Here’s how public space can engage us and, at times, teach us a lesson or two: Over the course of the last six months we have been working together with key community partners towards a sustainable approach to ornamental plantings in street tree-beds. The plants are being watered multiple times per week, and we’ve begun to place our informational decals at those tree beds housing native plants. Take time to stroll Myrtle Avenue as summer cools off to autumn and try to find some of the species of plants that are described on each decal. You can even take note of the soil conditions and watch as the conditions change in 1, 2, 3 years’ time. We’ve learned a lot from this entire process and are now planning for additional plants this fall. We hope to see you out on the Avenue, learning together with us.