The volunteer-planted prairie garden in the parking lot at Warner Park, which the Parks Division deemed ugly and ordered removed (see Madison.gov, 4/2/10), has gotten at least a temporary reprieve.
In an email to volunteers, Parks Superintendent Kevin Briski wrote that the committee that considered the matter last November failed to recognize it was such "an emotional issue" and should have solicited more public input.
The division originally asked the volunteers who planted the prairie to remove it by April 18. Now it will get another hearing before the Warner Park Community Recreation Center Advisory Committee on May 27, at 6 p.m.