BYOB on first Friday (May 3) and see improvements in Park Ave medians
If your walks, jogs or drives take you through the 1600 and 1700 blocks of Park Ave., you’ve probably noticed some changes in the medians over the last couple of years.
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Hold the two dates: greening briefing and Green Streets Arts Festival
The Bolton Hill Garden Club and BHCA’s Greening Committee will host a neighborhood greening briefing on Saturday, March 16 at 2 pm at Unity Hall.
Two state grants awarded to plan for greener spaces in the neighborhood
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) awarded two separate grants to provide detailed plans to renovate green spaces in Bolton Hill. One is Mounds Park in the 1400 block of Eutaw Place and the other is the southeast vacant lot and bus stop at the corner of Park and North avenues.
Fall bird migration brings new colors and sounds to the neighborhood
The fall bird migration is underway and for attentive residents of Bolton Hill, that means an opportunity to spot a wide range of birds that are passing through, heading south for the winter months. If not in your yard, look for them in neighborhood and other nearby parks where each night they come down from the skies in search of insects or berries, water and a safe place to rest.
Listen closely: these are the sounds of Bolton Hill
Before Canada’s smoke disrupted those crisp, pleasant late spring days when neither heat nor air conditioning were needed, seasonal sounds of the neighborhood drifted through open windows.
Garden Club grants $7,500 for neighborhood greening projects
The Bolton Hill Garden Club last month approved a record $7,500 in grants to create and improve publicly accessible green spaces to beautify the community. A total of eight projects will be funded throughout the neighborhood.
Take a turn at restoring an urn
What a difference a coat of paint can make! In the next few weeks all eight monumental urns on the Park Avenue medians will be repainted by neighborhood and garden club volunteers.
Gardening advice: avoid invasive plants and non-native plants
Urban Forester Megan Carr visited the March meeting of the Bolton Hill Garden Club hosted by Amy Sheridan and discussed the impact of non-native plants on our environment.
Bolton Hill Notes
Arts in the Parks; Fresh food source nearby; Garden Club speaker; Upcoming Midtown Town Hall; Yoga on Eutaw; Landlord Oversight
Bolton Hill honors Lee Tawney
The Bolton Hill Garden Club, joined by BHCA, presented its first ever Greening and Beautification Award on Saturday to longtime resident and neighborhood advocate Lee Tawney.