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Cleveland Park • Greenville, South Carolina
The Voice of the Park
Help protect the green spaces, shared memories, and everyday adventures that make Cleveland Park part of Greenville's story.
100 Years100 TreesOne Park for Generations
Our shared work
A beloved park. A shared responsibility.
Friends of Cleveland Park speaks for, promotes, and protects the park for this generation and those to come. We connect neighbors with the park and help steward its natural beauty—without owning the park or directing City operations.
Meet the Friends100 Trees for 100 Years
Honoring a century of Cleveland Park. Planting for the next one.
1909
Land is deeded to the City with the intention that it become a public park.
1925–1926
Plans for Cleveland Park take shape, including roads, recreation, trees, shrubs and an organized planting program. A proposed opening date was January 1, 1926.
2026
100 Trees for 100 Years begins a new century of planting and stewardship.
The plan: 100 new trees. Circles fill in only when a verified planted count is published.
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More ways to gather are on the way
No eligible upcoming or ongoing event is currently published. Explore volunteer interests now, or revisit past park gatherings.
Choose your part
There is more than one way to care for the park.
Help plant the next generation of trees
Raise your hand for a future community planting opportunity.
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Share your interest in helping a focused project take root.
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The park story
Part of Greenville's story. Part of everyday life.
Cleveland Park brings trails, open lawns, gathering places, and green space into the rhythm of everyday Greenville life. It is the work of a century of planting and stewardship.
Explore Park HistoryShare your ideas
What should the park's next century hold?
Shade, trails, play, events, access: the Friends read every idea and use them to shape projects, events and advocacy.
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