Building a Hedgerow at the restoration site.
At the Hamlin Park urban forest restoration site, we are propagating native plants to build a hedgerow.
A hedgerow is a dense row of woody debris, trees, shrubs, and other native plants.
We build hedgerows to encourage park visitors to stay on the trail at the forest restoration site while also providing wildlife habitat.
To build a hedgerow, we place a row of large woody debris into a line and then propagate native plants using hardwood twig live stakes.
Being able to get outside and enjoy nature is a human right. And it is important that everyone has easy access to the outdoors near where they live.
It’s great that we have so many park visitors to the restoration site, but we do ask everyone to please stay on the trails when they visit the site to help protect the baby plants.
Here are some of the species of native plants we have propagated into the hedgerows at the Hamlin Park restoration site:
Blackcaps raspberries (Rubus occidentalis)
Thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus)
Evergreen huckleberries (Vaccinium ovatum)
Oso berries (Oemleria cerasiformis)
Black cottonwoods (Populus trichocarpa)
Scouler’s willows (Salix scouleriana)
Trailing blackberries (Rubus ursinus)
Nootka roses (Rosa nutkana)
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium)
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Pacific Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus)
You can visit the site and look for these species next time you walk through, and you can find work parties to volunteer with your neighbors on the Green Shoreline Partnership website.