Invasive Species Removed From Jordans Point

The City of Lexington’s Department of Public Works partnered with Honorable Tree Service to clear invasive species from the bank along Wood’s Creek in Jordan’s Point Park earlier this month, exposing the stone wall that runs along the creek. With the exception of one Weeping Cherry tree, the remaining plants in the area are all native trees.

Ray Ulrich, the assistant supervisor of parks and cemeteries for the DPW, told The News-Gazette that Honorable Tree Service removed “kind of a hodge-podge” of several invasive species from the park, including honey suckle bushes, redwine berry bushes and English ivy. The clearing was done on July 15.

Future plans for the bank include planting some flowering native low-growing shrubbery to stabilize the embankment and to add some seasonal color to the park. Ulrich said that the planting of the plants will occur as early as this fall.