Anthony Esposito is determined to take a weed wacker to the Augusta Golf & Gardens, even if it gets him tossed off the property.

A non-practicing attorney and founder of Growing Augusta the GreenWay, a community service group with 38 members, Mr. Esposito e-mailed a letter to the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame on Tuesday seeking permission to hold a cleanup on June 6, a Saturday, at 8:15 a.m.

Volunteers are ready to go with riding and push lawn mowers and bush hogs, he said, and they want to first take on the areas visible from Reynolds Street -- around the circle where the Bobby Jones statue once stood -- and the Marriott hotel parking lot.

The stated goal of his group is "to promote cultural, economic, environmental and educational progress," and Mr. Esposito calls the overgrown botanical gardens an "inexcusable situation."

If he can't get access by June 6, he and other volunteers will either stand at the gates with their equipment as a public protest or slip onto the property and do the work until the state has them ejected -- another kind of protest.

"We're there, no matter what," he said.

Golf hall Marketing Director Robyn Jarrett said she forwarded his letter to board chairman Bryan Persons. As long as waivers are signed and the state Attorney General's Office doesn't object, Ms. Jarrett said, the board would likely welcome the help.

"I don't see why not," she said.

With its funding slashed, the golf hall doesn't have money to maintain the 17-acre property, Ms. Jarrett has said. The city took over maintenance in 2008 but gave it up this year as a cost-cutting measure.

Radio station WGAC-FM (93.1) reporter Scott Hudson said his volunteer group, the First Saturday Crew, is on board to help Mr. Esposito next month, though he won't take part in any protest if they're denied entry.