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Upcoming Events
We would LOVE your help in planning future events in Rouge Park!
Join our Programming Committee here
Honeysuckle Happy Hour & Wildflower Walk Work Day
Friday April 26 at 4:30-7:30pm
Help us remove invasive species from the woods and enjoy the spring wildflowers
Register
Vernal Pond Study
Saturday April 27 at 11am-12:30 pm
Take a walk with us in the woods and explore a vernal pond and help us survey it.
Kids 10 and older welcome when accompanied by a participating adult.
Register
Cinco de Flores Spring Wildflower Walk
Sunday May 5, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ma'iingan Wildwood Trail (map)
Join FORP's Land Stewardship Manager Antonio Cosme on a walk to find spring wildflowers.
Register
Rouge Park Appreciation Day
Saturday May 18 9am-1pm
SE corner of Joy and Spinoza
Help clean up and restore Rouge Park at our biggest annual clean up of the year. Lunch provided for all volunteers.
Register
Sunday Yoga in the Park
Sunday June 2, 9-10am
Brennan Recreation Area
Join Yoganic Flow every Sunday morning through September for yoga in the park.
Membership Meeting & Juneteenth Celebration
Tuesday June 18, 6-7:30 pm
Sorensen Recreation Area
Join FORP for an update and celebration of Juneteenth
Rhythm and Rouge Open Mike Make Music Day
Saturday June 22
Celebrate Make Music Day by participating in an open mike event
Butterfly and Prairie Walk
Sunday July 28, 2-3:30 pm
Prairie Pathway and Butterfly Garden
Take a walk through Rouge Park's restored prairie and learn to identify butterflies, other pollinators and native prairie plants with Doris Applebaum, Stefanie Steele and Sally Petrella.
Birds, Bugs and Plants Walk
Saturday August 17, 1-3pm
Prairie Pathway and Butterfly Garden
Join FORP and Detroit Bird Alliance in exploring the prairie.
Register
Membership Meeting
Tuesday Sept. 17 at 6pm
Buffalo Soldiers and Blues Freedom and Arts Festival
Sat. Sept. 21
Buffalo Soldiers Horse Barn
Celebrate the history of the Buffalo Soldiers with pony rides, blues, museum tours, food and lawn games.
Membership Meeting and Holiday Party
Tuesday December 17 at 6pm
Starter's Bar and Grill
Join FORP to celebrate the year
Join our Programming Committee here
Honeysuckle Happy Hour & Wildflower Walk Work Day
Friday April 26 at 4:30-7:30pm
Help us remove invasive species from the woods and enjoy the spring wildflowers
Register
Vernal Pond Study
Saturday April 27 at 11am-12:30 pm
Take a walk with us in the woods and explore a vernal pond and help us survey it.
Kids 10 and older welcome when accompanied by a participating adult.
Register
Cinco de Flores Spring Wildflower Walk
Sunday May 5, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ma'iingan Wildwood Trail (map)
Join FORP's Land Stewardship Manager Antonio Cosme on a walk to find spring wildflowers.
Register
Rouge Park Appreciation Day
Saturday May 18 9am-1pm
SE corner of Joy and Spinoza
Help clean up and restore Rouge Park at our biggest annual clean up of the year. Lunch provided for all volunteers.
Register
Sunday Yoga in the Park
Sunday June 2, 9-10am
Brennan Recreation Area
Join Yoganic Flow every Sunday morning through September for yoga in the park.
Membership Meeting & Juneteenth Celebration
Tuesday June 18, 6-7:30 pm
Sorensen Recreation Area
Join FORP for an update and celebration of Juneteenth
Rhythm and Rouge Open Mike Make Music Day
Saturday June 22
Celebrate Make Music Day by participating in an open mike event
Butterfly and Prairie Walk
Sunday July 28, 2-3:30 pm
Prairie Pathway and Butterfly Garden
Take a walk through Rouge Park's restored prairie and learn to identify butterflies, other pollinators and native prairie plants with Doris Applebaum, Stefanie Steele and Sally Petrella.
Birds, Bugs and Plants Walk
Saturday August 17, 1-3pm
Prairie Pathway and Butterfly Garden
Join FORP and Detroit Bird Alliance in exploring the prairie.
Register
Membership Meeting
Tuesday Sept. 17 at 6pm
Buffalo Soldiers and Blues Freedom and Arts Festival
Sat. Sept. 21
Buffalo Soldiers Horse Barn
Celebrate the history of the Buffalo Soldiers with pony rides, blues, museum tours, food and lawn games.
Membership Meeting and Holiday Party
Tuesday December 17 at 6pm
Starter's Bar and Grill
Join FORP to celebrate the year
Check out our new Rouge Park brochure!
(To print, it requires 8-1/2 x 14 paper - four fold. They are available at the information kiosks located at Sorensen & Brennan Recreation Areas and at the Stone Bridge & Prairie Pathway Trailheads)
(To print, it requires 8-1/2 x 14 paper - four fold. They are available at the information kiosks located at Sorensen & Brennan Recreation Areas and at the Stone Bridge & Prairie Pathway Trailheads)
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:
Carlita Carr, Manager II – Recreation Division (313) 628-4203 (Office) (313) 269-4100 (Cell) Carlita.Carr@detroitmi.gov
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:
Carlita Carr, Manager II – Recreation Division (313) 628-4203 (Office) (313) 269-4100 (Cell) Carlita.Carr@detroitmi.gov
If you plan to reserve a Picnic Shelter, please use this map to identify the shelter you wish to reserve.
Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan is Complete
The plan represents the vision for Detroit Parks and Recreation for the next ten years. See the plan here.
The plan represents the vision for Detroit Parks and Recreation for the next ten years. See the plan here.
Become a Rouge Park Steward
Park Stewards are the eyes, ears and working hands caring for, and revitalizing, Rouge Park. There are many ways you can contribute. More information here.
Park Stewards are the eyes, ears and working hands caring for, and revitalizing, Rouge Park. There are many ways you can contribute. More information here.