FROG PARK CLIMATESCAPE

SPONSORED BY FRIENDS OF THE ROCKRIDGE TEMESCAL GREENBELT AND FUNDED BY THE OAKLAND PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION

The Frog Park Climatescape is a landscape celebrating the mediterranean climate zones of the world while offering an innovative response to climate change. The project is one part specific site-prep, planting, and watering techniques to make it possible for the landscape to survive and thrive on its own without irrigation after the first growing season; and it is one part creating social bonds and involving the community from start to finish. To kick off the project, we held a hands-on model building workshop at the site with members of the FROG Committee and their families. Out of that workshop we generated both recurring themes, core values, and creative ideas for the site, which John Kamp of Prairieform then translated into a design.

We have just received approval from the City of Oakland for Phase 2 of the project, which will include tree-stump risers, slab benches, the removal of asphalt and the addition of a permeable surface material, trees, a permanent fence around the planted area, and an interpretive sign. However, the City has only given us $1 toward the project, so we have to raise the rest.

If you would like to donate to the project, either scan the QR code above or you may click on the link to the Crowded page HERE.