
Join us to pull teasel, amend soil, and plant bare-root shrubs to improve the beauty and function of the Coal Creek corridor.