Thank you for visiting.  Friends of Encanto Park is a volunteer group advocating for capital improvements for Encanto Park in Central Phoenix Arizona. The “crown jewel” of Phoenix Parks, Encanto Park broke ground in 1935 and is Arizona's most heavily used and beloved city park. A restored Encanto Park will invite residents, and visitors, to take delight in the community and our collective heritage.

Thanks to everyone who helped move the Encanto Park Grand Plan closer to reality, Encanto Park has secured a $5,000,000 line item from the Phoenix Parks and Preserve Initiative (PPPI). We look forward to working with the Parks Department to create a plan for restoration and improvements across the 222 acre campus.

The Friends of Encanto Park also raises private money to enhance Encanto Park. We have been organizing since 2005 and our first major project, the Encanto Entrada, was dedicated at the 75th year community celebration on November 27, 2010.

The Encanto Entrada is a portal with lush landscaping and a bench on formerly vacant land at 8th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard. We also plan to embellish  new fencing with finial details. The designs for new high quality wrought iron fencing around Encanto Golf Course, and the Entrada welcoming visitors to Encanto Park, are in the photo section.

Please join us in support of Encanto Park. Its unique and historic character has inspired Phoenix for more than seven decades. Let's work together to rebuild this sanctuary for future generations. 

Together we grow.

* Original art by Phoenix Native Lisa MacCollum