An artist's rendering of what the park would look like if the trees were planted.
The Southampton Garden Club has planted an idea to line Agawam Park, Southampton Village’s centerpiece, with cherry trees, in an effort to enhance the park’s war memorials and to beautify the open space.
While village officials have reacted warmly to the plan, some residents, including members of the village’s Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events, have raised concerns that the trees might obstruct and detract from the monuments—a sacrosanct place, they say.
Linda Fraser, a member of the Garden Club, said the planting—dubbed the Lake Agawam Cherry Tree Project—would attract visitors and showcase the World War I memorial, in a pitch of the plan to the Village Board last Thursday, March 10.
Meghan Benedict, a landscape designer and Garden Club member, has plotted the trees so that the focal point would be the memorial... more
While village officials have reacted warmly to the plan, some residents, including members of the village’s Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events, have raised concerns that the trees might obstruct and detract from the monuments—a sacrosanct place, they say.
Linda Fraser, a member of the Garden Club, said the planting—dubbed the Lake Agawam Cherry Tree Project—would attract visitors and showcase the World War I memorial, in a pitch of the plan to the Village Board last Thursday, March 10.
Meghan Benedict, a landscape designer and Garden Club member, has plotted the trees so that the focal point would be the memorial... more
I thought Pond Lane was on the western side of Agawam Park. Has somebody moved things around in my absense?