Wetland
The wetland is located just north of the prairie, bordering the Ruth Park Municipal Golf Course. This natural low spot between the Ruth Park Golf Course and Brittany Woods Middle School was once a highly degraded wetland, overgrown and full of trash.
The Green Center is now restoring this wetland environment. The wetland cleanses the water runoff before it enters the River des Peres as it passes through Ruth Park Woods.
Volunteers completed the first wetland planting day on April 21, 2001, as part of the Green Center's Earth Day celebration. Volunteers completed the installation of a boardwalk across the wetland and finished the re-vegetation of the wetland and wet prairie species. The wetland is a haven for wildlife more commonly found in non-urban settings, including migratory and predatory birds, small mammals, aquatic insects, and amphibians.
The wetland is open to the public and located at 8125 Groby Road in University City.
The Green Center is now restoring this wetland environment. The wetland cleanses the water runoff before it enters the River des Peres as it passes through Ruth Park Woods.
Volunteers completed the first wetland planting day on April 21, 2001, as part of the Green Center's Earth Day celebration. Volunteers completed the installation of a boardwalk across the wetland and finished the re-vegetation of the wetland and wet prairie species. The wetland is a haven for wildlife more commonly found in non-urban settings, including migratory and predatory birds, small mammals, aquatic insects, and amphibians.
The wetland is open to the public and located at 8125 Groby Road in University City.
