The Friends’ Gardening Crew has assumed responsibility for flowerbeds around the park's Nature Center.  The ultimate goal is for plantings of all native Tennessee flowers and shrubs. Identification labels enable visitors to repeat the planting in their home landscaping.

Storybook Trail features an interactive outdoor reading path where families can read children's books page-by-page along a natural walking route.

Public awareness of the history of Bowie Nature Park is a primary goal of the Friends. To that end, the group raised over $10,000 for a museum and with the help of City administrators to set aside an area in the new Nature Center for that purpose. Inside the Nature Center, a life-sized likeness of Evangeline Bowie welcomes visitors to the Bowie Museum.

Friends of Bowie park played an integral role in the design and fundraising for the newly replace Tree House Playground.

Nestled in the woods a short distance from the Nature Center, Joann's Outdoor Classroom seems somehow to be in a world apart from the bustle of everyday life. In 2011 Friends of Bowie Nature Park received a $6000 grant to provide electricity to Joann's Outdoor Classroom. 

The Friends assist in a number of staff programs geared toward children and families. The group funded the purchase of the "Story Snag" for the Nature Center, a man-made tree whose recesses and hollows are filled with animal puppets. Children enjoy and learn from stories told around its base.

Approximately 12 miles of trails crisscross Bowie Nature Park. Most are shared by hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers, but some sections are designated for foot traffic or horseback riding only. In 2009, the Friends of Bowie Nature Park recognized the need for more signage. Through their donation of $1,460, thirty six directional signs were added to the trail system and eight large-scale trail maps were mounted throughout the Park.

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The story of 3 sisters who transformed barren, eroded farmland into a beautiful nature sanctuary. Written by Eileen Brogan, Pictures by Wade Hooper, Published by Friends of Bowie Nature Park.