Southwest Corridor Park
Volunteer Hour Tracking - Summary
Thank you for all the work you do in the Southwest Corridor Park! Here is a summary of the information entered so far.
Summary
1422.5 hours tracked so far in 2019
1422.5 total volunteer hours
Volunteers worked in more than 24 different garden locations in the Southwest Corridor Park
Volunteer garden stewards work on their own throughout the week and also groups of volunteers work on the approximately 16 volunteer days we have held so far this year.
Volunteers work either on their own; or in small groups; or in larger groups, with up to 60 volunteers working on our largest volunteer day.
On our volunteer days, 258 leaf/compost bags have been filled.
Volunteer Hours - By Group Size (working alone; in a group of 2-4; in a group of 5 or more)
| Working alone |  490 hours |
| 5 or more people | 669 hours |
| 2-4 people | 263.5 hours |
Details - by Location and Garden
| Date | Map Area # | Name of Area | Hours | Comments/Description | Bags (optional info) | Number of people in group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-10-2019 | SE | 15 hours | Oct 5 to Oct 8. Planted at Holyoke, at Claremont Green and Follen, Grasses, Roses, Thyme and Sedum, Hostas Cherry tree at Greenwich | 3 | ||
| 10-2-2019 | SE | 5 hours | Spent 2 hours with Pat over planting and isting trees, and new development etc at Northampton Green. We plan to have the trees next to the develoment at Newcastle taken down. Helped Althea prune at Claremont, moved catmint for Jennifer, fixed water at Dog Park for new tree. | 1 | ||
| 9-28-2019 | 24 | Carleton Sidewalk | 32 hours | We cleaned up the yard and planted sedum at roped off area under Platanus. | 2 | |
| 9-27-2019 | SE | 3 hours | Met today with Karen and Althea about the transition in the Butterfly Meadow. Nothing much to report here yet. Planted Hakon grass at Canton and Giant Japanese fern at Upper Durham Swale. Talked with Northeast tree guys who cut down sick Hemlocks at Newton North. | 1 | ||
| 9-22-2019 | 22 | Holyoke Path | 3 hours | I planted the Franklinia at Garrison Cove. Set up water in entire park. No rain for a long period. | 1 | |
| 9-21-2019 | SE | 1 hours | Today the State Police and Boston Police were on the park 3 times to deal with multiple instances of drug use. Pat the homeless kid has trash up on Newton North. Worse today than ever. But maybe we are getting used to it? | 1 | ||
| 9-21-2019 | SE | 14 hours | In the am we cleaned up at Claremont , then worked the watering along the park. Dug holes and fixed the soakers. Carla and I went to Cochata, bought a Franklinia tree. | 4 | ||
| 9-20-2019 | SE | 12 hours | Met wth Jennifer and Jennifer Norwood in the AM, set up watering system, continued with Austin in the afternoon | 2 | ||
| 9-16-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Transplanted Celendine (yellow wildflower) into one square of the garden. Watered, weeded. Worked on drawing showing proposed changes in garden layout. | 1 | |
| 9-16-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Transplanted Celendine (yellow wildflower) into one square of the garden. Watered, weeded. Worked on drawing showing proposed changes in garden layout. | 1 | |
| 9-14-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2.5 hours | Working on re-design for garden. Moved steppingstones, moved planters, pruned, cleared space in back for cat mint. | 1 | |
| 9-13-2019 | 07 | Claremont Green | 22 hours | We put down a stone path and planted grasses and others at the alley on Claremont Green | 4 bags | 10 |
| 9-12-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1.5 hours | Planted Heal-All and Cinquefoil in garden. Also weeded and pruned and opened up path alongside butterfly garden; removed some of the tall plants. | 1 | |
| 9-12-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1.5 hours | Planted Heal-All and Cinquefoil in garden. Also weeded and pruned and opened up path alongside butterfly garden; removed some of the tall plants. | 1 | |
| 9-12-2019 | All | 7 hours | Franco went up to Van Berkum Nursery in New Hampshire. Purchased plants for the Claremont Green. | 1 | ||
| 9-10-2019 | 24 | Carleton Sidewalk | 4 hours | With Pat and Mike, we planted the Tupelo. | 3 | |
| 9-9-2019 | 18 | W Newton Plaza | 6 hours | I did a Home Depto run for the park, Mike and Pat drove out to Bigelow, brought back 2 crab apples, dug and planted them, watered around the park ,and dug a hole for the Tupelo. | 4 | |
| 9-2-2019 | SE | 15 hours | Lots of housekeeping, with a mortality mid week past. Watered, weeded, pruned and sheared hedges. Reset soakers at grass island in front of Dog Park | 2 | ||
| 8-28-2019 | SE | 70 hours | Northeastern University ACES program, 18 students, plus Franco, Lincoln, Karen, Mike, and Jennifer. We worked in the Rose Garden, Butterfly Garden, Wellington Terrace, and all along the park, especially at W. Newton St. and Durham Swale. Transplanted day lilies into Rose Garden, weeded, etc. | 6 bags | 23 | |
| 8-26-2019 | 13A | Durham Green | 10 hours | Today we set our water, and fenced off a London Plane at the dog Park, fencing it off and laying down soakers and mulch. Then we planted Solomon`s Seal at the Liza memorial tree at Durham Green. | 2 | |
| 8-25-2019 | 01 Harcourt/Canton CG | Harcourt/Canton CG | 3 hours | 2 | ||
| 8-24-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding and watering | 1 | |
| 8-24-2019 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding in Mass. Ave. garden. Also transplanted violets in the corner where nothing grows. | 1 | |
| 8-23-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2 hours | One adult, three children. Weeded. Children cut seedheads from flowers and transplanted some flowers that were growing in the pathways. A few late strawberries are growing. "They taste like real ones!" | 4 | |
| 8-17-2019 | 18N | Follen Swale | 5 hours | Today we built a barricade with stakes and fence at Upper Follen where the folks sleep and do drugs. We also pruned back 2 of the overgrown Viburnum. | 2 | |
| 8-16-2019 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 5 hours | Went to Home Depot for stakes, A Thomas in Milton for Roses, planted 5 roses along fence line NE corner of Greenwich Garden to act as a barrier to drug pushers. This Am Jennifer found a backpack full of paraphernalia, I called 911 on a group of 5 at upper Follen. | 2 | |
| 8-14-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeding, watering, also enjoying & sharing mint etc. | 3 | |
| 8-12-2019 | 27 | West Canton Green | 6 hours | We moved hostas off Harcourt into Canton, then planted Rhodys in the spaces vacated. | 2 | |
| 8-9-2019 | SE | 9 hours | Coordinating and leading volunteer event for Red Pine Scholars. | 2 | ||
| 8-9-2019 | SE | 180 hours | Red Pine Scholars, with the Philanthropic Initiative, volunteered with the park for the second year in a row. This is a statewide scholarship program for students from throughout Massachusetts. New students meet for a day-long event before school starts, with meetings in the morning and a volunteer event with us in the afternoon. Volunteers worked in the Rose Garden, Butterfly Garden, Potting Garden, Carleton Court Dog Park, Claremont Green and painted barrels all along the park. 60 students and six stewards. | 15 bags | 60 | |
| 8-8-2019 | 18 | W Newton Plaza | 2 hours | we weeded and mulched at Newton East | 2 bags | 1 |
| 8-8-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Children`s garden - planted pepper plants | 8 | |
| 8-5-2019 | SE | 8 hours | We planted costa and others, weeded at Newton West, Braddock upper and lower, watered at Durham. | 8 bags | 4 | |
| 8-5-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2 hours | Turned over soil and weeded. | 1 | |
| 8-4-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 3 hours | Cumulative hours over the past few weeks - weeding 20-30 minutes at a time. Added flowers (purchased from Hillside Gardens in Cambridge) | 1 | |
| 8-2-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 4 hours | Turned over soil and planted seeds (marigolds, peas, nasturtium) | 8 | |
| 7-29-2019 | SE | 4 hours | Set up soakers and sprinklers, fixed and moved hoses, found hoses broken and disturbed by the homeless, moved a sleeping man from Braddock then from Durham Swale. | 1 | ||
| 7-29-2019 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 2 hours | Cleaned out Greenwich Pk garden entry, pruned back azalea. | 6 bags | 1 |
| 7-28-2019 | 24 | Carleton Sidewalk | 3 hours | We planted at Dog Park Border and set water on. | 1 | |
| 7-24-2019 | 27 | West Canton Green | 2 hours | Weeded out Canton. | 1 | |
| 7-22-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 25 hours | Cleaned out Wellington Reach, spread mulch at Rose Garden | 20 bags | 12 |
| 7-14-2019 | SE | 6 hours | Went shopping at Cochituate Native Plant Nursery and met Chuck Doughty, owner and also Landscape Program Director at Northeastern. Planted Viburnum at Lower Braddock and Spikenard at Durham green. 4 Rabbits in Rose Garden, and hole dug at Durham Green. | 1 | ||
| 7-1-2019 | SE | 2.5 hours | Continued shearing. passed tool on to Bob from Greenwich | 1 | ||
| 7-2019 | SE | 50 hours | 10 bags | 1 | ||
| 6-29-2019 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 2 hours | We planted petunias | 2 | |
| 6-22-2019 | 13A | Durham Green | 4 hours | Purchased new Hedge clipper, shaved 100 ft or so and met with pat for 1/2 hr. | 2 bags | 1 |
| 6-16-2019 | SE | 60 hours | Boston Cares with Me and Carla and the Hyatts. Weeded at Rose Garden, raised bed at Wellington. Planted at SW corner of Blackwood. Later, Lincoln and Grandma planted at Canton | 6 bags | 20 | |
| 6-9-2019 | SE | 10 hours | Gorgeous day out on the park with Lincoln, Carla, Karen Hohler, Scott, Karen Golder All planting, pruning cleaning and painting, planning and what not. I located the two hidden couplers at Blackwood. | 1 | ||
| 6-8-2019 | 18N | Follen Swale | 11 hours | We planted hostas, set up water at Canton, planted sedum at Braddock and transplanted a Barberry from Rutland Oval to Upper Follen. Gave Lincoln his first list of Flowers | 3 | |
| 6-8-2019 | 14A | Durham Swale | 32 hours | Angel works alone about 3 hours per day at the West Newton N and Upper Durham Swale, removing invasive and helping care for new plants. | 1 | |
| 6-7-2019 | All | 2 hours | Weeded at Braddock, spoke with Mike R, Susan S., Angel, Carla and Scott | 1 | ||
| 6-5-2019 | RX | 10 hours | Planted flowers in the octagon garden at Jackson Square (not the children`s garden, but a nearby space). / Approx. 15 children, 2 group leaders, 2 parents | 19 | ||
| 6-5-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Weeded around roses and along rope line on right side. | 1 | |
| 6-4-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Edged grass under rope, opened grass area though blocked off area with a lot of new grass seed planted in April. Weeded throughout. | 1 | |
| 6-2019 | SE | 70 hours | Hours tracked through my Apple Watch activity. Work performed in section 1 near Carleton Court Dog Park. | 15 bags | 1 | |
| 5-29-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding in children`s garden. Laid down grass/weed clippings in pathways. Also had follow-up conversation -- a volunteer from Bromley Heath will take care of filling the water barrel this year. (But we have not needed to water yet!) | 1 | |
| 5-29-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding in children`s garden. Laid down grass/weed clippings in pathways. Also had follow-up conversation -- a volunteer from Bromley Heath will take care of filling the water barrel this year. (But we have not needed to water yet!) | 1 | |
| 5-26-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1.5 hours | Planted seedlings - squash (4), eggplant (4), parsley (6), calendula (12). Also zinnia seeds. Weeding. | 1 | |
| 5-20-2019 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 4 hours | planted up at Braddock hill and roses at Uppermost Follen Swale. | 1 | |
| 5-19-2019 | 14A | Durham Swale | 12.5 hours | cleaned up Durham, planted Lilies on Durham Hill | 4 | |
| 5-18-2019 | SE | 25 hours | We Dug out Lilies at durham and replanted them at durham Hill and Rutland | 4 bags | 12 | |
| 5-16-2019 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 0.5 hours | Weeding | 1 | |
| 5-15-2019 | SE | 68 hours | Am Group of Master Gardeners (4) planted Hosta etc at Canton, other flowers at Upper Braddock. Seadar group moved mulch at Canton and Greenwich and Karols, moved Lily of the Valley from Durham to Rutland. Found 4 needles. | 12 bags | 26 | |
| 5-8-2019 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 4 hours | Two adults and five children - planted peas, borage and nasturtium. | 7 | |
| 5-8-2019 | 27 | West Canton Green | 5 hours | Planted watered and moved soil onto canton bed | 3 | |
| 5-4-2019 | SE | 12.5 hours | Planted Thistle, Willow sticks, Hyssop and Mum, dug up and moved 15 hostas from tot Lot corner, mulched at Harcourt, Canton, more Tibetan flags at upper Braddock. Found 2 Morel Mushrooms. | 4 | ||
| 4-27-2019 | All | 62 hours | Worked mostly at Claremont park. Mulched, removed Goat Weed, put int the path, pruned back the Holly, planted alyssum | 10 bags | 20 | |
| 4-25-2019 | SE | 10 hours | Met w Pat over Park Serve Day, planted Mums at tennis court, Coshosh in Holyoke circle, moved out 2 Acanthus Mollis and moved them to Upper Braddock, next to Euonymous and Castanea. | 1 | ||
| 4-22-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Transplanted an old burning bush not in good shape from another part of corridor into hedge where one had died. Transplanted 3 wild spirea from the dogwood area into spirea hedge. Pruned dogwoods lower and some at base for visibility into garden. Tried to cut out spirea growing within the dogwood. | 1 | |
| 4-21-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2.5 hours | Moved Japanese iris to each side of grass entrance. Cut down tall Grasses from last year and raked. Planted 4 roses, 2 replacing those stepped on by regular visitors while the ground is wet so they walk in the flower beds. Hybrid yellow tea rose / ť 4-5 ft nearcorner of wrought iron fence and circle. In front of it Floribundas red rose “intrigue” grows 2 1/2 feet. Where the Japanese iris where on the right side of circle planted Floribundas red rose “Trumpeter” grows 2 1/2 ft. Between the first two evergreens neaxt to grass planted Floribunda yellow w pink “Sunflare” grows 2 1/2 feet | 1 bags | 1 |
| 4-21-2019 | SE | 6 hours | We moved and planted perennials the entire park. | 3 | ||
| 4-20-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 18 hours | Great group, willing to work in pouring rain. Rain stopped before work started and only sprinkled a few times. Manually aerated grass area with pitch forks and raked the thatch out of the grass. Dug a trough along hill flower bed to stop water runoff to lawn. Also did some weeding and removal of grass from the flower beds. | 6 bags | 8 |
| 4-20-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Overseeded grass with drought tolerant kentucky bluegrass and fescues and raked it in. | 1 | |
| 4-19-2019 | 27 | West Canton Green | 20 hours | We planted at Canton and across from tot lot, tied up the Cedrus, planted Ilex, moved soil, built the fence, and cleaned out canton. | 10 bags | 18 |
| 4-18-2019 | 27 | West Canton Green | 25 hours | WE planted the Cedrus atlanticus with DCR, the Dogwood, the shrubs at Canton, removed yard waste, reset cobblestones, removed dead material, Lots of work | 35 bags | 18 |
| 4-16-2019 | All | 12 hours | We went to Cavicchio and to Garden in the woods for plant material for the park | 3 | ||
| 4-12-2019 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 2 hours | Cleaned up and weeded upper Braddock. | 10 bags | 2 |
| 4-11-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.5 hours | Raking out garden before Marathon weekend | 1 | |
| 4-11-2019 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 0.5 hours | Raking out garden before Marathon weekend | 1 | |
| 4-10-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Raked and bagged entry to Rose Garden. | 4 bags | 1 |
| 4-9-2019 | SE | 4 hours | Finished applying mulch to second half of flower beds in front of Carleton Court Dog Park | 1 | ||
| 4-7-2019 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 6 hours | Raked and mulched at lower Braddock. Tracy and Josephine came by to name the Chestnut. | 6 bags | 2 |
| 4-6-2019 | SE | 5 hours | Cleaned out Tot Lot, harcourt storage area, planted willow sticks, cleaned out Greenwich. | 4 bags | 2 | |
| 4-2-2019 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 5 hours | Planned the planting at Canton, cleaned up and mulched Lower Braddock | 4 bags | 2 |
| 4-2-2019 | SE | 18 hours | Repainted and replaced 2 green benches in Carleton Court Dog Park, and 1 bench in Carleton kids blue playground. | 1 | ||
| 4-1-2019 | SE | 3 hours | Applied mulch to first half of flower bed next to Carleton Court Dog Park | 1 | ||
| 4-1-2019 | All | 24 hours | edit of previous posting | 1 | ||
| 4-1-2019 | All | 2 hours | We met with Jen Kettel and walked the park learning about best practices. Then Ed and I spent an hour staring fundraising envelopes. A cold 42 degrees. | 12 | ||
| 3-30-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Trimmed big rose bush and cut out dead wood, trimmed other rose bushes along metal fence. | 1 | |
| 3-29-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Trimmed Rose bushes to top of hill | 1 | |
| 3-28-2019 | 02 | Rose Garden | 5 hours | Raked under maple, circle and a bit into the beds. Trimmed some rose bushes. | 9 bags | 1 |
| 3-27-2019 | All | 6 hours | We went to Cavicchio and spaced out dogwoods, Cedrus atlantic`s and others. | 1 | ||
| 3-26-2019 | SE | 18 hours | We raked leaves and put up fencing all at Follen and Braddock. | 24 bags | 7 | |
| 3-23-2019 | SE | 20 hours | Cleaned up at Harcourt, Canine Vista and Canton Green. Removed Ivy, leaves and trash, reset fence, dug out and moved an Arborvitae. | 8 bags | 10 | |
| 3-21-2019 | SE | 3 hours | Cleared leaves/debris in the flowerbeds next to the Carleton Court Dog Park. | 1 | ||
| 3-20-2019 | 24 | Carleton Sidewalk | 2 hours | 1 | ||
| 3-19-2019 | 21 | Carleton Path | 5 hours | 1 | ||
| 3-18-2019 | SE | 3 hours | 1 | |||
| 3-18-2019 | SE | 9 hours | We cleaned out Foster bed, set out "keep Off" signs, started the rope fencing at Follen and Braddock. | 3 | ||
| 3-16-2019 | All | 5 hours | Pruned at Blackwood, went to Home Depot in Somerville and bought stakes etc. | 1 | ||
| 3-13-2019 | All | 8 hours | Purchased storage bin at Home depot, talked about the park plans for the Park Serve day. Picked up bin at Home Depot. | 1 | ||
| 3-13-2019 | SE | 8 hours | 1 | |||
| 3-11-2019 | All | 2 hours | Vandalism and theft at Harcourt. Tools stolen, cart stolen. Spoke with Pat. Dropped off Browne Fund Application. etc etc. | 1 | ||
| 3-1-2019 | All | 6 hours | Paypal work, Trip to Arnold to look at Acer griseum, 2 hrs pruning and laminating, 2 hours review of Browne Fund application for Durham Oval | 1 | ||
| 3-2019 | 21 | Carleton Path | 30 hours | Cleaned/raked up leaves in multiple flower gardens. Pruned/trimmed branches all around the South End/Carleton Court area. (Carleton Path, Canine Vista, Tot Lot, Holyoke Circle) | 1 | |
| 2-22-2019 | SE | 2 hours | Pruned at Canton, Durham | 1 | ||
| 2-18-2019 | All | 36 hours | Wrote up application for funding from "Love your Block" | 1 | ||
| 2-15-2019 | 14 | Durham Oval | 4 hours | Planning session, Durham Oval. | 1 | |
| 2-10-2019 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Pruned at Cumberland, fixed fence at dog path. | 1 | |
| 2-5-2019 | SE | 4 hours | Gorgeous day in Boston. Cleaned up at Harcourt, Upper Braddock, Greenwich. Pruned, cleaned up. discussed pruning with Pat. | 4 bags | 1 | |
| 1-26-2019 | 16E | Basketball Hill | 2 hours | A glorious cool sunny winter day. I rolled up soccer hoses at the Dog Park and pruned the rambling Juniper lower Basketball hill. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 1-15-2019 | 25 | Canine Vista | 2 hours | Cleaned out Foster Bed Area, met w Pat and Bob Doherty (Greenwich Pk) about pruning and replacement of lilacs at Greenwich. | 1 | |
| 1-14-2019 | SE | 2 hours | Met with Pat, and then Ben park wide concerning 1. Adjusting fence in Foster Bed.2. Drains at Follen 3. Grinding pathways to adjust for settling of concrete 4. Planting a memorial tree at Durham, 5. Durham restoration. 6 Pruning at Greenwich. 7. Mulching park wide. 8. Northampton green issues from landscaping to repairing walkway at entry to T. 9. Aerating soil in the Spring 10. Park Serve day and painting the ironwork up at Mass Ave. | 1 | ||
| 1-13-2019 | All | 6 hours | Planning for the year. | 1 | ||
| Total | 1422.5 hours | 258 bags |