Finally settled on creeping red fescue (festuca rubra) for the top of the repaired dam on Julie’s Pond.  Whether or not it is the same grass that is still found in the Spring Lot is unknown; identifying grass seems to be something that I have neither the talent nor the patience for.  It is native here, tolerant of dry shade, grows to the correct height, tolerant of foot traffic and is affordable…so.

The pond is definitely one of  ‘those’ projects: a great opportunity both for recreating an historic landscape and in creating a native habitat, but also a great deal of work.  Still, we are getting there! It actually has water again, furthermore water that isn’t growing algae and duckweed and is growing frogs by the thousands.  A far cry from last year at this time.