Greenway Sets Attendance Record in 2015!
By Jesse Brackenbury, Greenway Conservancy Executive Director It’s finally winter and our staff are currently evaluating 2016 food truck submissions and event proposals, but let’s look back for a moment to celebrate last year’s record 1.19 million Greenway visitors! These 1.19M Greenway visitors are the ones we can easily count – millions more visitors run […]
Along the Winter Greenway
The temperatures have dropped below freezing, the leaves are gone from all the trees, and someday the snow will fly. It is winter on the Greenway. Horticulturally, it is a vastly different time. The herbaceous perennials, the annuals, and many of the shrubs and trees have lost their green. Leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds are […]
Narcissus and early Tulips Blooming
The early round of narcissus and tulips are blooming in the Fort Point Channel Parks. My very favorite Tulipa praestans ‘Shogun’ has started blooming under the maple allee, near the corner of Oliver and Purchase streets. This wonderful multi flowering wild tulip, opens in a range of sunset yellows and rich, but gentle oranges […]
Spring Clean Up and Mulching
One last good raking and a layer of composted mulch is our version of spring cleaning. This week we have been finishing spring cut backs of the dormant perennials and grasses. We leave these standing throughout the winter to provide both visual interest, habitat for beneficial insects – we found a praying mantis egg sack […]
