Save The Greensward

Current photos of our beloved park. They just can't help themselves.

This is the 4th time Citizens to Preserve Overton Park has had a hand in saving Overton Park. What a win in the year of the 50th Anniversary of their historic Supreme Court decision. This is a huge win for all the people that have been fighting this fight throughout the decades.

Memphis Zoo to turn over 17 acres of Old Forest to Overton Park Conservancy The Memphis Zoo has agreed to give back part of the Old Forest in Overton Park that it had once planned to use as an exhibit on the Chickasaw Bluffs.

We are fully stocked! Order your yard sign now to help us paint the town green (again) and keep pressure on Zoo and City leaders to do the right thing.

Our volunteers provide free delivery to your home or business anywhere in the Memphis area.

http://www.savethegreensward.org

Get the yard sign to show your support! Costs have doubled, unfortunately, so we’ve added a smaller option to keep it affordable. 💚

Please allow a week for delivery. Thank you!

"Save the Greensward" Yard Sign Thank you for showing your love for Overton Park's historic Greensward! We do FREE delivery to your yard, if you live in the Memphis area. Yard signs are not available for shipping.

Spotted on BBC news straight from Glasgow Scotland. Abby is 9 years old and insisted on wearing her Save the Greensward T-Shirt! Thank you Abby!

"For now, a plan that could use 2.4 acres of the park’s 12-acre greensward for expansion of the Memphis Zoo parking lot is on hold. But the activists are ready to fight for the land.

Those who gathered Saturday want to “show city and zoo leaders that our park is not a parking lot.”"

Activists say they'll fight for the greensward A plan to expand the Memphis Zoo parking lot onto the greensward is on hold, but Citizens to Preserve Overton Park activists gathered Saturday in Overton Park to show their willingness to fight.

Enjoying this fine day on the Greensward. Folks are out here drawing, studying, playing games, napping, and walking their animals. This is what we are protecting. More people visit the park than the zoo yearly. Everyone we talked to agreed with our stance, Not One Inch of our public Park needs to be destroyed. There was outrage they are attempting to pave over this greenspace.

Build the parking garage. Get Off Our Lawn.

Expansion of Zoo parking into greensward again on hold City Council member Jeff Warren is leading the talks that hope to raise additional money for a parking solution that leaves the Overton Park greensward as it is.