GLEN PARK GREENWAY
COMMUNITY PLANTING
SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 2022
The Glen Park Greenway is a riparian corridor that runs along the former banks of Islais Creek in San Francisco. Miridae was tasked with integrating a quarter-acre native meadow into a well-traveled section of the Greenway. The overall project goals were part of a larger vision for Glen Park Greenway and include: benefiting the surrounding community and ecology, honoring the site and neighborhood history, and conserving water. Working with Friends of the Glen Park Greenway and BASE Landscape Architecture, Miridae developed an “Along the Creek” concept that honors the historic creek through drifts of blue blooms and blue-toned foliage that weave around the pedestrian trail.
HIGHLIGHTED PLANTS
Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hairgrass)
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue)
Leymus condensatus ‘Canyon Prince’ (Canyon Prince Wild Rye)
Penstemon speciosus (Royal Penstemon)
Phacelia californica (Rock Phacelia)
Salvia clevelandii ‘Winnifred Gilman’ (Winnifred Gilman Sage)
Stachys bullata (California Hedgenettle)
Stipa pulchra (Purple Needlegrass)
The conceptual historic Islais Creek is represented by a palette of blue-tinted foliage and plants with blue blooms that weave around the walking trail, suggesting movement of water, plants, and people
Process photos showing meadow after initial weed control and meadow matrix planting
The meadow planting is a 2+ year process and starts with weed control, continues with weed control, and includes annual fall sowing of native California seed
Images by Friends of the Glen Park Greenway and Miridae