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Nashville Parks Foundation is Metro Parks’ partner in ensuring our city’s park system continues to thrive and grow.

With a countywide focus and an eye toward public funding gaps, Nashville Parks Foundation strives to maximize the public benefit of Nashville’s spectacular park system through creative collaboration and innovative partnerships. Nashville’s parks are central to our identity as an active, sustainable, scenic, economically vibrant city. From vast natural areas to sports complexes, dog parks to trails, community centers to historic sites, after-school programs to fitness classes, arts events to kayak excursions, Metro Parks offers a wide range of places and experiences to enjoy. Parks build community, promote public health, revitalize neighborhoods, function as green infrastructure to conserve and protect the environment, support the arts, and boost tourism. Best of all, Metro Parks strives to provide the same high-quality services and access to everyone throughout Davidson County.

10/08/2026

to the fifth annual Picnic for the Parks! 🧺☀️

On Sept. 19, neighbors and friends braved the heat at Morgan Park to celebrate and support Nashville's parks. Proceeds will help fund improvements at Morgan and Parkwood parks.

Thank you to co-chairs Lisa Haller, Derek Lisle and George Acklin, and to every sponsor, table host, volunteer and donor who made it happen.

See all the photos here, and tag yourself and your friends! https://www.nashvilleparksfoundation.org/picnic-for-the-parks

09/09/2026

Picnic for the Parks would not be possible without the generous organizations investing in Nashville’s parks and communities.

Thank you to presenting sponsor Amazon and to Oracle, Vanderbilt University, Legends Bank, ONE Community, Spire, H.G. Hill Realty Company, HCA Healthcare /TriStar Health, Virgin Hotels Nashville, Dozen Bakery, Lipman, Yazoo, McIntosh Field & Flower and Gardens of Babylon Landscapes. We also appreciate our partners at Metro Parks.

Join us Sept. 19 at Morgan Park: https://www.nashvilleparksfoundation.org/picnic-for-the-parks

09/02/2026

Picnic for the Parks is more than a great evening outdoors—it’s a celebration with a purpose. 🌳

Proceeds from this year’s zero-waste fundraising event will support improvements at Morgan and Parkwood parks, helping strengthen the public spaces that bring our communities together.

Join us Saturday, Sept. 19: https://www.nashvilleparksfoundation.org/picnic-for-the-parks

08/26/2026

What’s on the menu at Picnic for the Parks? 🧺

Enjoy charcuterie boxes, w**e, b**r and sweet treats while connecting with friends and neighbors at Morgan Park. The event will also feature Germantown history with local historians and a performance by the Metro Youth Choir.

Join us Sept. 19 from 4-7 p.m.: https://www.nashvilleparksfoundation.org/picnic-for-the-parks

08/21/2026

WE'll see you there!

08/19/2026

One month to go! 🧺

The fifth annual Picnic for the Parks returns Saturday, Sept. 19, from 4-7 p.m. Join us at Morgan Park for a zero-waste fundraising event benefiting Metro Parks, with proceeds supporting improvements at Morgan and Parkwood parks.

Get tickets and event details: https://www.nashvilleparksfoundation.org/picnic-for-the-parks

08/12/2026

Nashville Parks Foundation has been selected to receive a $300,000 grant through Lowe’s Community Impact program to support a major renovation of Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation’s Elizabeth Senior Center, strengthening a longtime North Nashville resource for older adults.

07/13/2026

July is Park and Recreation Month, and we're joining the National Recreation and Park Association in celebrating the power of parks to enrich lives and strengthen communities.

In Nashville, we see that power every day:

🤝 The Power of Connection when neighbors become friends.

🛝 The Power of Play when children discover something new.

🎉 The Power of Community when parks bring people together to celebrate.

🌳 The Power of Nature when a walk on a trail helps us recharge.

💚 The Power of Belonging when everyone feels welcome in our public spaces.

🚶 The Power of Well-Being when parks help create healthier, more resilient neighborhoods.

At Nashville Parks Foundation, we're proud to partner with Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation and our community to preserve, enhance and expand Nashville's parks because every Nashvillian deserves access to the benefits these spaces provide.

Join us in celebrating the power of parks and the people who make them possible.

06/28/2026

The 🍄 🍄‍🟫 were doing their thing this morning at Beaman Park ! 🌈 of colors.

06/11/2026

Join us NEXT WEEK for the last 2 informative discussions on the 2026 update for Plan 2 Play, the master plan for parks and greenways!

Tuesday June 16 at Hermitage Community Center

3720 James Kay Ln, Hermitage, TN 37076

Thursday June 18 at Southeast Community Center

5260 Hickory Hollow Pkwy #202, Antioch, TN 37013

https://www.nashville.gov/departments/parks/plan-play

Address

P. O. Box 196340
Nashville, TN
37219

Telephone

+16158628400

Website

http://www.nashvilleparksfoundation.org/

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