FRIENDS OF ROUGE PARK

Park Events Calendar

Friends of Rouge Park Membership Meeting
October 20: CANCELLED

Upcoming Virtual Presentations:

November 17, 6:30pm
The History of Rouge Park: The Early Years

December 15, 6:30pm
Rouge Park Year in Review

January 19, 6:30pm
The Rouge Park Master Plan

Missed a meeting? See minutes of past meetings here. Watch our Facebook page for updates here.

Click the butterfly above on
to watch the Butterfly & Prairie Walk

13th Annual Butterfly & Prairie Walk
Join us here for a virtual walk through the Rouge Park Butterfly Garden and learn to identify 11 species of butterflies and many of the native prairie wildflowers along the Rouge Park Prairie Pathway. Butterfly enthusiast, Doris Applebaum and wildflower enthusiast, Sally Petrella will take you up close and personal with the beauty and diversity of butterflies and wildflowers in Rouge Park. After joining us on the virtual walk, we encourage you to come out and enjoy the Prairie Pathway & Butterfly Garden and try to find all these species for yourself.

View a flight over and through the Rouge Park Prairie and butterfly Garden here

Rouge Park Trails Info

Information on hiking and biking in Rouge Park available here.

Detroit Parks & Rec Department has issued new guidelines for all Detroit parks due to the COVID-19 threat. You can read the document here. All playgrounds and basketball courts are closed, and programming is cancelled until further notice. However, Rouge Park is open for hiking and biking throughout the park.

Planning an event or want to reserve a picnic shelter in Rouge Park? Submit the Special Events Application below to the City of Detroit Recreation Department. If you wish to rent the Brennan Pools Building Event Space click here. For more information, please contact 313-628-4205

Special Event Application

Mission Statement
To advocate for the protection and enhancement of the natural features and habitats found in Rouge Park and to promote existing activities and facilities and appropriate development of future recreational activities.

Visit Rouge Park!

Last year members of the Friends of Rouge Park helped raise over $250 by using their Kroger Cards. If you are a member of the Friends of Rouge Park and shop at Kroger, you can help us by designating Friends of Rouge Park under the Community Rewards program and we will receive a donation from Kroger at no cost to you. To sign up, please go to:
www.krogercommunityrewards.com (step-by-step directions here).
To become a member of Friends of Rouge Park for only $5/year, click here.

The Friends of Rouge Park