planting at Palace of Nature - Fall 2007

The Palace of Nature is a grove of native trees and shrubs. These help water to soak into the soil. These photos show volunteers planting on Sept. 23 2007.







If you're visiting the playground, take a look to see how our new trees are doing.

Sunday Morning Stroll

Wet Meadow 1 is looking lush. This photo was taken yesterday morning.








Coreopsis are in bloom, as well

End of Year Picnic/Potluck/Planting

Last night over a dozen families converged on the playground at Buhr Park to celebrate the last day of Blossom, the beginning of summer and being together.

After playing, eating, and ice cream, the remaining crew converged on the north end of Wet Meadow II to plant wild strawberries and raspberries.

The wet meadows and the palace of nature appear to be in great condition. Coreopsis were the most prevalent blossom in the meadows. The oak, paw paw and tulip tree seedlings that were planted last year at the palace of nature appear to be in great condition.

woodies greening up

The little oak tree planted to honor Jane and her baby is doing well.

Also, the pteleas at north end and one of the bladdernuts in the middle tier are greening up.

So is the little tulip tree in tha Palace of Nature.

Fall is a good time to work outdoors

We collected seeds and did some other work today.


We spread woodchips around the bench.

Wet Meadow II Fills Up

With a melt-off and rain the very large Wet Meadow II fills to the brim with water.

Clare and I visited the wet meadow the evening of February 15. The the photos are dark, but we saw the three basins of the Wet Meadow II filled with standing water. A nice stream of water was flowing in from behind the ice rink. The road below the wet meadow has no huge puddles. In short, everything is working according to plan.

Also... we managed to sneak up on ducks in both the new and old wet meadows. And tried some nighttime photography.

Wet Meadow II Fall 2004 Update

It was a great summer for growing!

Since planting day, we've been hard at work making sure that things go smoothly at the wet meadow. It turns out that we didn't need to work as hard as we might have. It was a mild and wet summer. It got a little dry in the fall, so whe had to pull hoses and rely on the generosity of the neighbors who let us use their water spigots.

When all the plants were in, we worried that the ground was too hard, that the plants would dry out, that they'd be trampled... We were also told that if 40-50% of the plants survived, we should be happy. So we were ready for the worst.

We're here to report this fall that probably over 90% of the plants survived the first growing season! Things couldn't be better!