Aerating Lawns at Armenian Heritage Park
Several times a year, we aerate our lawns using an amazing device that we attach to our tractor. Aeration helps keep our lawns from compacting and it’s part of our organic care program for the Greenway. To put it simply, aeration removes small cores of soil, opening holes in lawns, allowing air, water and other […]
Organic Turf Maintenance on the Greenway
Note: This article appeared in a recent issue of the Ecological Landscape Association newsletter and was written by Anthony Ruggiero, our Horticulture Foreman. The Greenway is a mile-and-a-half-long public park that stretches from Chinatown to the North End in downtown Boston. It is a linear series of small parks that sit above the I-93 tunnel […]
The Grass is Greener
During the past week, several sections of turf that had experienced compaction due to rain and then heavy foot traffic have been replaced. We spoke with Stu Shillaber, Superintendent of Horticulture for the Greenway Conservancy, about the process.
