The City of Santa Fe’s Parks and Open Space Division is pleased to invite community members to a celebration of the Amelia Park Courtyard Restoration Project, a collaboration between the Parks Division and the Santa Fe Garden Club, on Friday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Amelia White Park, 981 Old Santa Fe Trail. Mayor Alan Webber will kick off the celebration with a ribbon-cutting. 

The Santa Fe Garden Club has funded the restoration of the park, including re-stuccoing the courtyard structures and reinvigorating the landscaping with xeric plants to attract pollinators in all the planters. The Parks Division supported the restoration project by repairing the irrigation system, trimming and maintaining the existing plants, refinishing benches, and restoring the Korean Conflict Veterans’ Memorial, and is working with the Club to restore the fountain in the park. This project is part of the Club’s participation in the 2022 Olmsted Celebration to commemorate the birth of Frederick Olmstead, social reformer and founder of American landscape architecture, including Central Park in New York City.

Community members are encouraged to join in the celebration on Friday and enjoy the newly restored park in the summer to come! 

Other local organizations who participated in this project include the Xerces Society, Santa Fe Master Gardeners, and Museum Hill partners. This project was funded by donations from the Santa Fe Garden Club.