Now that the dust is settling a bit on the pond and Sankofa Sanctuary projects in Chickasaw Park, our Team for Healthy Parks is working on pollinator-friendly beautification. The site disturbance from construction has given way to opportunities for enhancing the new landscape.
The parking lot near the Chickasaw Park Lodge (more improvements coming there when insurance comes through for storm damage) is a prime location for a rain garden. The garden helps improve water quality, reduces flooding, and enhances our urban ecosystems. When it rains, the stormwater runs from the parking lot into specially designed channels directed to the soil of the garden. The garden then acts as a natural filter for stormwater runoff, preventing pollutants from reaching waterways and replenishing groundwater supplies.
The Chickasaw rain garden was designed with pollinator-friendly plants that enhance biodiversity in our urban environment. The garden has an important role to play in improving air quality, mitigating habitat loss, and enhancing the park user experience. Many thanks to Dow Chemical volunteers who worked alongside us to install all these plants!
Olmsted Parks Conservancy is in the process of installing the Butterfly and Bee Pollinator Meadow near the Chickasaw Park pond, a project that will further support biodiversity in the park and the surrounding neighborhood. Look for the meadow to begin sprouting this fall!
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