Shaker Trace Nursery Improvements
Shaker Trace Nursery Improvements
Improvement project
Projects at Great Parks
Shaker Trace Nursery Improvements
Project Locations
Miami Whitewater Forest
Shaker Trace Nursery
Project Dates
START DATE: 1st July 2022
END DATE: Fall 2025
Shaker Trace Nursery in Miami Whitewater Forest is one of few places in our region that grows native plants for ecological restoration projects. Needed improvements to the facility will increase seed production capacity and expand the role the nursery fulfills in educating the community about native plants, ecology and restoration.
Project Scope & Impact
- Shaker Trace Nursery
Tentative Project Timeline
DATE
- July 2022
- Sept. 2022
- July 2022 - June 2023
- July 2023 - Aug. 2024
- Aug. 2024 - Oct. 2025
ACTIVITY
- Project kickoff
- Public engagement
- Design Part 1: programming & schematic design
- Design Part 2: construction Documentation, building & permitting
- construction
Project Purpose
Shaker Trace Nursery is one of the largest native seed nurseries in Ohio, with more than 200 species in production. Seed from the nursery is important because it represents local plant ecotypes that are adapted to the specific climate and soil from this area.
Each year, with the help of dedicated volunteers, the nursery harvests hundreds of pounds of native seed and stores it in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment until needed. Great Parks, which represents one-third of Hamilton County’s total open space, uses the harvested seed to restore prairies and native landscapes in the county with plants native to this area.
Project Benefits
Improvements under the project include a new, modern greenhouse to expand plant propagation capacity and a new building for seed processing and storage. Great Parks will repurpose the site’s historic drying barn to accommodate educational programming and special events while also adding outdoor amenities. The campus will be a net-zero energy facility, with all energy used being produced on site through solar panels. Great Parks is designing the project to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Tell us what you think...
An initial online public survey closed on October 7, 2022. Please check back for more opportunities to provide your feedback on this project.
Contact Us
For additional questions about the project please contact Great Parks at
513-521-7275
COST AND FUNDING
Special Thanks
The project is partially funded by a levy passed by Hamilton County residents in 2021. It is one of $101 million in critical infrastructure needs and $124 million in park improvement projects identified through a public master plan process. Levy funds will be leveraged with supplementary support from federal, state and local grant funding sources.
A special thanks to ... for their support of this project.
- The Millstone Fund
- Sutphin Family Foundation
- Louise Taft Semple Foundation
- an anonymous foundation