Second tree pit installed as a team effort, including shade-loving perennials and cemetery soil, with a mounded design and space around the tree 🐝🐞🐛🕷️🐜🪰🦋🦗🪲🪳 A little before-and-after for you! We’ll see what sticks 😅 The last pictures show the first tree pit in its current state. Grab your neighbors and save the city trees—and the insects that live there. 🙏 Lady's mantle Cranesbill Heuchera Daylily Vervein Creeping thyme for the sandy areas Cornflower Marigolds Tagasetes Irises (I think) Lobelia Lobelia (the spiky blue ones) Pink coneflower Pink cosmos The simple yellow coneflower(?) Small sunflowers were planted (we’ll see 😄) There’s also a dahlia Wild strawberries And much more. Let’s see what survives! Cornflower Bearded irises Prairie sage Wild carrot Forget-me-not (shade plant) …. I’d love to have lungwort; apparently, it’s great.