Big Changes Coming to Post Office Square

If you’ve walked past the garden in front of the Belfast Post Office recently, you might notice that something looks different, though you can’t quite put your finger on it. The blue spruce that grew at–and then outgrew–the center of the garden has been removed by the Department of Public Works in preparation for a complete revamping of this very visible space. City Council approved the BGC redesign of the garden on April 1, and Public Gardens co-chair Marsha Siviski and her team of volunteer gardeners will be hard at work this spring and summer reshaping the space to be safer to walk through and more pollinator-friendly. With its lower profile, the garden will make the intersection of Main, Church, and Pendleton Streets an easier place for drivers to navigate, too. The new garden design was the brainchild of Marsha and BGC volunteer and landscape architect Michael Sczercan, with input from the City Council.