Friends of Lynden Hill

Welcome

Located in the Midtown Neighborhood of Milwaukee, bordered by 22nd and 23rd Streets, Juneau and McKinley Avenues, Lynden Hill is a beautiful place that offers lessons from the past and a promise of the future. Lynden Hill is a unique landscape, a complete city block with over 50 trees, an expansive grassy space, a sloping hill and a natural amphitheater.

In 1999, Lynden Hill was designated as the City of Milwaukee?’s Urban Tree House. The Urban Tree House is an environmental education project of the USDA Forest Service. The goal is to provide opportunities for environmental education in an urban setting. The program is designed to develop an environmental stewardship ethic among youth and to increase public awareness, appreciation and ownership of our natural resources.

For many years, Lynden Hill has been a treasured neighborhood green space maintained and cared for by the residents of Midtown Neighborhood. Lynden Hill has many positive potentials for the community. It will be a place for both the young and old to?…
?…discover more about the natural world
?…learn about the history of the neighborhood
?…hear and see a variety of cultural programs.
It will be a place for families and friends to?…
?…gather for socializing and learning
?…engage in activities such as gardening, nature walks, or a farmer?’s market.
It will be a place for the neighborhood & community to?…
?…share and to treasure as an open space asset offering a variety of educational, cultural, and social programs.