After 18 months, the Ravine landscape project at Bush’s Pasture Park opened on May 11, 2019, with a community ribbon-cutting event, cake and lemonade, and the opportunity for children to pot up garden thyme for mom.
Park-goers begin to gather for the Ravine public opening.
![Volunteers rest in the minutes before the Ravine public opening](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/volunteersgather-1024x680.jpg)
MSPC volunteers begin to gather in advance of theRavine opening.
![A group of people gather to cut the ribbon at the Ravine public opening](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/precut-1-1024x637.jpg)
MSPC volunteers, members, and guests gather at the Ravine to cut the ribbon.
![A group of people hold scissors to cut a ribbon at the Ravine public opening](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/ribboncuttingfavorite-1024x656.jpg)
MSPC volunteers, members, and guests gather at the Ravine to cut the ribbon.
![Smiling group of people react after cutting ribbon for the Ravine public opening](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/ribboncutting3-1024x742.jpg)
Conservancy volunteers, members, and guests finish cutting the ribbon to open the Ravine.
![Women walks away from ribbon cutting event with scissors at the Ravine public opening](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/passingoutscissors-1-1024x680.jpg)
Mary Nonamaker prudently removes the scissors after the ribbon cutting to prevent accidents or fatalities.
![Several people remove orange fencing as part of the Ravine public opening event.](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/tearingdownorange-1024x680.jpg)
MSPC volunteers remove orange fencing as part of the Ravine public opening event.
![Two womenl walk down the lower Ravine path during the Ravine public opening](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/ravine-and-shadow-1024x680.jpg)
MSPC members Ellen Stevens and Sharon Krimmel walk down the lower Ravine path.
![Two women serve cake to park-goers as part of the Ravine public opening event.](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/cakeshare-1-1024x707.jpg)
Debbie Alexander and Christine Chute serve cake to park-goers as part of the Ravine’s public opening event.
![A mother and children pot up garden thyme as part of the Ravine public opening.](https://missionstreetparks.org/wp-content/uploads/morethyme-1024x813.jpg)
A mother and children pot up garden thyme as part of the Ravine’s public opening.