Welcome to the Parks Division at the City of Berkeley, CA. We are part of the Parks Recreation & Waterfront Department.
The Parks Division is home to the Landscape Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance, and Urban Forestry Units. The Landscape Maintenance Unit maintains all of Berkeley's parks, street medians, and triangles. The Facilities Maintenance Unit maintains and repairs recreation buildings, pools, sports fields, ball courts, children’s play areas, and water fountains, benches, and other park features. The Urban Forestry Unit responds to tree-related emergencies 24/7 and performs tree maintenance year round. Tree maintenance consists of pruning, removing, and planting trees; and other tree-related duties.
As City playgrounds open, caregivers should use masks, distance, time limits and other precautions - All of the City's 66 playgrounds are now open -- but everyone should use caution as high-touch shared surfaces and gathering places for crowds remain potential sources of virus transmission.
Those risks are always present at playgrounds, especially in flu season. But increased vigilance is needed for COVID-19, a disease for which there is neither vaccine nor treatment. [more...]
Construction & Renovation Projects - Partial or Complete Park Closures - **Notice** Parks, Recreation and Waterfront is working to improve your Parks experience. Please see temporary closures below: [more...]
Make a Donation! - Make a donation to help your favorite City park or to honor someone special! There are five parks funds to choose from. The funds go towards the direct cost of buying and installing everything we need to keep our parks in great shape. This includes playground equipment, trees and landscaping, picnic tables, games and sports equipment for youth, educational supplies at the Nature Center, transportation for youth programs, and waste receptacles to help keep parks clean. Memorial benches are another way to honor someone special. All donations of $50 or more are tax-deductible. For more information, contact Wanda Williams at the Parks Administration Office at (510) 981-6700, or by email at wwilliams@cityofberkeley.info, or at the City’s parks website: http://www.cityofberkeley.info/PRW/ [more...]
Measure T1 -$100 Million to Improve Existing City Infrastructure & Facilities - Click here for Measure T1 Program and Project Updates
Click here for Measure T1 Community Meetings and Events [more...]
PRW Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) - PRW’s capital funding is made up of Recurring Capital from the Parks Tax, General Fund, Marina Fund and the Camps Fund. This $1.75 M, along with Bond Measure funds from Measure WW and now T1 Bond Measure funds are used to address our most critical unfunded needs. Measure F, the 2014 Parks Tax increase approved by Berkeley voters has increased parks tax yearly capital from $250,000 to $1,000,000 since FY2016. Capital Improvements include safety and accessibility; replacing deteriorated play equipment, repairing or replacing site furnishings; improvement to existing playing field and basic infrastructure improvements. [more...]