Chapel Meadow

A native meadow replaced turf to stabilize the steep hillside, enhancing the landscape around a historic chapel and providing key habitat in Brooklyn.

A dynamic tapestry of spring bulbs, wildflowers, grasses, and shrubs enliven the prominent hillside, noted for its grand mausoleums just beyond the cemetery’s entrance.  Deep-rooted meadow vegetation prevents erosion and stormwater runoff, a problem prior to meadow installation.  As a replacement for what had been turf for over a century, the meadow reduces maintenance inputs while helping Green-Wood meet its habitat goals.

LWLA also assisted with temporary signage that explained the meadow development process and continues to advise Green-Wood on management of the Chapel Meadow.