It’s My Nature

The $15 Million Capital Campaign to Preserve and Protect Warner Parks

Campaign Initiatives & Progress

Belle Meade Entrance & Allée

Renovation of Allée Steps, sandstone gates, & stonework
Landscape beautification & drainage repair

Completed, October 2021 100% 100%

Historic stonework & gateways

Restoration of “WPA” style stonework, bridges, and structures
Creation of new gateways at the Percy Warner Golf Course, Gaucho Road, and the Edwin Warner Park Picnic Area

Progress Underway 40% 40%

Primitive Trail Restoration

Improved trail durability & damage repair
Restored natural drainage patterns & mitigated erosion

Completed, september 2023 100% 100%

invasive plant control

Removal of all invasive plant species in the Warner Parks
Ongoing maintenance of forested acreage to ensure complete eradication of invasive plants

Progress underway 45% 45%

Historic Hodge House

Updated structure & home interior
Landscape beautification with a new pavilion for educational programming and special events

Completed, april 2022 100% 100%

Warner Park Nature Center

Including renovations to Susanne B. Warner Learning Center

Repaired chimney, roof, window, and gutter
Replacement of damaged posts, railings, siding, and trim, with fresh paint

Completed 100% 100%

Percy Warner Golf Course

Replacement of irrigation system, putting greens, and green surrounds
Improved teeing ground and golf cart path
Creation of a new practice area

completed, course opens june 2024 100% 100%

Edwin Warner Park Land & River Restoration Project

Project with Metro Parks, Metro Water, and the Cumberland River Compact

Relocation and replacement of picnic shelters #9, #10, and #11
Removal of all impervious parking areas surrounding shelters #10 and #11
Streambank restoration

Completed, may 2023 100% 100%

A Letter From Our Campaign Chair

The It’s My Nature Campaign strives to preserve and protect Warner Parks for future generations. We’ve done a 100-year restoration to the Allée and we’re strategically poised for our next park improvement projects: continued restoration of historic stonework, improvements to trails and park vistas, invasive plant removal, and critical repairs at the Warner Park Nature Center.

It’s been a very exciting process to be a part of. The city of Nashville has been so supportive of this, and we are grateful for the vision and generosity of the community leaders listed below. Please join us in our efforts to return the park to its original splendor with a gift of any amount.
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It’s Our Nature, Nashville.