Conservatory


Ash trees in danger

Will ash trees follow the fate of elm trees?
About 30 years ago my neighbor’s kid won a college scholarship for his sketch of the dead elm trees in front of my house marked with big red X’s. Now I fear for the the giant ash trees across the street in Como Park.
Apparently the emerald ash [...]

Como Park Shuttle meeting June 4

Mike Hahm talks about the upcoming Como Park shuttle service and promotes attending the June 4 meeting (7 - 8:30, Street Car Museum) to discuss traffic, parking, and strategies to make the new shuttle service a success.

Como Park corpse flower, BOB, rest in peace

The gardeners at Como’s Conservatory are blogged their corpse flower event (click on the red words to see their blog). They have a time lapse video and also a live webcam. I went to see it April 8 but the “inflorescense” happened on Wednesday. Inflorescence refers to the opening of the the flower of an [...]

COMOPARK.US domain applications

The domain comopark.us could be used to index all things pertaining to Como Park and its community. This initial structure will provide web presence for groups, services, photography, governance, and information.