Highland Park Conservancy

April 29, 4:30-5:30: join the 2021 Annual Meeting of Highland Park Conservancy via Zoom. After a short business meeting including the election of Board of Directors (only membrs may vote), please join us for the debut of our new video, ‘Turning The Dirt For Frederick Douglass,' about the genesis of the Douglass Plaza in Highland Park. The video will be introduced by Reverend Julius "JD" Jackson Jr. & Jackie McGriff, director & producer. Meeting is open to the publicall are welcome.

VIEW THE COMPLETE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/WCp3X0zuDds Join Noelle Nagel, Horticultural Interpreter at Lamberton Conservatory, for HPC's video exploring the plant & animal collections in the Conservatory. The first in HPC's 2021 series, our next virtual tour will feature historic Olmsted-designed Highland Park!

One of our board members is visiting an Olmsted Brothers landscape, Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge, MA.

10.16.20 Fall view from the porch of GATE HOUSE No. 2 by M. Ivy.

10.15.20 Looking south to the distant hills from the Overlook (historic and future site of the Children's Pavilion.)

Welcome to our beautiful Highland Park in the fall - blooms are still plentiful and some of the trees are just starting to turn. Thank you to Jamie Scannell for her fab photos (unless otherwise credited).

10.17.2020 The adult male House Finch has a rosy head and underside with grayish streaks on the back and darker stripes on the sides. Females and juveniles are much drabber and resemble sparrows. The house finch is a social bird nesting in colonies or groupsh; they eat fruits, berries, seeds and bugs. A bacterial infection of their eyes has reduced numbers in some areas. Photo by Ada Phillips Nastasi.

10.14.2020 Our fabulous Highland Park staff planting out the tulip display beds at the intersection of South Avenue & Reservoir. 12,500 bulbs planted in 2 days - WOW!!! photo by M. Ivy.

10.10.2020 The maple trees (genus Acer) are one of the 'show offs' of the fall season!

10.10.2020 View of GATE HOUSE No. 2 and the Reservoir from the vantage point of the Overlook.

10.10.20 Architectural details of GATE HOUSE No. 2.

10.07.20 The Starling, introduced from Europe, likes to live near humans and forms large sociable roosts, especially in winter. Starlings are black and iridescent in spring and heavily speckled in winter with yellow bills in spring and dark bills in winter. Tails are short and bills are long; their songs are a high pitched jumble of whirs, whistles and chuckles they are also excellent mimics, incorporating other bird songs and even human sounds into their songs. (Pictured are an adult with a youngster on the right.) Photo by Ada Phillips Nastasi.

Hi Friends- On Saturday, October 10th I will be doing a socially distanced puppet making and storytelling time at Highland Park with any interested kiddos (yout...h.) This is part of my collaboration with @gevatheatre and the fantastic Dan Jones to honor the work of John Lewis. For this specific project, I will be attempting to elevate young voices (children of any age), quite literally by sending supplies to participants by way of balloon (up, up, and away!), and recording their PUPPETS are they tell us a little more about what 2020 has meant to them and what they dream going forward, rather it’s a detail as simple as the dessert they will enjoy later on in the day or a wish for world peace. Tentative time: 9-11am RSVP: [email protected]