OVERVIEW
The Allegheny County Parks Foundation, in partnership with Allegheny County, has created meadows featuring a diverse mix of native grasses and wildflowers, replacing mowed areas. In several county parks, spacious walking paths allow visitors to enjoy these areas all year long. Meadows provide a critical – and increasingly rare – high quality habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies, allow rainfall to infiltrate deep into the soil instead of creating runoff complications and significantly decrease the amount of fuel and greenhouse gas emissions that are required to maintain lawns.
The meadows we have worked on include:
- Barn Solar Meadow at Deer Lakes Park
- Celebration Meadow at Boyce Park
- Indian Hill Meadow at Boyce Park
- The Caren Glotfelty Meadow at Hartwood Acres Park
- Goto Meadow at Hartwood Acres Park
- Middle Road Meadow at Hartwood Acres Park
- North Fork Pine Creek Riparian Buffer at North Park
- Oliver Miller Meadow at South Park
- Oval Slope Meadow at South Park
- Upper Allée Meadow at Round Hill Park
- Stone Manse Paul Riis Meadow at South Park
- Guide to Creating a Home Meadow
PARTNERS
Allegheny County
FUNDING
The Allegheny County Parks Foundation raised the funds for this project. Funding was provided by:
- Barn Solar Meadow, Deer Lakes Park
- Alcoa Foundation
- Allegheny County
- Celebration Meadow, Boyce Park
- Kevin Lhota, in memory of his wife Pat
- Allegheny County
- Indian Hill Meadow, Boyce Park
- Allegheny County Conservation District
- Allegheny County
- The Caren Glotfelty Meadow, Hartwood Acres Park
- Charity Randall Foundation
- Allegheny County
- Goto Meadow, Hartwood Acres Park
- Peaceable Kingdom Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation
- Allegheny County
- Middle Road Meadow, Hartwood Acres Park
- Peaceable Kingdom Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation
- Allegheny County
- North Fork Pine Creek Riparian Buffer, North Park
- Colcom Foundation
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Allegheny County
- Oliver Miller Meadow, South Park
- Peaceable Kingdom Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation
- Allegheny County
- Oval Slope Meadow, South Park
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Allegheny County
- Upper Allée Meadow, Round Hill Park
- EQT Foundation
- Allegheny County
- Stone Manse Paul Riis Meadow, South Park
- Peaceable Kingdom Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation
- Allegheny County