NYC Frog Project On the Road

Glenwood Gardens
Cincinnati, Ohio

A few years ago, I posted pictures of some of the frogs we found at Glenwood Gardens, one of the parks in Hamilton County.   This time, we found some real frogs.   The twelve-year-old boy who helped us find them could tell us what they were.  I don't remember now.

NYC Frog Project On the Road

Glenwood Gardens
Cincinnati, Ohio

Actually, Glenwood Gardens is in Woodlawn, and in preparing for this post I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find pictures of this strecth of Springfield Pike from the 1970s. No luck. When I was a kid, this area--across the street from the Kroger Warehouse, the Goodwill, and the Woodlawn Drive-in (which burned down in the 1970s)--was all farmland, although I've found information that says it has belonged to the Hamilton County Park District since the 1960s. I did find a great forum called Mid-to-Late 20th Century Vine St./Springfield Pike, which brought back a lot of memories: Sutherland Lumber! The Big Melon! The Singing Bridge! But I digress.

The park is a nice place for kids to play, and featured some awesome frogs.

A Charlie Harper frog adorned a park service truck:



Kids can climb on Frog and Toad:



And there's this fountain: