Friends and neighbors: On Saturday, November 23, braving the rain and wind of the atmospheric river and bomb cyclone, the valiant volunteers of Friends of the Fountain and Walk added seasonal decorations to the Fountain at The Circle. From now through the first week of January, the fountain island will be ringed with lighted garlands of greenery and the grizzly...
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Friends and neighbors: Happy Halloween! It’s the final day of October, which has been an eventful month around The Circle. But we head into November and the holiday season full of hope for good things. A recap: On Saturday, Oct. 5, a car descending Marin Avenue struck another car and flew into the center island of The Circle, narrowly missing...
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Friends and neighbors: Over its 30-plus years of existence, with your support, Friends of the Fountain and Walk has worked diligently to preserve and restore landmark elements of the Northbrae neighborhood, including the Fountain at The Circle, Fountain Walk and the balustrade that borders the historic area, all designed by esteemed architect John Galen Howard more than a century ago....
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Friends and neighbors: Happy summer! There’s no better time to be out in the great outdoors. So why not spend an hour or two with Friends of the Fountain and Walk helping maintain our beloved Northbrae landmarks, the Fountain at The Circle and Fountain Walk? Once a month, usually on the first Saturday, we gather at The Circle to do...
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Friends and neighbors: Today a small group of volunteers gathered in The Circle to take down the holiday decorations that have adorned the center island and the bear cub sculptures on the Fountain at The Circle. It’s always a bittersweet task, as it signifies that the holidays are over and our Berkeley version of winter has really arrived. For the...
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Friends and neighbors: Happy holidays! As we noted earlier this year, Friends of the Fountain and Walk marked its 30th anniversary in 2023. Created as an all-volunteer nonprofit in 1993 by a group of neighbors, it has served as community caretaker for the Fountain at The Circle and Fountain Walk ever since. This week, Berkeley’s community news site, Berkeleyside, took...
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Friends and neighbors: Just a note to let you know the Fountain at The Circle is now dressed for the holidays. A group of Friends of the Fountain and Walk volunteers added lighted greenery around the perimeter of the fountain island and wreaths and kippot on the grizzly bear cubs at the fountain’s center. The decorations will be up through...
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Hello, friends and neighbors. Friends of the Fountain and Walk wants to alert you to the fact that a few improvement projects are expected to begin in and around The Circle very soon. These are projects that FOFW has been working toward for some time, and it appears that our partners at the city are ready to help us move...
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Friends and neighbors: Happy spring! That was to be the gist of this post, which was simply going to urge you to take a stroll along Fountain Walk soon, to enjoy the amazing array of plants that neighbor Wendy Wells has painstakingly and lovingly installed and tended over the past several years along the lower walk. Many are in bloom...
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Friends and neighbors: On Friday, March 3, Friends of the Fountain and Walk had its monthly work day on The Circle and Fountain Walk a day earlier than the usual first Saturday of the month. That’s because a group of young volunteers from neighboring Saint Mary’s College High School were able to come out that day and lend our usual...
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