Enchanted Garden Productions Presents:

A Guide to Nature in da Bronx

Created by:

Salid Garcia

Sara Kempton

Elaine Langer

The following booklet was made possible by a grant from the Orion Society. This Stories in the Land grant allowed us to closely examine our own unique natural environment in our own backyard. Under the direction of Salid, Sara, and Elaine, students identified plants growing in the Enchanted Garden and Van Cortlandt Park for research. While each student in Mr. Carlin's Urban Biome class had to make an oral and visual presentation of these selected plants, these three students made the drawings for this classic guidebook, and directed their peers to help them write the explanations that accompany the pictures.

If you would like to view this guide, you can turn the page by clicking the front cover to the right.

As this booklet was scanned, and we wanted to preserve the clarity of the pages, the images are not as compressed as we would like, and therefore download time may take up too much of your time for each "turn of the page". To make it easier to access the pages, we are providing links below that will allow you to immediately turn to the pages you want to see.

Introduction and History
Process of Indentification
White Wood Aster	grows in our forest
Dogwood	grows in our forest
Bog Goldenrod	grows in our wetlands
Witch Hazel	grows in our forest
Black Locust	grows in our forest
Sugar Maple	we are trying to grow this in our forest, but the tree is struggling
Marsh Marigold	grows in our wetlands
Swamp Milkweed	grows in our wetlands
Red Oak	grows in our forest
Pokeweed	grows in our forest
Sassafras	attempted to grow this in our forest, and all saplings have died
Skunk Cabbage	attempted to grown this in our wetlands adjacent to our pond, and none survived
Mapleleaf Vibernum	three plants growing in our forest, with two suffering from the drought of 2002
Essays
Final Thoughts

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