Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 1996

About Indy Parks and Recreation

Since 1996, Indy Parks and Recreation have partnered with IUPUI to provide students with service-learning projects in Marott Park and Nature Preserve, which is located in north-central Indianapolis. The main park entrance is located on College Avenue just across from Park Tudor School. The nature preserve, encompassing most of Marott Park, is composed of an old second-growth mixed mesophytic upland forest in the north, and floodplain forest and successional fields along Williams Creek and the White River to the south. Tree species throughout the park and nature preserve include Ohio buckeye, paw paw, bur and chinquapin oaks, and rough-leaved dogwood.

The service-learning projects of IUPUI students contribute to the ongoing restoration of the area and include removal of invasive exotic plant species, erosion control, hillslope stabilization, and hardwood forest restoration.