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C & p;: %u00ab%u25a0mSum m erGuideA TOP PRIORITY:Restoring the Park LandscapeA day spent with our horticulture crew reveals a great deal about the efforts being made to restore Prospect Park%u2019s living landscape. In the hours between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. the team is likely to visit a dozen Park sites where trees, shrubs or garden plants need the attention of trained specialists.The crew, composed of seven people who work like seventy, has the awesome task of tending 526 acres of Park forests, meadows and lake waters. %u201cIt%u2019s easy to feel overwhelmed sometimes,%u201d admits the group%u2019s supervisor Carsten Glaeser, %u201cbut it%u2019s also pretty satisfying to see the Park%u2019s vegetation in better shape. Since I started working here I%u2019ve planted so many shrubs and trees that I%u2019ve lost count.%u201d This past spring, for instance, crew members added substantially to the greenery in such places as the Lullwater shore, the BartelPritchard Entrance and the northern approaches to the Zoo. And all these plants, from Canadian hemlocks and highbush blueberries to yuccas and native American wildflowers, were purchased by donations large and small from our Tree Trust contributors.But as significant as these privatelyfunded projects are, they are by no means the only sign of positive horticultural change in the Park. Our Master Restoration Plan calls for an extensive Parkwide revitalization that will stretch over the better part of two decades, and if you think it only involves Park buildings you are, to be frank, quite wrong. A case in point: the southern third of the LongThe landscape restored: m em bers of the Prospect Park horticultural crew plantingnew hem lock trees near the Lullwater. From left to right: Chris D iM atteo, FranklynSookram and Ed Toth. (Photo by Ray W iggers)Meadow, as reported last issue, is being relandscaped so that ugly fencing is removed and its ballfields will be recessed largely out of view, as one looks down the Meadow. In addition, a substantial number of new trees, shrubs and turf will be added.Next in line are projects in the Park%u2019s heavily-wooded Ravine, where hillside erosion will be checked and the growing conditions enhanced, and the renovation of the Park%u2019s perimeter, which involves both sidewalk repairs and horticultural improvements. Both of these projects are now well into the planning stage.Meanwhile, the Administrator%u2019s Office organizes volunteer cleanup and gardening programs (see Page 3) and supports the work of several not-for-profit organizations pursuing approved horticultural initiatives. Some of these groups include the Friends of Prospect Park, active in the Vale of Cashmere; the Prospect Park Environmental Center, responsible for several tree plantings in the vicinity of the Picnic House; the Audubon Society, now developing a Butterfly Meadow atop Lookout fflll, and the Ninth Street Playground Association, planting flowering bulbs in the fall and spring.Consequently, the Park%u2019s greenery is receiving more well-directed attention than it has for decades. As our force of horticulturists, landscape architects, contractors, community activists and dedicated volunteers continues its efforts, the progress will be increasingly apparent.OUR PARKEVENTS:It%u2019s our custom to present a survey of Prospect Park events on our front page, as we%u2019re doing here, but don%u2019t forget to also turn to the Page Two Calendar for complete information on the activities that pique your interest. In addition, you can get weekly updates on all goings-on in the Park by calling our Information Line, 788-0055.Picnic House SeriesFor ChildrenA new children%u2019s entertainment series continues this season at the Picnic House.A 1 . 4 . 1 __ _ ___ %u00bb___ ________________.a * IV M M V* W V T H l I314VVTO, U i t U l C I M l i gfrom musicals and vaudeville and sing-alongs, will be lturdays and Sundays at 1:00Sum m er For yo ueverything fro: to storytelling featured on S%u00aeP.M. The performances, produced by Elizabeth Reese and sponsored by the Paris Administrator%u2019s Office in cooperation with Con Edison, run from July 5th through August 9th. Included in the allstar lineup are such troupes as the Beau Jest Moving Theatre Company, Alborada Latina with Francesca Vanasco, and the Ragabash Puppets in the Immensely entertaining play, %u201cThe Boy Who Wished To Live Forever.%u201d Admission is $2 per person, at the door only; youngsters under five years old are admitted free.Celebrate Brooklyn '86u %u00ab a w ta im c u C c ic lu a lc w u v lu jru pc%u00bb-formance series, sponsored by the Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn, returns to its summer home at the Ninth Street Bandshell starting June 19th and continuing through August 31st. The fourth annual picnic benefit for the series will take place at 6:00 P.M. on June 26th; after the picnic the Brooklyn Dance Consortium will present a gala concert. For more information and benefit reservations, call 769-0699.The other Celebrate Brooklyn performances, which mostly begin at 8:00 P.M. and are free to the public, m irror our borough%u2019s ethnic and cultural diversity. From June 26th through the 29th dance works are featured; from July 5th through the 13th jazz and gospel music are spotlighted. Classical concerts run from July 18th to the 20th, and are followed byv * %u2014 .1 ------------ 1 r \\ _ _ x r t%u2014 %u2014