Oak Terrace Preseve Pocket Park Update

With 17 pocket parks planned for the neighborhood, Oak Terrace Preserve will have open space on most every block.  The innovative bioswales will help handle storm-water runoff and create beautiful sidewalk side gardens.  The first of these improvements will get started this September.

The Pocket Parks are planned open space where you can toss a frisbee or set down for a picnic under one of the beautiful trees.  The spaces will be minimally landscaped to preserve the open feel.  Currently, there aren’t any plans for playground equipment but the Home Owners Association will take up suggestions for improvements to the Parks in 2009.

Plants for the bioswales and pocket parks include:

• Dwarf Palmetto
• Dwarf Wax Myrtle
• Zebra Rush
• Silver Saw Palmetto
• Louisiana Iris
• Swamp Sunflower
• Spider Lily
• Spartina Grass
• Common Rush
• Dwarf Inkberry
• Sweet Grass
• Dalas Blues Switch Grass
• Golden Canna
• Sweet Viburnum
• Society Garlic
• Saucer Magnolia
• Red Knock Out Rose
• Cosmopolitan Miscanthus
• Mexican Sage

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