Spring landscape projects need your support!

$10,000 in new donations are needed by April 1, 2023! Please click here to donate.

Last spring and summer you may have noticed new flower gardens popping up along Wasson Way between Madison Rd. and Marburg Ave.  This is all thanks to the volunteers working with the Wasson Way Landscape Committee.  Last year we planted nearly 2000 flower bulbs, just as many seeds for annual flowers in addition to more than 70 trees, all as part of a Landscape Master plan we developed with POD Design, a professional landscape design firm.  Garden preparations and layout were done by volunteers, Cincinnati Master Gardeners and Young Entrepreneurs Landscaping.  This year we have more plans!

We are currently finalizing designs with University of Cincinnati DAAP Landscape Architecture faculty and students and funding from the CROWN and Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation for two new installations.  A “Tiny Forest” based on Miyawaki and Tallamy methods and a new “Pollinator Garden” will be installed on the trail to the west of the I-71 bridge, near Floral Ave.  These installations are the first in a network of planned installations along the CROWN that will provide habitat for animals and insects, as well as nectar for pollinators, while increasing carbon sequestration along the network.  Even though they are tiny, every little bit counts.  And they will add beauty and peace to your travels along the trail.

So, what can you do about it?
– Donate your time as a volunteer to help with the installations.  

– Donate your money to support the projects.  We have an immediate need for $10,000 by the end of February, to match the funds of the CROWN/Nellie L. Taft Foundation to purchase the trees, flowers, and do the soil remediation needed to turn an old gravel railroad bed into a flowering garden.

Your contributions are much needed and appreciated.  Click here to donate!