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. The first chart shows hours by month. The second provides a listing of entries, including the map location, hours, date and description or comments.
Summary
1229.25 hours tracked so far in 2017
1229.25 total volunteer hours
Volunteers worked in more than 21 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 10 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 20 volunteers working on our largest volunteer day.
On our volunteer days, 162 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 |  501.5 hours |
| 5 or more people | 694 hours |
| 2-4 people | 33.75 hours |
Details - by Location and Garden
| Date | Map Area # | Name of Area | Hours | Comments/Description | Bags (optional info) | Number of people in group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-22-2017 | 22A | Holyoke Circle | 5 hours | Watered up and down the park. No rain since mid September, and the park is dry. Moved valerian and thalictrum to Upper Braddock. 5 needles. saved one viburnum ripped by contractors at West Canton Green. | 1 | |
| 10-21-2017 | 08 | Blackwood Green | 12 hours | Althea, Dan , Paul (althea`s husband) and I cleaned out Blackstone, pruned, spread compost and watered. A gorgeous day in the high 70`s. | 15 bags | 1 |
| 10-18-2017 | SE | 1.5 hours | Weeding raised bed at entry to community gardens at the end of Claremont Park | 1 | ||
| 10-18-2017 | SE | 4 hours | week of Jan 15th. Watered, weeded, moved some plants, discussed issues with pat, rolled up hoses. | 1 | ||
| 10-17-2017 | SE | 1.5 hours | Weeding along shrubs in front of the community gardens between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park | 1 | ||
| 10-1-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Weeding | 1 | |
| 9-29-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 6 hours | Spread compost, pruned, planted Cunninghamia | 1 bags | 2 |
| 9-23-2017 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 5 hours | Boston Cares did not show up, so Carla and I weeded at the Greenwich Park strip with the BayBerry and amsonia. Planted and weeded at Braddock Hill. | 6 bags | 2 |
| 9-17-2017 | All | 30 hours | Stuffing of envelopes, fundraising at franco`s, And Curtis found the chairs. | 10 | ||
| 9-13-2017 | 08A | Blackwood End | 8 hours | Cleaned up at Blackwood Green, and planted Chionanthus at W Newton W. | 1 | |
| 9-12-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2.5 hours | 1 adult and 2 children; watered; added a little bit more thyme and low-growing sedum. | 3 | |
| 9-8-2017 | 14A | Durham Swale | 0.5 hours | Sect 1`s first opioid death at durham Hill. I spoke briefly with state troopers. | 1 | |
| 9-8-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 12 hours | 1 adult, 5 children. Continued to improve cobblestone path; pruned shoots around crab apple tree; transplanted dianthus, making room for taller flowers in center of the flower border along the fence, so that flowers will be more visible from the bike path and playground. Took pictures/video for ELM project. | 6 | |
| 9-7-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2.25 hours | Used electric pruners to prune holly bushes and pull out small trees that had grown up in bushes. | 2 | |
| 9-6-2017 | JP | 200 hours | 10 | |||
| 9-5-2017 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 110 hours | Yearly total through August | 35 bags | 20 |
| 9-4-2017 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 4 hours | We weeded and pruned at Greenwich Circle. | 4 bags | 1 |
| 8-31-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 38 hours | We built a log barrier at upper Braddock Hill, using logs from Hemlocks cut down at Braddock Line. | 4 bags | 12 |
| 8-31-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 10 hours | Worked with four Northeastern students from the ACES program; major weeding on Claremont Green and Potting Garden | 5 | |
| 8-29-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 12 hours | Children`s garden - watered strawberries and other new transplants; one of the girls figured out a way to re-build the cobblestone path, moved stones and transplanted/watered a few plants to make way for the new design. Also welcomed some new gardeners and helped them to sample kale, mint, borage, clover, etc. | 6 | |
| 8-20-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 4 hours | Weekend total -- weeding, watering, transplanting | 1 | |
| 8-20-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 8 hours | Purchased and planted new strawberries (June bearing, with runners). Also new perennial flowers. | 3 | |
| 8-20-2017 | 14A | Durham Swale | 4 hours | weeded and planted at Durham, watered at Follen | 4 bags | 1 |
| 8-20-2017 | 05 | Butterfly Garden Annex | 3 hours | Weeding -- working toward more variety of heights. | 1 | |
| 8-17-2017 | SE | 2 hours | finished pruning yews and hollys | 1 bags | 1 | |
| 8-16-2017 | SE | 3 hours | 3 bags | 1 | ||
| 8-15-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Children`s garden - worked on portable water barrel setup (later changed to 55 gallon drum) | 2 | |
| 8-12-2017 | SE | 3 hours | Weeded behind and under shrubs along corridor between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park. Also bed under tree at end of Claremont Park. | 3 bags | 1 | |
| 8-12-2017 | 21 | Carleton Path | 3 hours | borrowed shearer from Mire R, sheared the Hollys at Tot Lot, fell and was rescued by Carla and Ed. Discussed removal of Junipers at Claremont. | 4 bags | 1 |
| 8-11-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 3 hours | Got chairs for Braddock Hill, watered, putzed around talking with everyone. | 1 | |
| 8-11-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 3 hours | Got chairs for Braddock Hill, watered, putzed around talking with everyone. | 1 | |
| 8-8-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 4 hours | Children`s gardening -- mostly just digging and moving stepping stones and sampling the various items in the garden (borage, mint, kale, etc.) Summer work teens have re-painted the garden wall. | 8 | |
| 8-7-2017 | SE | 2 hours | Weeded behind and under shrubs along corridor between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park. Also bed under tree at end of Claremont Park. | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 8-7-2017 | 18N | Follen Swale | 10 hours | Pruned viburnum at Follen, planted, weeded, | 10 bags | 1 |
| 8-7-2017 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 2 hours | Planted lantana in Potting Garden; weeded in Mass. Ave. and Potting Garden. | 1 | |
| 8-6-2017 | All | 4 hours | Shopped for jennifer at Mahoneys and supplies and fencing. | 1 | ||
| 8-4-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 12 hours | Weeded pruned and cleaned out Braddock Hill. | 15 bags | 1 |
| 7-25-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 6 hours | Weeding, new fencing in top section of garden | 7 | |
| 7-19-2017 | 16E | Basketball Hill | 2 hours | Volunteer orinetation, pruned roses at Basketball hill. | 2 | |
| 7-12-2017 | SE | 5 hours | planted and pruned and general maintenance | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 7-8-2017 | 08A | Blackwood End | 18 hours | jennifer, Rebecca, MaryAnne,Kellie, Hayden,Dan, Jillian, John, Caliga, Franco all transported plants from Christian Science Plaza to Park. | 9 | |
| 7-8-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 19 hours | Planted at Braddock Hill the material from the Christian Science Plaza | 6 bags | 9 |
| 7-5-2017 | 14A | Durham Swale | 2 hours | cleaned up after wild kids at Durham, weeded at Harcourt. | 4 bags | 1 |
| 7-4-2017 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 1 hours | weeded at greenwich, watered. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 7-1-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 3 hours | Planted geraniums from the Christian Science Plaza donation; weeded and watered; put weeds in bag. | 1 | |
| 6-27-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 22 hours | Weeded in `valley` section and seeds - borage, squash, pumpkins and zinnias. Planted additional seeds in 6-pack trays. Will transplant as seedlings emerge. Squash seedlings have emerged in the upper garden from seeds planted last week. | 11 | |
| 6-22-2017 | 07 | Claremont Green | 22 hours | Cleaned up at Claremont Comm Gdn, planted at Claremont Island | 6 bags | 7 |
| 6-20-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 12 hours | 2 adults; 10 children; digging; added lettuce and squash seeds; transplanted some flowers. Received new hand tools! Initial look at sundial. Took photos. (Approx. 12 work hours + more `playing/digging in dirt` hours) | 12 | |
| 6-12-2017 | 07 | Claremont Green | 2 hours | Purchased and planted plants for raised bed at end of Claremont Park | 1 | |
| 6-11-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Weeding, watering. Also starting to move MBTA mulch from Mass Ave garden | 1 | |
| 6-11-2017 | SE | 6 hours | set up watering along park, planted marigolds, cleaned up | 1 | ||
| 6-10-2017 | 02 | Rose Garden | 26 hours | Cleaned out Symphony Corner and Rose Garden | 6 bags | 12 |
| 6-9-2017 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 2 hours | planted at Greenwich. | 1 | |
| 6-8-2017 | SE | 3 hours | Weeding raised bed at end of Claremont Park. Filled 3 bags. | 1 | ||
| 6-8-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 10 hours | Moved pine, built support for Plume Poppy, trip to Mahoneys for perennials and shrubs and bags. | 1 | |
| 6-4-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Weeding; used rope to fence off the raspberries and blackberry | 1 | |
| 6-2-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 5 hours | Staked up pea plants with bamboo stakes; transplanted some of the pea plants. Weeded part of the section between the new vegetables and the subway grate. Transplanted two squash plants. | 3 | |
| 6-2-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.5 hours | Staking around raspberries & blackberry. | 1 | |
| 5-27-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 3 hours | Planted six raspberries and one blackberry. Removed broken holly bush. Used grass hook to cut grass and weeds in back of garden and around magnolia. Watered. Three raspberries are in back in part 1, one blackberry and one raspberry in the back in part 2, and two raspberries are in pots for now. | 1 | |
| 5-27-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 15 hours | Marie bought approximately 40 annuals and perennials: dianthus, impatiens and geraniums. We planted along the fence (near bike path). Planted a few extras in the 'valley' and near the hall. Also I bought vegetable seedlings from Stillmans: two watermelon, six lettuce and six collards. Planted lettuce and collards in the playground garden and watermelon n the fence garden. About 15 hours of work (kids, adults, shopping, planting) | 11 | |
| 5-20-2017 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 1 hours | Weeding at Mass. Ave., especially around cherry tree. | 1 | |
| 5-20-2017 | 14A | Durham Swale | 14 hours | cleaned out Durham Swale, spread compost, did a little planting. 1 needle found. | 6 | |
| 5-19-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Went to farmers` market to get some plants: verbena, eggplant, peppers, kale. Worked with 5 children to plant and water. Weeded and re-set some cobblestones. | 6 | |
| 5-18-2017 | SE | 21 hours | Worked all along section 1. Pruned, planted, laid out soaker hoses, weeded. | 16 | ||
| 5-18-2017 | SE | 1.5 hours | Pulling vines and tree shoots from juniper hedges along corridor by Claremont Street | 1 | ||
| 5-12-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Potting garden - weeding, putting down moss. Mass. ave. garden, briefly weeding. | 1 | |
| 5-12-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2 hours | Turned over soil and put down moss along cement wall in the `valley garden.` 10 children, 2 adults. | 11 | |
| 5-11-2017 | SE | 21 hours | planted and weeded West Newton to West Canton. | 13 | ||
| 5-6-2017 | 07 | Claremont Green | 4 hours | removed Yucca and planted same. Went shopping to Allandale farm. | 1 | |
| 5-4-2017 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 4 hours | Weeded out Bishops mantle at Greenwich | 6 bags | 1 |
| 5-4-2017 | All | 14 hours | Went to Cavicchio and Weston nursery to purchase trees and shrubs etc. | 1 | ||
| 5-3-2017 | SE | 2 hours | Pulling bishop`s root from raised beds at end of Greenwich Park | 1 | ||
| 4-30-2017 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 1 hours | 1 hour - general weeding etc. Will add plants once water is available | 1 | |
| 4-30-2017 | 18 | W Newton Plaza | 2 hours | cleaned out raised bed at W. Newton | 4 bags | 1 |
| 4-28-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Friday afternoon drop-in gardening for children in the children`s garden at Jackson Sq. Children turned over small patches along the walls and planted seeds. | 8 | |
| 4-28-2017 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 7 hours | Went to pick up trees and shrubs at Garden in the woods, then Planted them at Braddock and Follen. Chestnut Tree, Sorbaria, Viburnum | 1 | |
| 4-18-2017 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 34 hours | Turned over new garden section and re-organized cobblestone garden path. Planted three rosebushes. Eight teens from BostonCares April vacation program plus six children from Bromley Heath RealKidz program plus three adults. (34 total work hours) | 17 | |
| 4-15-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Pruning in potting garden. Magnolia and cherry are starting to bud and blossom. | 1 | |
| 4-15-2017 | SE | 12 hours | Week of 4/9 to 4/14 | 1 | ||
| 4-15-2017 | SE | 3 hours | Cleaned up and set stones and moved brush Sect 1. | 10 bags | 10 | |
| 4-15-2017 | 18N | Follen Swale | 10 hours | Cleaned up at Follen and Braddock | 10 bags | 5 |
| 4-15-2017 | SE | 27 hours | 10 | |||
| 4-8-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Adding moss around stepping stones, moving some of the stones. | 1 | |
| 4-7-2017 | All | 6 hours | to Cavicchio for bedding plants, planted lillies, to Home Depot for yard waste bags. | 1 | ||
| 2-26-2017 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Planned planting and restoration at Potting Garden etc. | 1 | |
| 2-26-2017 | SE | 6 hours | Planned planting and other projects for the season in section 1 | 1 | ||
| 1-7-2017 | 18N | Follen Swale | 1 hours | Pruned viburnum at Follen, laid down pine boughs at Blackwood | 1 | |
| 1-5-2017 | SE | 7 hours | Pruned, mulched trees with xmas tree boughs, planned for spring. | 1 | ||
| Total | 1229.25 hours | 162 bags |