Sacred Places
Fello Annapolis
A junk yard of tires and broken bottles, now a garden for all five senses.
WHERE
Annapolis, MD
SETTING
Neighborhood
PARTNER INSTITUTION
Fello
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Where it is
931 Spa Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
What happens here
The garden serves people with disabilities, their families, and the Annapolis community. It sits along the Spa Creek Trail, which connects West Street, the main street in Annapolis, to the city's residential neighbourhoods.
HOW IT CAME TO BE
Old tires and invasive plants.
01
The Need
The Fello Annapolis property was a useless junk yard of old tires, concrete, blacktop, broken bottles, non-native trees, and invasive plants.
02
The Vision
Fello set out to create a MaryLandscapes Sensory Garden for people with disabilities, their families, and the wider Annapolis community, focused on the five human senses. The garden has become a living legacy to the many volunteers and sponsors who committed themselves to bringing the joys of nature to their fellow citizens.
03
The Transformation
The junk yard became a native garden laid out as a small urban park of diverse mini-gardens: a dogwood grove, woodland ferns, a wildflower meadow, a butterfly station, a rock garden, a wetlands pond. Plants, shrubs, and trees were chosen for varied textures, fragrances, shapes, colours, and water sounds.
WHO TENDS IT
Caroline Slobodzian
Firesoul, Fello Annapolis
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Lindsay Robinson
Firesoul, Fello Annapolis
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HEAR FROM THE VISITORS
From the Little Yellow Journal
I've been wanting to come here when I lived in Eastport. I never had/made the time. Now, I live in Arnold. I had my children in car and was stopped at the light. I pulled in and let the kiddos run around while I stole a quiet moment. Thank you, ARC, for the solitude in this crazy world.
– Y.P., single mom
