Kilmer Street Park and Arboretum
What's That Tree?
Now you can identify all the trees in the arboretum. Just match the tag number on the tree to the number on the inventory.
On behalf of the Town of Cheverly, the Neighborhood Design Center has drafted a plan for the park at 6301 Kilmer. Their landscape architects have looked at the park site with a view to what features it can support and what would not succeed.
Kilmer Park, the newest of Cheverly's parks, was purchased by the town in 2015 and annexed in 2017. Through a public process, citizens made many suggestions for uses within the park.
There is a dog waste station, and many who have already taken the earlier survey walk their dogs in the park.
Cub Scouts have helped plant berry bushes along the sidewalk. We hope that will be the beginning of a food garden within the park whose produce will be available to all. There is already a fruiting persimmon tree.
New trees have been planted, and now Cheverly's arboretum is official.
The park is open to pedestrians, with limited street parking. It is currently closed to vehicles.
Take a virtual tour of the park area created by NDC.
The Final Concept Plan for Kilmer Street Park and Arboretum
The concept, to be implemented in stages, combines plans for instructive exhibits with opportunities for active recreation.
Active recreation
ADA accessible trail
Fitness trail
Open space for free play
Exhibits, where park goers can learn more about native plants and their habitats
Food Forest, featuring edible fruits
Arboretum of native trees and shrubs, identified with labels
Pollinator meadow, combined with stormwater management
Magnolia grove, indicative of magnolia bogs formerly found in the area
The entire site will be included in the arboretum, following the certification program of ArbNet. A committee of "park champions," Friends of Kilmer Street Park, has been formed. The Friends have already completed the certification application. The Friends will be involved in planning and hands-on work, and expect to recruit park neighbors as fellow volunteers. Join the Friends of Kilmer Street Park Facebook group.
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View the complete final concept plan.
Citizen input to tell planners how Cheverly residents envisioned the park began in 2015. It was continued in 2020 with an online survey created by NDC .
80 individual responses were received. View the results below.