Category: Horticulture

What’s in Bloom: Winter Interest

I wish I had been in town for the first snow of the season. How exciting to grab the camera,...

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What’s In Bloom

I find great delight in the surprise of a brilliant flash of red, the crisp lines of twigs swollen with...

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What’s in Bloom

The look on the Greenway has changed dramatically in the last 4 weeks. The perennials, shrubs and trees are storing...

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What’s In Bloom

Late fall blooms and ornamental grasses liven up the Greenway....

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What’s in Bloom

Fall blooms are unique and can be subtle....

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What’s in Bloom

Roses, cool colors, textures and fruits are showing throughout the Greenway as summer cools....

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What’s In Bloom

August is always one of our showiest months of flowers on the Greenway. From dinner plate-sized Hibiscus to aromatic Mountain...

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What’s In Bloom

In late June we observed a very exciting and unique horticultural event: the first flowering of our Eastern Prickly Pear!...

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What’s in Bloom

Our organically maintained landscape provides shelter and food for many organisms. We have observed a plethora of pollinators enjoying our...

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What’s in Bloom

Of our most perennially popular plants, the genus Allium stands out as a public favorite in the Fort Point Channel...

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What’s In Bloom

The Greenway, like many other parks and gardens, suffered a bit of disappointment after the chilling temperatures earlier this week....

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What’s in Bloom

The next few weeks of spring will bring a burst of brightly colored blooms to the parks. Our daffodils are...

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What’s in Bloom

Our spring cleanups have begun and we already have to tread lightly over the fragile bulb foliage coming up under...

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What’s In Bloom

As an unusually warm winter persists, we are beginning to see some of the shorter-term effects that the balmy weather...

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What’s In Bloom

Enjoy the silhouettes of our bare deciduous trees and shrubs, the waxy leaves and slender needles of our Evergreens, colors...

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What’s in Bloom

We have enjoyed an unseasonably warm fall as we continue our work out in the parks, but the winter chill...

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What’s in Bloom

Learn more about fall blooms on the Greenway. This week our blog features the lovely, Lady in Black Aster, Cockspur...

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What’s in Bloom

As the mercury drops the Greenway continues to bloom. Bundle up and take a stroll to check out these fall...

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What’s in Bloom

Autumn lends itself to beautiful blooms attracting curious insects to the Greenway....

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What’s in Bloom

As we savor the last days of summer and enter into the fall, we will begin to see fruit on...

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What’s in Bloom

As Fall approaches, weather hardy blooms persist in the parks. Crapemyrtle, Stonecrop and Anemone are currently flowering on the Greenway....

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What’s in Bloom

September, with its cool breeze and warm sunlight is the perfect month to discover some of the more subtle blooms...

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What’s in Bloom

Stunning blooms line the parks and garden beds. Stop along the way and check out these show stoppers while you...

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What’s In Bloom

Tall herbaceous plants are a great choice for height impact in a garden in place of trees and shrubs. This...

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What’s in Bloom

The Greenway is looking pretty in pink this week as these rose colored blooms flourish in the parks....

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