Just to offer a visual on what my suggestions above might look like.

Wild Geranium with Interrupted Ferns around a White Oak Tree.

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Source: https://www.prairiehaven.com/?page_id=13602

Couldn't find a combo shot of the sun lovers I suggested, so I'm putting them side by side (Woodland Sunflower and New England Aster) with Beebalm below.

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Source: https://birdgardens.ca/plant/helianthus-divaricatus/ Credit as on image.
Credit: Kevin Kavanaugh

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Source: https://gardening.org/propagate-bee-balm/
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
^I think this park is far beyond help of turning it into a forest, Northern Light-san. We'll be lucky if they get the desire line path right... >.<
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The argument against trees would be that this is on top of a parking garage and they'll have to be removed every 30 years anyway, but that didn't stop them from planting trees here already.

But I think the native, full-sun , wildflower garden is very easy to achieve, low-maintenance if you do it right as well.
 
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...at some point in the future (perhaps a distant one) they should consider of removing the underground parking lot from this park space all together. And refilling with all earth and flowers. Likely wishful thinking though! <3
 
I have the distinct feeling that park was designed so no one could walk threw it in a diagonal line. I get that they wanted folks to stop and smell the roses, but that's something to be encouraged and not enforced instead, IMO. And just saying.
 
I still remember the previous park redo in 1988. I had just been given the keys to my apartment at the Liberties overlooking the park, and construction was ongoing. The current iteration has mystifying issues, as if nobody gave a thought to pedestrian traffic, from Yonge St. for instance.
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
I have the distinct feeling that park was designed so no one could walk threw it in a diagonal line. I get that they wanted folks to stop and smell the roses, but that's something to be encouraged and not enforced instead, IMO. And just saying.
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I agree w/the spirit of what you're saying, and agree that's the right course of action here.

But I would add, you can, more or less, force people to go where you want as a designer/architect. But.....what you can't do is not accommodate their preference, but not preclude it.

That's one of those worst of both worlds options.

PS, Roses with thorns are a great way to 'enforce' where people walk.
 
Northern Light said:
PS, Roses with thorns are a great way to 'enforce' where people walk.
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...if you want to go that way, bull thistles, stinging nettles and giant hogweed may also act as pedestrian "enforcement". >.<
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
...if you want to go that way, bull thistles, stinging nettles and giant hogweed may also act as pedestrian "enforcement". >.<
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I don't do non-native invasives in plants...........

So if I wanted that I might go for Cow Parsnip.....which people mistake for Giant Hogweed all the time. However, both species require rather damp soil......I don't think I:'m going to advocate for irrigation for them, LOL

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Source: https://www.strathcona.ca/agriculture-environment/plants/weeds/giant-hogweed-or-cow-parsnip/

For most non-plant people, the height is the big difference.........but you can't tell that until later in the season.
 
^...I don't do hostile landscaping either, but since you went there for the presumed amusement..I just rolled with it. /shrug
 
Well, considering how hard it is for people to identify poison ivy, I'd almost suggest planting burdock. But I wouldn't...its a very persistent pest of a plant, unfit for gardens or native sites.

I will say having some dogwoods and staghorn sumacs would be great, creating an environment with shade and conductive to bird populations year round.
 
GenerationLee said:
Well, considering how hard it is for people to identify poison ivy, I'd almost suggest planting burdock. But I wouldn't...its a very persistent pest of a plant, unfit for gardens or native sites.

I will say having some dogwoods and staghorn sumacs would be great, creating an environment with shade and conductive to bird populations year round.
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Less locally again, alligators and pythons Ron DeSantis style may also lend to pedestrian incentives... /s
 
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