Parks
May 01, 2011
Spring in Astoria Park
Yesterday I took a walk over to Astoria Park and saw for myself just how beautiful it is this spring, so I thought I’d share some of the photos with (…)
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Yesterday I took a walk over to Astoria Park and saw for myself just how beautiful it is this spring, so I thought I’d share some of the photos with (…)
by Meg Cotner
Yesterday I took a walk over to Astoria Park and saw for myself just how beautiful it is this spring, so I thought I’d share some of the photos with you!
Classic shot of the Hellgate Bridge
Looking up towards 19th Ave from Shore Blvd.
A lot of these bushes are flowering right now
Beautiful fresh green on the trees
Jules from Astoria Park Alliance overseeing upkeep of the butterfly garden under the Hellgate Bridge
These gorgeous pink trees are over toward the north side of the pool
Close up of the tree's pink flowers
More photos from this weekend can be found in the Astoria Park Spring 2001 photoset. If you get a chance today, definitely head out to the park. It’s gorgeous out.
Beatiful pictures! Those white flowering crabapple trees are a variety called “snowdrift”. This new planting is based on the original 1930’s landscaping plans for Astoria Park.
The purple flowering trees are Red Buds which are a wonderful choice for that part of the park as they thrive in the shade of the larger taller oaks and tulip trees and provide an understory of tree landscaping.
If you have old Easter lillies or tulips you’d like to donate to the garden, please leave them at the garden and we’ll put them in for you!
Thanks for all the great information, Jules! I think the Red Buds are my favorite. Lovely little flowers. But everything is just gorgeous at the park right now. And thanks for the reminder about donating lily and tulip bulbs to the butterfly garden!