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roxboroughmanayunkconservancy.org
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Partners
    • Contact Us
  • Our Parks
    • Edling Park
    • Fairview Park
    • Fountain Street Steps
    • Germany Hill
    • Gorgas Park
    • Kelly Park
    • Lauriston Park
    • Manayunk Canal Trail
    • Manayunk Entrance Park
    • Manayunk Gateway
    • Native Pollinator Meadow
    • Roxborough Pocket Park
    • Roxborough Reservoir
  • Art in Our Green Spaces
  • Greening Our Schools
    • Neighborhood Schools
    • AMY Northwest
    • Cook Wissahickon
    • Dobson Elementary
    • North Light
    • Saul High School
  • News & Events
    • Park Clean-Ups
    • Press
  • Map
  • Membership
  • Projects
    • Funded Projects
    • Lower Locks
    • Manayunk Bridge Lights
    • New Sluice House
    • Restoration and Planting
    • WTC
  • Wildlife
    • Wildlife
    • Beaver

About the Native Pollinator Meadow

The second portion of the Roxborough Reservoir Preserve is the Swale along Summit Avenue.


The outside has two narrow mown strips along Port Royal Avenue and Lare Street and two larger areas along Eva Street and Summit Avenue. The Summit section was the site of a Philadelphia Water Department storm management project in 2012 in which two large swales were dug and the nearby streets were recontoured to have rainwater flow into them. 


This alleviated flooding problems in the immediate area and allows storm water to be filtered by the grasses planted in the swales before it is returned to the ground. Much of the soil dug from this project was placed in the second interior basin which was then also seeded and is now a developing native pollinator meadow. 


The area along Summit Avenue is now jointly maintained by the Water Department and Parks and Recreation and the Roxborough Manayunk Conservancy, with the group doing most of the routine maintenance and improvements.


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