Sacred Places
Mount Washington Arboretum
A brownfield where an apartment building stood, now an acre of native planting.
WHERE
Baltimore, MD
SETTING
Neighborhood
PARTNER INSTITUTION
Mount Washington Preservation Trust
Visit
Where it is
Lochlea Rd, Baltimore, MD 21209
What happens here
The Arboretum is used by nature groups, amateur painters, photographers, school groups, master gardeners, and botany classes.
HOW IT CAME TO BE
An apartment building stood here.
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01
The Need
The site was an abandoned one-acre brownfield in northern Baltimore City, where an apartment building had once stood.
02
The Vision
To turn it into an arboretum serving the range of groups who now use it.
03
The Transformation
The site now holds over 250 yards of trails infused with hundreds of native plant species, alongside interpretive signs, five seating arrangements, a tool shed with a green roof, a pond with a waterfall, a teaching tent, a water-collecting wheel, an entrance kiosk, and a pergola.
WHO TENDS IT
Dr. Mike Sherlock
Firesoul, Mount Washington Arboretum
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HEAR FROM THE VISITORS
From the Little Yellow Journal
this bench is as fresh as flowers and as cool as my xbox 360
