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Resident criticizes reversal on Library Park tree; commissioner asks for ban on nonnative plantings
Summary
A resident urged the commission to restore a previously approved California native tree at Library Park, criticizing a subsequent reversal that selected a Norfolk pine; Vice Chairperson Kelly Watson asked staff to place a proposal on a future agenda to stop planting nonnative trees citywide.
A resident told the Recreation and Parks Commission she was disappointed the commission reversed an April decision to install a California native at Library Park and instead selected a Norfolk pine.
Barbara Boland, a master gardener who identified her address as 637 Whiting Street, said she was “disappointed at the reversal of the vote to install a California native tree at Library Park” and said the originally chosen longleaf maple (a native) is not available. She urged the commission to give “due…
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