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Armed Forces Tribute Garden
This beautiful, contemplative destination garden is dedicated to those who serve our country in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines.
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Community Gardens
Gardens grow vegetables and communities!
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Forestry
The City of Westminster Forestry Team works to preserve and promote a healthy, safe, and diverse tree canopy through progressive urban forestry practices and community engagement.
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Open Space & Trails
Westminster has 120 miles of trails that wind through open space and offer magnificent views, natural beauty, and access to wildlife corridors.
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Standley Lake Regional Park and Wildlife Refuge
Visit just for the day or spend a week exploring Standley Lake Regional Park and Wildlife Refuge. There's plenty of outdoor fun to experience at the 3,000 acre park!
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Parks, Recreation & Libraries Vision Plan
In 2023, the Westminster PRL Department launched a comprehensive vision planning effort. The PRL Vision Plan updates and replaces the 2009 Parks and Recreation Master Plan and, for the first time, brings all PRL services under the guiding framework of a single plan.
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Neighborhood Enhancement Grant
The Neighborhood Enhancement Grant Program makes funding available for projects that improve the appearance and quality of life of individual neighborhoods and areas in Westminster.
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Open Space Volunteering
Volunteer with Westminster Open Space to maintain and preserve over 3,000 acres of open space property in your community.
Dog Waste Stations
The City’s Stormwater Fund provides funding for Parks, Recreation and Libraries pet waste bag program. The City also partners with Poo Free Parks, who services the City’s 196 bag stations on a biweekly basis. The City is committed keeping parks, open spaces and waterways clean and beautiful in an environmentally responsible manner. In order to keep costs of the program down, the City offers sponsorship opportunities which brings value and recognition to our sponsorship partners. For more information, please email Adam Ritter
Memorial Bench Program
The City of Westminster's Parks, Recreation and Libraries Department welcomes donations as a part of the memorial bench program. These donations help us enhance our parks, trails and open spaces while remembering loved ones. Learn more about memorial benches.
Mosquito Management
The City of Westminster partners with Vector Disease Control International (VDCI) for mosquito management. VDCI employs established Integrated Mosquito Management (IMM) principles and practices to dramatically reduce the numbers of mosquitoes in the city. The program includes practices that are environmentally sensitive and utilize a combination of cultural, biological and chemical measures that emphasize the least-toxic approach to target and control all mosquitoes, both nuisance species and disease-vector species. The primary diseases of concern are West Nile Virus, Western Equine Encephalitis, and St. Louis encephalitis.
VDCI's Mosquito Hotline at
- Reports of mosquito annoyance areas, and/or standing, stagnant water that may indicate the presence of larval sites or harborage of adult mosquitoes.
- No spray or opt-out process for a resident to request that no spraying be performed in front of their home. This may be used as a shut-off list that would require the operator to tum off the spray when driving past the residents identified on the list and prior notification to the resident of when spraying will take place.
- Request for notification when spraying will be done. A resident can request to be notified when their neighborhood will be treated with adulticide spray.
- Request for information on how to control and/or prevent mosquitoes on private property as well as educational information on mosquito-borne diseases.
- Request health and safety information about mosquito control operations and pesticide products used in the mosquito control program.
- Request for information on what surveillance or treatment programs are taking place within the City of Westminster.
Metal Detecting Special Use Permit
Apply for a permit by filling out the Special Use Permit Form (Metal Detector) (PDF). Once completed, please email it to Parks and Recreation.