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
1204.5 hours tracked so far in 2018
1204.5 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 13 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 75 volunteers working on our largest volunteer day.
On our volunteer days, 163 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 |  549.5 hours |
| 5 or more people | 581.5 hours |
| 2-4 people | 73.5 hours |
Details - by Location and Garden
| Date | Map Area # | Name of Area | Hours | Comments/Description | Bags (optional info) | Number of people in group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-20-2018 | SE | 15 hours | We yanked weeds at W Newton, spread compost in various places. Lauren and Peng volunteers returned. | 4 bags | 9 | |
| 10-18-2018 | SE | 125 hours | Season estimate | 1 | ||
| 10-17-2018 | SE | 4 hours | et w/Pat over drains and changes to Tot Lot area. Weeded, pruned and planted, mostly at Durham Swale, set potted perennials in at Foster Bed. | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 10-14-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 5 hours | Moved Clalmagrostis, planted at lower and upper Braddock, planted elm in foster bed. Weeded too. | 2 bags | 1 |
| 10-6-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 10 hours | Warm Saturday afternoon - weeded, cut back tree shoots, picked vegetables, took photos, played in garden. We have mini-pumpkins, eggplant, peppers & borage. | 5 | |
| 10-3-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1 hours | Kids got insects & plants from garden for Science Wednesday. | 5 | |
| 10-1-2018 | 05 | Butterfly Garden Annex | 3 hours | We weeded at the butterfly Extension. Found the Aronia Aristolochia, strong presence of Aster natives. Heavy bittersweet. | 4 bags | 2 |
| 9-30-2018 | 18N | Follen Swale | 2 hours | Weeded out fallen swale, pruned and sheared. | 2 bags | 1 |
| 9-30-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Over the weekend - transplanted potentilla (cinquefoil) from Wellington Terrace to Potting Garden. Came back & watered a few times. Also some minimal weeding. | 1 | |
| 9-27-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1 hours | Planted irises in children`s garden, in the section we call the "valley" between the raised garden and the playground. | 1 | |
| 9-27-2018 | All | 6 hours | Attended info session for Henderson Grant | 2 | ||
| 9-27-2018 | 18 | W Newton Plaza | 2.5 hours | Transplanted Red Bud from Foster Bed to W Newton east. | 1 | |
| 9-27-2018 | SE | 4 hours | Cleaned out homeless trash with Pat, planted Hydrangea at W newton N. weeded | 1 | ||
| 9-23-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 2 hours | Planted 2 viburnum at lower Braddock, weeded, yelled at dog owners in the dog park for incessant barking. The is the third time this week. | 2 bags | 1 |
| 9-22-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 4 hours | removed stumps from Lower Braddock Hill, met with girl scouts and built a habitat and removed invasive. | 1 | |
| 9-21-2018 | 14A | Durham Swale | 6 hours | Purchased shrubs at Weston Nurseries, and planted Perennial Mums at Durham Swale. | 1 | |
| 9-15-2018 | SE | 20 hours | We Moved mulch and cleanup up at Blackwood Green close to Mass Ave, and the W Rutland Corner. | 6 bags | 12 | |
| 9-15-2018 | 27 | West Canton Green | 20 hours | Ed managed the event as Franco had to work. The group cleaned up W Canton Green in prep for the plantings. | 6 bags | 10 |
| 9-15-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 1 hours | weed/clean up | 1 | |
| 9-13-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Weeding | 1 | |
| 9-8-2018 | SE | 5 hours | Cleaned out Foster bed and lower Braddock. Cut out trees, weeded. | 6 bags | 1 | |
| 9-2-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.5 hours | Watering, weeding | 1 | |
| 9-2-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Sunday afternoon - with two neighborhood children - watered and weeded. | 3 | |
| 9-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 8 hours | 1 | ||
| 8-30-2018 | SE | 2 hours | Pruned and watered along park. Cicadas are active, for the first time? DCR is digging trench to connect drains leading off dog Park. | 1 | ||
| 8-29-2018 | SE | 6 hours | Aug 27 and 28, watering, set up for volunteer day. With NEU yesterday we cleaned out W Newton E and N, | 6 bags | 1 | |
| 8-29-2018 | 07 | Claremont Green | 2.5 hours | Pruned and weeded at Claremont Green. Watered as well. Temperature hits a record of 96 degrees. It is hot out. | 4 bags | 1 |
| 8-28-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Tuesday afternoon - watered and weeded -- with two neighborhood children | 3 | |
| 8-28-2018 | SE | 50 hours | Northeastern University ACES program back-to-school service week event. ACES stands for the Association of Civically Engaged Students. We worked in small groups in the rose garden, butterfly garden, West Newton corner and Claremont Green. Great group -- hot day -- temperature over 97 degrees. | 10 bags | 25 | |
| 8-25-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Weeding in children`s garden; made cobblestone edging for vegetables along playground fence; also various conversations, etc. | 5 | |
| 8-23-2018 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 2 hours | Aug. 23/24 - Installed murals in park; weeded at Mass. Ave.; picked up weeds and put in yard waste bags. | 1 | |
| 8-19-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Weeding / follow up to Aug. 17th event | 1 | |
| 8-18-2018 | SE | 8 hours | Pruned and weeded from Greenwich park to dog Park. | 10 bags | 2 | |
| 8-17-2018 | SE | 120 hours | A group of college students worked in the park as a community service event, as part of their back-to-school event for a statewide scholarship program. Students are attending colleges all around the state, with many from UMass Amherst, NEU, BC and other colleges. We had six garden stewards, as well as neighbors from Susan Bailis, participating in the day. Weeding & garden/website photography. | 60 | ||
| 8-17-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 2 hours | weeding | 2 | |
| 8-16-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2 hours | Catching up with weeding in children`s garden. | 1 | |
| 8-14-2018 | 18N | Follen Swale | 1.5 hours | Weeded out Lower Follen. | 3 bags | 1 |
| 8-13-2018 | SE | 3 hours | Planted small pine at Durham, Rhus in a pot at Foster Bed, weeded out Holyoke. | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 8-7-2018 | SE | 5 hours | Fixed water connections and hoses, reran soakers, set up water along the park. | 1 | ||
| 8-2-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 9 hours | Watered, weeded, labeled plants, transplanted. | 8 | |
| 8-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 15 hours | 1 | ||
| 8-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 12 hours | 1 | ||
| 7-31-2018 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 2 hours | Weeded & watered, potting garden and Mass. Ave. garden. | 1 | |
| 7-31-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 4 hours | Purchased & brought chalkboard to Jackson Sq. for garden; watered; weeded. | 3 | |
| 7-28-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.25 hours | Planted pepper and eggplant plants, gifted as hand-me-downs from Haley House Urban Farm. | 1 | |
| 7-27-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 0.5 hours | weeding | 1 | |
| 7-25-2018 | 18N | Follen Swale | 2 hours | Ryobi Weed Wacker used for first time at Follen and Braddock Hills, it edged both sides in about 20 minutes. | 1 | |
| 7-23-2018 | SE | 25 hours | Cut down weed trees, entire South End. | 6 bags | 1 | |
| 7-21-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded, watered, took photos to analyze changes. | 1 | |
| 7-21-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 1.5 hours | weeding | 1 | |
| 7-20-2018 | SE | 46 hours | Community service day as part of an IBM summer internship program. Worked in Wellington & Claremont area - weeded, transplanted, pruned. DCR (3 staff) also worked throughout the morning. | 15 | ||
| 7-18-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 4 hours | Ed and I planted at Braddock Hill, tied up perennials at Follen Swale | 2 bags | 1 |
| 7-16-2018 | SE | 5 hours | Pruned, weeded and watered, W. Canton to Mass Ave. Yesterday, pat found a Spicebush Swallowtail larva on a Lindera shrub at Garrison cove. | 4 bags | 1 | |
| 7-14-2018 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 2 hours | Weeding; Mass. Ave. and Potting Garden. | 1 | |
| 7-14-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded throughout, dead headed the rest of the Rose bushes. Set sprinkler to run against the climbing Rose fence and throughout upper lawn for 3 hours. 1 needle reported. | 1 | |
| 7-13-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded the maple and along hillside. Deadheaded some rose bushes. Ran sprinkler under Maple 4 hours. | 1 | |
| 7-13-2018 | SE | 3.5 hours | Adjusted water, upper park, met Terry possible volunteer. Weeded at Greenwich upper terrace. | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 7-12-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 9 hours | At children`s garden from 10 a.m. till sometime after 12 noon. About 1 hour of garden program with children - built worm composting bins; plant labels; watering; fixed rope fence. Also weeded and watered; a few children also watered later in the morning. | 9 | |
| 7-11-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 10 hours | Planted Vernonium at lower Braddock. Found a Spicebush swallowtail larva on Lindera at Garrison, fortunately found before DCR was about to kill the plant. | 1 | |
| 7-7-2018 | SE | 10 hours | Week of July 1 to July 7, weeded at Durham, pruned up Holyoke, planted at Upper Braddock and Upper Wellington, pruned at Blackwood, weeded out Greenwich Pk and kept up with watering. | 6 bags | 1 | |
| 7-7-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 4 hours | Weeding | 2 | |
| 7-7-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Picked up yew trimmings on sidewalk side and weeded edge is I went. I only had one recycle bag so tatted the rest. Raked most the hedge to get cuttings off the top. | 1 | |
| 7-7-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 2 hours | weeding | 3 bags | 1 |
| 7-5-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Prep work in children`s garden. DCR provided the water barrel. Super hot day -- did light weeding, re-arranging, etc. (And took breaks to drink water.) | 1 | |
| 7-5-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Weeded, deadheaded Roses, thinned 2 trees suckers to replace old ones. Tree on right is severely in jeopardy. Ants eating away rotting wood. Tree is loosing bark. Need to talk w Franco and pat on it. | 1 | |
| 7-4-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding/waterig | 1 | |
| 7-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 17 hours | 1 | ||
| 6-30-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding and watering in Potting Garden. | 1 | |
| 6-30-2018 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding in Mass. Ave. garden. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 6-30-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Finished trimming yew hedge. Still need to clean up clippings. | 1 | |
| 6-30-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 5 hours | General weeding Oval Calendon/Greenwich Park | 2 | |
| 6-29-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3 hours | Children`s garden -- added more flower seeds & snap peas; worked on cobblestone path; weeded and cut back shoots around crab apple tree. Over the winter, thyme and mint grew into part of the path, and so we are re-establishing the path - moved some mint and cobblestones; pushed back the thyme; one child led a parade of 6- and 7-year olds in circles around the path. | 9 | |
| 6-27-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Trimmed more of yew hedge. Almost done. | 1 | |
| 6-26-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Trimmed another 1/3 of yew hedge. | 1 | |
| 6-26-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Trimmed another 1/3 of yew hedge. | 1 | |
| 6-25-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Trimmed some more of Yew hedge | 1 | |
| 6-25-2018 | 18 | W Newton Plaza | 2 hours | weeded out Newton East, bittersweet, poke weed, oak etc. | 8 bags | 1 |
| 6-23-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded stone path along hillside. Weeded hillside and under rope. Trimmed evergreen hedge at entrance. | 1 | |
| 6-23-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Transplanted two heather plants from the `purple` garden along the border of the potting garden to the area near the magnolia tree. Now there are 5 heather plants in a semi-circle around the tree. | 1 | |
| 6-22-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded path around inner circle next to Maple. Weeded top of hill working down to path. Set sprinkler on Maple and ground cover for 5 hours. | 1 | |
| 6-17-2018 | SE | 4 hours | This morning we found a homeless encampment at the Butterfly Garden, and about 200 sq ft of the garden flattened, police were called. I found a party of 5 at the area between the dog park and the tot lot. Told them to clean up, then later found that they installed a hammock with appropriate rug on the bed. Police called again. I set out more water lines. | 1 | ||
| 6-16-2018 | SE | 12 hours | Weeded at Upper wellington and Durham. | 6 bags | 5 | |
| 6-15-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 3.5 hours | Children`s garden, drop in, weeding and planting seeds... Borage squash peas zinnias spinach. | 6 | |
| 6-15-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded maple circle, set up drip hose on half the garden. | 1 | |
| 6-13-2018 | SE | 10 hours | We dug out Barberry at Rutland Circle then cleaned out foster bed up by dog park | 6 bags | 3 | |
| 6-13-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded and removed wild bushes, uncovered a couple more Roses | 1 | |
| 6-13-2018 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 2 hours | Tues. & Wed. evening, weeding and watering, Mass. Ave. garden, Wellington Terrace and Potting Garden | 1 | |
| 6-12-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Trimmed bushes, removed wild ones, soaked maple and ground cover for 5 hours. | 1 | |
| 6-9-2018 | SE | 1.5 hours | watered, set down soakers at Upper Braddock. Cut down more Braberry at Rutland. Circle. | 1 | ||
| 6-6-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 8 hours | Weeded and planted at upper Braddock Hill. | 6 bags | 1 |
| 6-5-2018 | SE | 3 hours | Planted sunflower etc Claremont Alley through to Durham swale | 1 | ||
| 6-3-2018 | 06 | Wellington Terrace | 5 hours | Planted seeds, weeded, set soakers | 2 bags | 1 |
| 6-3-2018 | All | 16 hours | We went plant shopping at Sylvan nursery and Avant Gardens. Excellent day | 1 | ||
| 6-2-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Weeding and worm-bin setup | 2 | |
| 6-1-2018 | All | 84 hours | 37 Northeastern Univ. students worked in the park as a service project as part of their training as student orientation leaders. Students completed projects at Mass. Ave. and Stony Brook; also read about the history of the park and information about the neighborhoods. // 37 students // 5 neighborhood volunteers plus DCR | 42 | ||
| 6-1-2018 | All | 4 hours | Prep for NEU service project | 2 | ||
| 6-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 15 hours | 1 | ||
| 5-28-2018 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 60 hours | 12 bags | 5 | |
| 5-28-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2.5 hours | Weeded under Maple to expose pachysandra in preparation for NE students. | 1 | |
| 5-28-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2.5 hours | Weeded under Maple to expose pachysandra in preparation for NE students. | 1 | |
| 5-26-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 3 hours | Transplanted three heather plants to the area by the stepping stones around the magnolia. These plants are hand-me-downs from my building. Watered, weeded. | 1 | |
| 5-23-2018 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 10 hours | Put new caart together, set out soakers, planted at Upper Braddock and Follen and marigolds at W Newton. | 2 | |
| 5-22-2018 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2.5 hours | Planted curry plant in border along playground fence; moved borage within the border; weeded main garden; added two thyme plants | 1 | |
| 5-20-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 3 hours | Weed; plant flowers. | 1 | |
| 5-19-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 5 hours | Transplanted strawberries, weeded (removed biships weed; weeded vines and grass) | 2 | |
| 5-17-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | Weeding; moved stepping stones around magnolia tree | 1 | |
| 5-15-2018 | 03 Braddock Park CG | Braddock Park CG | 2 hours | We planted 2 trees, removed invasive plants, removed dead shrubs, planted flowers and perennials, at Follen and Braddock, mostly | 20 | |
| 5-15-2018 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 12 hours | Ed planted, I helped plant the Crabapple at Greenwich, then shopped for stakes to secure the tree. | 1 | |
| 5-15-2018 | 02 Follen CG | Follen CG | 2 hours | see previous entry | 20 | |
| 5-12-2018 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 2 hours | Planted ground cover rose in front of Mass. Ave. garden, on the edge in front of cherry tree. Planted sage and thyme in Mass. Ave. garden. Two curry plants and 12 lobelias in Potting Garden. Raining this morning. | 1 | |
| 5-11-2018 | SE | 14 hours | Went shopping for plant material for rose Garden etc. | 1 | ||
| 5-7-2018 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 5 hours | spoke with Pat, re trees, and Karen Hohler re shrubs, planted at Greenwich pk. | 1 | |
| 5-4-2018 | 06 | Wellington Terrace | 1.5 hours | Planted and watered additional cinquefoil; the original plantings were dry when they were planted and not thriving. | 2 | |
| 5-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 15 hours | 1 | ||
| 4-28-2018 | 10 | Claremont Island | 2 hours | Weed, plant, fertilize | 1 | |
| 4-28-2018 | 02 | Rose Garden | 12 hours | Park Serve Day: 5 volunteers and 4 DCR staff. Volunteers planted pachysandra in the circle around the Japanese maple and transplanted some of the scilla within the circle and along the side of the path. DCR staff put in wooden stakes and rope to fence off the circle and the garden beds. DCR also purchased and delivere the plants, rope and wooden stakes (a $200 budget from ParkServe.) | 5 | |
| 4-24-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 1 hours | Watering | 1 | |
| 4-23-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 3 hours | Sunday night / Monday morning - watering | 1 | |
| 4-22-2018 | SE | 50 hours | School Volunteer Day - Earth Day - With Kingsley Montessori School. A great turnout of children and families. City Compost brought two buckets of compost and the families brought bins of compost from Bootstrap compost. Planting seedlings and seeds, spreading compost and turning over soil. We put cinquefoil, columbine and anemone in the Wellington Terrace garden (at the end). Heather, phlox and violas alongside Blackwood Green at one end of the potting garden area. Daisies (osterspermum), alyssum and violas at the stepping stone path side of the potting garden. Strawberries and herbs along the border; vegetables in the containers. Started turning over the soil in the rose garden. Short walking tours to look at the butterfly garden and rose garden. // 50 hours of very productive work time -- everyone was really engaged and did a lot of planting! | 75 | ||
| 4-22-2018 | SE | 6 hours | Saturday & Sunday -- Garden prep for the School Group Earth Day event -- Jennifer, Mike, Bruce. | 3 | ||
| 4-18-2018 | 14A | Durham Swale | 11 hours | planted at Greenwich, shopped at Mahoney`s, planted grass at Durham. | 1 | |
| 4-15-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 2 hours | 1 | ||
| 4-14-2018 | 05A | Potting Garden | 0.5 hours | 1 | ||
| 4-13-2018 | 14A | Durham Swale | 10 hours | fenced in Durham, pruned back Yews at Round Window. Washed work gloves. walked the park planning. | 1 | |
| 4-12-2018 | 18N | Follen Swale | 3 hours | Cleaned out Follen | 6 bags | 1 |
| 4-9-2018 | SE | 4 hours | planted flowers, pruned, tied up pine, removed rose from foster bed, made signs, fed HOLYOKE, SPREAD gypsum at Claremont. | 1 | ||
| 4-6-2018 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 2 hours | Met with Pat about the Feral Cats at Claremont,and Aserating the grass areas. | 1 | |
| 3-29-2018 | All | 2 hours | discussed Wendy/funraising and Joe Copolla/donation. | 1 | ||
| 3-29-2018 | SE | 4 hours | Spread ashes on Lilacs, organized Clarendon Storage, raked Holyoke and dog park border, cleaned out homeless trash and dead branches. | 6 bags | 1 | |
| 3-24-2018 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 25 hours | Cleaned up mostly at Claremont Blackwood and Greenwich. | 6 bags | 12 |
| 3-22-2018 | All | 4 hours | Did budget, met w pat about park projects and concerns, planned for volunteer day. | 1 | ||
| 3-13-2018 | 05 Blackwood/Claremont CG | Blackwood/Claremont CG | 5 hours | Shopped for stuff at Home Depot, Set seeds, emails, plans, purchased hellebores at Star, shook snow off tender trees. | 1 | |
| 2-28-2018 | 03 Braddock Park CG | Braddock Park CG | 2 hours | Staked trees at Braddock Hill and in front of the Tiffany`s house. | 1 | |
| 2-16-2018 | SE | 3 hours | pruned Larix, set up stump for bees, pruned Hamamelis, roses and grasses | 1 | ||
| 2-15-2018 | SE | 3 hours | With Pat, Ed and Mike R at Rose Garden, then along entire park pruning and repairing and putting up fence. | 1 | ||
| 2-7-2018 | 07 | Claremont Green | 3 hours | Pruned with Pat Driscoll at Butterfly Meadow, Wellington and Claremont. Spoke about repairs with Pat and Ben. | 1 | |
| Total | 1204.5 hours | 163 bags |