Phelps Grove Park
Tree  Management Plan

The Springfield / Greene County Park, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Conservation  has prepared a tree conservation plan for the Phelps Grove Park.  The tree plan is designed to enhance the perimeter plantings of the park with more dense tree plantings, creating a picturesque streetscape, and a shady place to walk.  Additional trees are planned for the interior of the park, reinforcing existing tree groves.  Also, the plan provides groves of flowering trees at the southern entrances to create dramatic gateway entrances into the park.  A tree assessment was made of the entire park.  Each tree was photographed and catalogued with species, size, and condition, (a monumental task on its own) in order to prepare the plan.  New trees were selected to provide a diverse urban forest, protecting us from losing all of the trees from a single disease or pest.  Also, trees were selected to provide canopy and beauty to the park.  The plan calls for some trees to be removed over time due to poor health and the danger they present to the occupants of the park.  The association is examining how we might interact in the process of helping move forward some of the planting plan.  If you want to become involved in the park planting please contact us at pna@phelpsneighborhood.org.