Pumpkinvine Bike Ride

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Trail construction between County Roads 35 and 37 is underway

Elkhart County Parks are building the trail with a $150,000 grant from the Recreational Trails Program of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources together with a substantial cash donation from Friends of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail.

A tunnel under U.S. 20 southwest of Middlebury was built in 2010 along with 0.4 mile of trail. The current construction will extend the existing trail 1.2 miles to County Road 35.

Trash and old fence dumped in the corridor over the years were removed prior to the start of construction. Also, dead trees and some live ones in the construction zone were removed. Trail construction started in March and good weather has allowed rapid progress.

Native grasses and flowers were sowed along the Pumpkinvine in 2012

If you were on the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail last summer you probably noticed several plots of blooming flowers between County Roads 127 and 33. There were strong displays of Coreopsis, Black Eyed Susan, Evening Primrose, Bees Balm, Prairie Partridge as well as other flowers. Preparations were started last summer to sow an additional ¾ acre of native plants including two small plots in LaGrange County. The seed was planted in March.