Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Inventory Walk at Greenway Meadows Aug. 24

This Sunday at 2pm, we'll explore Greenway Meadows, particularly the area along the StonyBrook. The park has great potential for creating wet meadows in low, sunny swales--the sort perfectly suited for boneset and the many other sun-loving wildflowers featured lately on this blog--but we'll see what's growing there now. We may also check out all the native species planted around the D&R Greenway's Johnson Education Center.

This is the last in our summer series of inventory walks, and also marks the last week for our summer intern extraordinaire, Sarah Chambliss, whose good works this summer have been made possible by the Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) and Friends of Princeton Open Space.

Meet at the Greenway Meadows parking lot, across from the entrance to Johnson Park School, out Rosedale Road.

The Friends of Princeton Open Space, which I work for, contributed $300,000 to the purchase of Greenway Meadows, and also helped purchase 14 wooded acres across Rosedale Road from the park. These plant inventory walks are part of an effort to document plant life in Princeton's preserved areas for the upcoming publication of the Princeton Environmental Resource Inventory.

2 comments:

  1. I was blessed to share this walk at D&R Greenway Land Trust, and to get to know our property in new ways. Steve, you are a born teacher. The guests I brought, some of them major donors, relished every moment and want to do this with you elsewhere. The scenes you revealed from unsuspected heights have the look of Constable's paintings in my camera. I am deeply grateful.

    Carolyn

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  2. I was blessed to share this walk at D&R Greenway Land Trust, and to get to know our property in new ways. Steve, you are a born teacher. The guests I brought, some of them major donors, relished every moment and want to do this with you elsewhere. The scenes you revealed from unsuspected heights have the look of Constable's paintings in my camera. I am deeply grateful.

    Carolyn

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