A Website about Urban Environmental Restoration in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Our backyard and a vacant lot on our block we purchased and transformed into a native plant garden are flourishing with a rich diversity of Pennsylvania native spring wildflowers. Trillium erectum, Trillium grandiflorum, Cornus florida, Lonicera sempervirens, (‘major wheeler’) Mertensia virginica, Dicentra cucullaria, Aquilegia canadensis …..
We found some bloodroot growing with a big seed pod as well!
West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Geranium maculatum, Cornus florida, Asimina triloba, Arisaema triphyllum,
Pictured in order. All in cultivation.
The Mayapples in this cozy ravine are blooming earlier than stands in other parts of Fairmount Park. Â Found on the trail between the recycling center and the strawberry mansion bridge.Â
Podophyllum peltatum
