Current Events:

Minutes of the provisional board meeting Dec 17th.

Past Projects:

Since its organization, FOBF's biggest problem has been drainage at the watering area:

• No Muddy Dogs Phase One a success! (Or so we thought...)
• We thought No Muddy Dogs Phase Two was good, too...
• Now, No Muddy Dogs Phase Three seems to work, but the drainfield is clogged...

More about Barker Field:

Our Yahoo Group 'Barker Field Regulars' has been used for some years as a bulletin board for communicating, organizing activities, and chatting about our dogs. Those interested in Barker Field are invited to join the group and keep up with the discussion...

Organization:

• Constitution
• Board
• Meetings & Minutes
• Lessons Learned
• History of Richmond's dog parks

Friends of Barker Field is partner group of the Richmond Recreation & Parks Foundation, organized to cooperate with the city in the care for our dog park. situated in Byrd Park's SouthEast corner.

The city provides some maintenance services thru the Departments of Public Works and of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities. Barker Field's 4 super cans of bagged dog poop are regularly emptied by a Parks crew, and they occasionally cut the grass around the fences, and take care of ditches and the parking lot.

Fences, gates, and everything else to facilitate our dogs' special use of the park is provided by volunteer effort or through contributions to the Friends of Barker Field account with the Rec & Parks Foundation.

Click here for more about how to contribute...

Links about dog parks

Bring your dog to Barker Field. It is well-utilized in all weathers. There are usually several dogs there, often dozens, and sometimes several dozen milling and chasing around the park.