WRD Environmental - ecological consulting firm offers design and installation of sustainable landscapes

Creating sustainable
landscapes

Ecological Consulting Firm offers Design and Installation of Sustainable Landscapes

BP Pocket Parks - Urban Heat Island Initiative

Chicago Department of Environment, Client

WRD Environmental helped transform three abandoned gas stations into BP Pocket Parks.

Three former abandoned gas stations are now green spaces on Chicago’s South Side. BP donated the sites to the City of Chicago, which converted the brownfields as part of its Urban Heat Island Initiative.

Community input helped guide creation of the pocket parks, and WRD turned the vision into reality by installing the resulting designs. We planted more than 70 varieties of native species; installed paths and hardscape features, including a large fountain; and coordinated with the city on each site’s infrastructure needs.

With help from Greencorps Chicago, residents will help maintain these new, sustainable green spaces.

Learn more about this WRD project.

Before: A brownfield. WRD Environmental helped transform three abandoned gas stations into BP Pocket Parks.

After: A brownfield becomes a BP Pocket Park, installed by WRD Environmental.

< Return to Projects Overview Page