This project was supported by a Lehigh Valley Greenways mini-grant and done in collaboration with the Bertsch Hokendauqua Catasauqua Watershed Association. The project included treating the existing lawn area, planting 425 pussy willow live stakes – 17 varieties! – and creating a sign to explain the benefits of buffers to park visitors. The pussy willow varieties were chosen for their aesthetic value to florists, once the willows grow in a little, pussy willows can be harvested and sold to local florists. This project is located at Hokendauqua Park on Lehigh Street in Whitehall just off Rt. 145 and is accessible to the public.
