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
1888.5 hours tracked so far in 2020
1888.5 total volunteer hours
Volunteers worked in more than 29 different garden locations in the Southwest Corridor Park
On our volunteer days, 277 leaf/compost bags have been filled.
Details - by Location and Garden
| Date | Map Area # | Name of Area | Hours | Comments/Description | Bags (optional info) | Number of people in group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-30-2020 | SE | 2 hours | Today, storm dumped 2" of wet snow on Boston. Temp going into 20`s tonight. Heavy snow resulted in about 12 large branches off mostly the Maples. Cercis at Rutland Oval almost all fallen over. 2/3 of Callery Pear at Durham Swale fallen over. All flowers pretty much wiped out. Went out to shake snow off branches bent over. A beautiful day all over, just a bit deadly. | 1 | ||
| 10-19-2020 | SE | 2.5 hours | thinned lilies in garden on Corridor at end of Greenwich Park | 1 | ||
| 10-18-2020 | SE | 3 hours | Thin out lily patch on corridor at end of Greenwich Park | 1 | ||
| 10-14-2020 | 03 | Symphony Corner | 3 hours | Today I worked with Althea on cleanup of Symphony corner, and planted 2 Yucca Golden Sword. DCR Painted over Elizabeth Taylors painting of FD at dog park barrel. | 4 bags | 1 |
| 10-10-2020 | SE | 39 hours | FOR WEEK OF 10/4 TO 10/10. Watered, workid with Althea on Meadow, talked with Elizabeth Taylor about painting Frederick Douglass, shopped at Weston and planted across the park , and continued watering before the water is turned off. Drought continues, 33% short of normal rainfall. | 1 | ||
| 10-3-2020 | 05 | Butterfly Garden Annex | 65 hours | Total for summer | 30 bags | 1 |
| 10-1-2020 | SE | 9 hours | Althea and I pruned and weeded at Claremont Green, Blackwood Green and Steppingstone. Lincoln helped in the am. Some work at Greeenwich Garden. Afternoon worked on Harcourt and the Yard. | 12 bags | 1 | |
| 9-29-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Hard raked bare grass area, dethatched thin areas, metal flex raked all grass area, spread grass seed, fertilizer, soil enhancer. Moved flower bed rope to rope off bare/thin grass areas, staked pass through area and advertised new grass seed laid down. Watered in. | 1 | |
| 9-28-2020 | 42 hours | total independent hours for September up to now, multiple gardens-butterfly meadow, Claremont cove etc. | 1 | |||
| 9-25-2020 | SE | 15 hours | Friday, we went up to Mason Hollow, Saturday and Sunday just me 4 hours each day. Planted, pruned and watered | 1 | ||
| 9-25-2020 | 05A | Steppingstone Garden | 1.5 hours | Planted mums and rue in container; weeded; watered. | 1 | |
| 9-24-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Divided and moved bleeding hearts to surround both witch hazel tree clumps. Watered them in along with watered Bombara plantings. | 1 | |
| 9-23-2020 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 2 hours | planting some new plants (approx $50 value) | 1 | |
| 9-19-2020 | SE | 34 hours | Sept 13 to 19. Planted at Tennis Corner, pruned and weeded Greenwich Raised bed and Strip, Pruned at Canton, Harcourt flower Bed. Weeded at Upper Braddock and lower Follen, Lincoln re set edging at Canton. Sumac broken in two. | 10 bags | 6 | |
| 9-19-2020 | 05A | Steppingstone Garden | 2 hours | Weeding; removing some of the bamboo grass; removing bindweed vines; watering | 1 | |
| 9-18-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Mulched Ferns near Bombara. | 1 | |
| 9-18-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 0.75 hours | Cutting back tree shoots; re-arrange stones & plant stakes. | 1 | |
| 9-17-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded, rabbit work | 1 | |
| 9-11-2020 | 2.5 hours | Mike R and I met with Officer Claire Duffy of BPD regarding homeless and opioid issues in the park and possible solutions | 2 | |||
| 9-9-2020 | 14 | Durham Oval | 30 hours | Sept 9 to 12. Planted and weeded the Durham Oval with 150 Mums. then mulched and watered. | 4 bags | 6 |
| 9-3-2020 | 8 hours | We went to Mahoneys and got plants for tennis corner and planted them. Set up watering. | 1 | |||
| 9-3-2020 | 04 Greenwich Park CG | Greenwich/Cumberland Community Garden | 1 hours | general cleanup and weeding | 1 | |
| 9-3-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 1 hours | weeding and cleanup | 1 | |
| 9-1-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Moved Bombara sculpture from USES to Rose garden. Watering for the week also | 4 | |
| 9-1-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding, clearing out small pathway from mint and ivy., leaving some vinca along side of pathway. Reported one needle to 311 and had a conversation with two friends/co-workers about needles and drug use along the corridor from Jackson to Stony Brook (but not as intense as Mass Ave). | 1 | |
| 9-2020 | JP | 44 hours | Buying plants, planting, weeding, watering | 1 | ||
| 8-31-2020 | 16W | Tennis Corner | 9 hours | Watered in the am, with Karen to NPT, then with Bill we finished the border at Tennis Corner | 1 | |
| 8-30-2020 | 40 hours | monthly count of my independent hours, various gardens section 1 | 1 | |||
| 8-30-2020 | 16W | Tennis Corner | 6 hours | We dismantled Anne Hershfangs front garden and moved the stones to the Tennis Corner edge. Plants in Yard. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 8-28-2020 | 15 hours | We three dug out the plants at Hershfang`s back yard. Then planted them at Rose Garden, Round Window Garden, Garrison cove. | 3 | |||
| 8-28-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 10 hours | we dismantled the Hershfang garden. Then planted hostas and ferns mostly in the Rose Garden. We removed stone slabs. Weeded at Holyoke | 2 bags | 4 |
| 8-25-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1 hours | Weeding and deadheading. Found that some cosmos have started from the seeds planted earlier this season. | 1 | |
| 8-22-2020 | 05A | Steppingstone Garden | 1 hours | Weeding, watering | 1 | |
| 8-21-2020 | SE | 11.5 hours | Watered and watered and watered. This is the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. | 1 | ||
| 8-19-2020 | SE | 2.5 hours | Weeding between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park | 1 | ||
| 8-19-2020 | 7 hours | we cleaned out the Stutzman`s garden on Pembroke and planted ferns at Claremont and Blackwood, left peonies for RWG and Hydrangea for Nancy at Garrison. | 2 | |||
| 8-18-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Trimmed tree shoots around the crab apple tree and deadheaded flowers; trimmed rose bush; removed some but not all of the milkweed. A volunteer who lives at Mildred Hailey Apts. has been weeding and the garden is in great shape. | 1 | |
| 8-17-2020 | 3 hours | pruned and weeded at Newton East. | 4 bags | 1 | ||
| 8-16-2020 | 23 | Holyoke Half Moon | 4 hours | Garden by Carlton Dog Park. Weeded, removed grasses. | 1 | |
| 8-15-2020 | 9 hours | We cleaned up and planted at the Yard and the Harcourt Reach. Then we cleaned up at Greenwich and Claremont, and pulled up some Houttunya. | 2 bags | 3 | ||
| 8-13-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 1 hours | weeding and cleanup | 1 | |
| 8-10-2020 | SE | 2 hours | Weeding and watering corridor between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park | 1 | ||
| 8-8-2020 | 5 hours | We pruned weeded and planted at Harcourt. Set out water at Newton Raised bed. | 2 bags | 1 | ||
| 8-7-2020 | 21 hours | and 8/6. Watered all over park, went to Cochato Nursery, planted at Harcourt and durham, weeded out Durham, staked fallen sylphium at Braddock and Tithonia at Harcourt. | 4 bags | 1 | ||
| 8-7-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Dead headed roses. Adjusted soaker hose, added mulch to bean vines. | 1 | |
| 8-4-2020 | SE | 2 hours | Weeding and watering corridor between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park. | 1 | ||
| 8-3-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 1.5 hours | Set up water at Follen and Braddock, rousted a sleeper druggy in the dog park with Pat, prepped the lawn mower crew, greeted Lincoln, weeded a bit, | 1 | |
| 8-2-2020 | SE | 3 hours | 1 | |||
| 8-2-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded under big maple circle, watered newly planted hyacinth bean vine seeds in lily of the valley section. | 1 | |
| 8-2-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded under big maple circle, watered newly planted hyacinth bean vine seeds in lily of the valley section. | 1 | |
| 8-2020 | JP | 21 hours | Watering and weeding in JP | 1 | ||
| 8-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 6 hours | Adjusting water in July/August, soaker hoses and sprinkler | 1 | |
| 7-31-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Met with Mike to plant hyancinth bean Vine seeds in the lily of the valley section | 1 | |
| 7-31-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Met with Mike to plant hyancinth bean Vine seeds in the lily of the valley section | 1 | |
| 7-27-2020 | SE | 1.5 hours | 1 | |||
| 7-26-2020 | 3 hours | Watered and put up stakes at Greenwich Community Garden | 1 | |||
| 7-25-2020 | 05A | Steppingstone Garden | 1.75 hours | Weeding, deadheading, plant markers | 1 | |
| 7-25-2020 | SE | 8 hours | We wedded, transplanted hostas and ferns to tree surround at Holyoke, watered Harcourt and Braddock. | 1 bags | 4 | |
| 7-24-2020 | SE | 7.5 hours | We cleaned out Harcourt small raised bed, planted marigolds, weeded and mulched at Harcourt, planted Little Jamies at harcourt reach, and Sorghastrum upper Durham, and weeded there as well | 4 bags | 1 | |
| 7-23-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Finished trimming yew hedge. Still need to bag some. Walked upper area of rose garden and the bicycle ramp next to mass Ave with an exterminator. He put out bait stations. | 2 | |
| 7-23-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Finished trimming yew hedge. Still need to bag some. Walked upper area of rose garden and the bicycle ramp next to mass Ave with an exterminator. He put out bait stations. | 2 | |
| 7-22-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 5 hours | Met Pat at rose garden he lent us gas hedge trimmer. Ryan and I Trimmed the top and sidewalk side. Need to still do garden side, touch ups and a more thorough cleanup. 7 needles reported to 311 that were picked up. | 2 | |
| 7-20-2020 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 15 hours | multiple days, multiple gardens | 1 | |
| 7-19-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | To hot out. 95 degrees. Dead headed some roses, weeded, disposed of two dead rabbits and put on sprinkler. | 1 | |
| 7-19-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | To hot out. 95 degrees. Dead headed some roses, weeded, disposed of two dead rabbits and put on sprinkler. | 1 | |
| 7-16-2020 | SE | 4 hours | Met with Lorraine and Ben over Durham Oval, weeded and mulched at Claremont, planted hosta at Durham Green, weeded and pruned at harcourt. | 1 | ||
| 7-13-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 6 hours | Over the last week moved watering around, dead headed roses and planted perennials along rope line and gravel path. Trimmed entry evergreen. | 1 | |
| 7-11-2020 | 3 hours | First Tomato Day. First Zinnia and Tall DAisy. Planted at Harcourt. | 1 | |||
| 7-11-2020 | 06 | Wellington Terrace | 30 hours | Mid May to July 5. Wendy began restoration of the Wellington UPper Bed with Tim Kang. | 6 bags | 1 |
| 7-11-2020 | 05A | Steppingstone Garden | 0.75 hours | Weeding, cleared out weeds around the cat mint that we put in last year. And the pink/red potentilla planted last fall is in bloom! | 1 | |
| 7-11-2020 | 8 hours | Planted at Durham Green, Sheared hedges and removed invasives along the path at Greenwich, weeded out Raised Bed . | 4 bags | 5 | ||
| 7-10-2020 | 5.5 hours | Planted and watered around the park. | 2 | |||
| 7-8-2020 | SE | 7 hours | cleaned out Durham swale and set up soaker hoses at Upper Wellington | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 7-8-2020 | SE | 5 hours | Weeding mulching and fencing | 1 | ||
| 7-7-2020 | SE | 30 hours | Total for this year so far. I`ve done planting, mulching, fencing. | 1 bags | 1 | |
| 7-7-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 7 hours | To Cavicchio and GITW, then PMAC meeting, and work on park | 1 | |
| 7-6-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded lily of the valley section and under big maple circle, pruned roses. | 1 | |
| 7-4-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 9 hours | We all weeded the Harcourt Reach. | 4 | |
| 7-3-2020 | 25 | Canine Vista | 3 hours | Mulch and weed | 1 bags | 1 |
| 7-1-2020 | 30 hours | Restoration of the Upper Wellington Bed with Tim Kang ,month of June 2020 | 10 bags | 1 | ||
| 7-1-2020 | SE | 14 hours | On 6/30 I pruned at Holyoke and mulched, then today spoke at length with Pat about Durham Oval, ran mulch, went with Wendy to purchase flowers for Upper Wellington, and planted and mulched at Harcourt. | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 7-2020 | JP | 23 hours | Watering and weeding in Jamaica Plain | 1 | ||
| 6-27-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded lily of the valley section and under big maple circle. | 1 | |
| 6-27-2020 | 06 | Wellington Terrace | 7 hours | Tim worked with Wendy Hamilton cleaning up and prepping the Wellington Upper Bed. Lots of needles and Day lillies. | 10 bags | 1 |
| 6-26-2020 | SE | 1 hours | Weeding and watering Claremont Street strip | 1 | ||
| 6-26-2020 | SE | 1 hours | Mulching evergreens along Claremont Street | 1 | ||
| 6-26-2020 | 12 hours | Watering, repair of vandalism at the Butterfly extension, repair of hoses, planting, and watering all over. Very Dry. | 2 bags | 2 | ||
| 6-26-2020 | 06 | Wellington Terrace | 2 hours | Mulched lower Wellington terrace | 1 | |
| 6-26-2020 | 12 hours | Watering, repair of vandalism at the Butterfly extension, repair of hoses, planting, and watering all over. Very Dry. | 2 bags | 2 | ||
| 6-25-2020 | SE | 1 hours | Weeding & watering along Claremont Street | 1 | ||
| 6-24-2020 | 1.5 hours | Weeding and watering beds and evergreens along Claremont Street. | 1 | |||
| 6-24-2020 | SE | 7 hours | Met with Althea, Jenn and Doug on inventory, worked various tasks with Lincoln. Watered Shopped mahoneys and Home Depot. | 1 | ||
| 6-21-2020 | SE | 4 hours | explored Meadow with Althea, and spread out soaker hoses for tim at Wellington. | 1 | ||
| 6-21-2020 | SE | 5 hours | Did inventory, planted at Harcourt, pruned at Braddock, watered along the park | 1 | ||
| 6-20-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 7 hours | Planted sedum and catmint in Harcourt Reach, laid out soakers, Potted up Echinacea seedlings. Watered many areas. | 3 | |
| 6-19-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Adjusted watering. Dead headed a few roses posted a sign next to Large Red Roses that all have been picked but one iover the last week. “Please take a pic (camera picture) but do not pick. Thank you” | 1 | |
| 6-19-2020 | All | 1.5 hours | Weeding & watering raised bed at end of Claremont Park. Weeding along sidewalk between Claremont Park-Greenwich Park alley + azealia bed. | 1 | ||
| 6-19-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 9 hours | Juneteenth, I watered the park in 5 areas or so, Planted the butterfly weed and Alchemilla and Cleome and tickseed and watered the Harcourt Reach well. Cleaned Jerusalem Artichoke from Follen. | 3 | |
| 6-17-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Dead headed Roses and watered lawn and 3 tree area | 1 | |
| 6-16-2020 | 5 hours | met with Wendy and tim chang at Upper Wellington, and Althea, watered, attended Pat as he fixed the water at Follen, and watered more. After lunch met Lynne Foster and got her weeding claremont green as I repaired irrigatio material everywhere. Watered Durham Green 5 hours. | 1 | |||
| 6-16-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded under big maple circle | 1 | |
| 6-15-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Ryan finished installing edging around the blue grasses to prevent them from spreading. Dug out the grasses that had spread. | 1 | |
| 6-15-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Weeded under big maple circle | 1 | |
| 6-15-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Finished transplanting tulips around the small Japanese maple in the whole pocket. It took all 150 of them. I really hope they come up next year. Moved the watering also. | 1 | |
| 6-15-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Finished transplanting tulips around the small Japanese maple in the whole pocket. It took all 150 of them. I really hope they come up next year. Moved the watering also. | 1 | |
| 6-15-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 3 hours | Oval weed and water; | 1 | |
| 6-14-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded under big maple circle. | 1 | |
| 6-14-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 0.5 hours | Watering; added borage seedlings to end of garden and more squash seedlings to box. | 1 | |
| 6-13-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Talked with Alex about being a volunteer in the Rose Garden tending to the Maple tree circle and the lily of the valley section. Later I continued transplanting tulips at the small Japanese maple. So far have put in 60. I think it will take the full 160 I have and look awesome! Really hope it works rather than drying and storing for the summer and planting in Oct / Nov. | 1 | |
| 6-13-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeding, transplanted acorn squash plants. | 1 | |
| 6-12-2020 | 4 hours | weeding and tree mob class on ground covers | 1 | |||
| 6-12-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 4 hours | I started transplanting tulips from Hayes Park around the small Japanese maple at entrance. Have about 40 in and another 80 to go. Going to fill that pocket. Ryan trimmed the burning bushes, verbernum and raked and bagged it. | 1 | |
| 6-12-2020 | 3 hours | Removed Stinging Nettle from Upper Wellington, planted in Harcourt Reach. Myrna planted flowers there as well. | 1 | |||
| 6-11-2020 | 09 | Claremont Inlet | 3 hours | weeding and dividing plants, needle cleanup | 1 | |
| 6-10-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Ran sprinkler for grass and top roses and flowers. Started laying out soaker hoses and started entry and mbta w soaker hose. | 1 | |
| 6-10-2020 | 17 hours | Carla and Iwent to NPT and Russels in the Am to get Plants. We planted from 3 to 5 or so all at the Harcourt Reach. | 6 | |||
| 6-10-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Dug about 150 fuchsia tulips out of Hayes park to be planted in Rose Garden and Wellington terrace | 1 | |
| 6-10-2020 | 3 hours | cleaning up trash, needles, feces and weeding Meadow and triangle | 1 | |||
| 6-10-2020 | 25 | Canine Vista | 2 hours | 1 bags | 1 | |
| 6-9-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Weeded the whole garden except the Maple tree circle. Tied up some daffodils. | 1 | |
| 6-9-2020 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 3 hours | weeding and pruning Claremont Cove and Meadow | 1 | |
| 6-9-2020 | SE | 6.5 hours | Dealt with homeless and drugs in the am, then 3-5:30 watering and office work . PMAC meeting for 2 hours. Shut water off at 8:30 pm | 1 | ||
| 6-8-2020 | 1 hours | Weeding under shurbs along sidewalk between Claremont Park & Greenwich Park. Watering myrtle in raised bed at the of Claremont Park. | 1 | |||
| 6-8-2020 | SE | 1 hours | Weeding raised bed at end of Claremont Park | 1 | ||
| 6-8-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Weeded entry, and Rose hill along corridor sidewalk. Emailed w Jennifer in art and sculptures. | 1 | |
| 6-8-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Weeded entry, and Rose hill along corridor sidewalk. Emailed w Jennifer in art and sculptures. | 1 | |
| 6-8-2020 | 6 hours | divided and moved lillies and Tansy in the Claremont Triangle garden | 2 | |||
| 6-7-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Neighbor gave some more wild bleeding hearts that I added to her donation last fall that I planted under witch hazel. Transplanted clumps of wild violets to the rope line to create more of a natural barrier to flower beds. | 1 | |
| 6-7-2020 | 11 | Round Window Lawn | 7 hours | I planted at Canton, Harcourt Reach and Holyoke Circle, then dug out and moved Peopnies from the Yard to RWG and planted NJ Tea and flowers at RWG. | 1 bags | 2 |
| 6-5-2020 | 10 hours | With Anna, we planted Leucothoe at Tennis Corner. With Myrna we palnted Cosmos and Tickseed, I planted grass, Joe Pye. Then with Kait planted squash and Canna at Harcourt. Worked with Lucia on the new Peonies to be moved into her area. | 5 | |||
| 6-5-2020 | 06 | Wellington Terrace | 1 hours | Cut 3 feet off the top and 2 feet off the front of rhododendrons at the end of Wellington st and Claremont st. | 1 | |
| 6-4-2020 | 09 | Claremont Inlet | 3 hours | weeding and watering | 1 | |
| 6-4-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Watered Rose garden and Mbta pocket garden. 3 places w sprinkler for 2 hours each. 2 of 3 verbernum started wilting / stress 🙁. Should of watered a few days ago. | 1 | |
| 6-4-2020 | SE | 1.5 hours | Weeding & watering Claremont to Greenwich Park strip | 1 | ||
| 6-4-2020 | 10 hours | we all worked on planting at Harcourt. Watered at Durham and Follen and Holyoke | 4 bags | 4 | ||
| 6-3-2020 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 3 hours | planted pycnathemum plesum, pycnathemum verticllcitem, sambucus candensis, thalictrum pubescens,weeding | 1 | |
| 6-3-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 2 hours | general weeding, pruning in garden plot | 1 | |
| 6-3-2020 | 8 hours | Today I went to Cavicchio to buy the grasses for Harcourt Reach, then yakked with Pat and MIke about the restoration of water at the park. Later I worked with new volunteer Ben to install the grasses, set up soaker, work with Kim on Harcourt Reach. | 2 | |||
| 6-2-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 3 hours | Met w Pat about water break and repair, and dug out pipe area for DCR to repair. Today? we hope. Prepped a flower bed at Harcourt Reach. Untangled a Goldfinch stuck in a mesh fence in Claremont Garden with Lou Rizzo. | 1 | |
| 6-2-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 3 hours | Planted the Tithonia and Zinnia at Harcourt. | 1 | |
| 6-1-2020 | 3 hours | watered at Harcourt. | 1 | |||
| 6-2020 | JP | 38 hours | Planting, watering, weeding in JP for month of June. Brick path laying at Anson St. Dodder soil replacement and remediation at New Minton Butterfly garden. | 1 | ||
| 5-31-2020 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 5 hours | weeded and planted at Upper Braddock, planted at Harcourt Reach. | 1 | |
| 5-29-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 3 hours | Planted at Harcourt. | 1 | |
| 5-28-2020 | SE | 5 hours | Today the water got turned on, I watered some flowers, then proceeded to blow out the Dog Park Coupler sending water 8 ft into the air. Later we planted and set up soaker hoses. | 2 | ||
| 5-28-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Trimmed trees next to grass area | 1 | |
| 5-28-2020 | 3 hours | work on volunteer list and letters | 1 | |||
| 5-27-2020 | JP | 20 hours | Planting, watering and weeding at Stony Brook | 1 | ||
| 5-27-2020 | 13A | Durham Green | 5 hours | set up irrigation, weeded, planted at Upper Durham, removed fence at Durham Green, watered Durham Green | 1 | |
| 5-27-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 1 hours | added support rings for peony plants, weeding | 1 | |
| 5-25-2020 | SE | 40 hours | This is a rough estimate of hours since May 15. I was out every day for about 5 hours. Worked with Anna, Elizabeth the painter, Lincoln, Elizabeth Murray, Bill Dean. Started Poison Ivy eradication at Newton west, planted, shopped at Native plant trust and Russos and Mahoneys. Started plantings at Harcourt Reach, set out irrigation at various locations, moved plants all around the park. Trained new Stewards | 6 bags | 1 | |
| 5-23-2020 | 4 hours | Digging new path and vegetable garden, cutting knot weed | 4 | |||
| 5-22-2020 | 15 | W. Rutland Circle | 3 hours | Planted native perennials purchased on Franco`s trip to the Native Plant Trust. | 1 | |
| 5-21-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 3 hours | weeding, raking , weekly average | 1 bags | 1 |
| 5-21-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 4 hours | HD run, 2 flats of white begonia with light green leaves. Planted them in the day lily flower bed. | 1 | |
| 5-20-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 4 hours | Went to fedex and made laminated signs for the Rose Garden. Took down the fence protecting the grass and stored it in community garden. Went through all the flower beds and weeded. Still need to do Maple and open mulch area. | 1 | |
| 5-19-2020 | 6 hours | Weed, plant, maintain | 1 bags | 1 | ||
| 5-19-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeding in Jackson Sq.; then to Stony Brook to look at something. | 1 | |
| 5-19-2020 | 23 | Holyoke Half Moon | 12 hours | This is an (under)estimate for the past two or three weeks or so. I take care of the Holyoke crescent, the area around the tot lot & now adding some of the area opposite Carleton court from the tot lot, as well as the small planting bed between the tot lot & community garden gate. | 1 | |
| 5-19-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 3.5 hours | Clean up oval. Planted in early May. Will put in some more plants in the next weeks. | 1 | |
| 5-17-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2.5 hours | The tall blue grasses that spread by ryzomes, dug trench around and put edging down to help prevent the spread. Removed grasses outside the 7’x4’ area. | 1 | |
| 5-17-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2.5 hours | The tall blue grasses that spread by ryzomes, dug trench around and put edging down to help prevent the spread. Removed grasses outside the 7’x4’ area. | 1 | |
| 5-16-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 2 hours | planting seeds with Franco, weeding in Clarendon island plot | 1 | |
| 5-15-2020 | SE | 12 hours | Anna worked on w. Rutland corner, Elizabeth and I planted in various spots, Mike and Hayden and I pruned the Yews at RWG | 1 | ||
| 5-15-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3.5 hours | Helped Franco cutting back yews. Then trimmed burnt Mh bush hedge, rhododendrons, cut a dead 2” branch out of Maple, worked a bit in MBTA emergency exit garden. | 1 | |
| 5-15-2020 | JP | 1 hours | Watering; weeding. | 1 | ||
| 5-15-2020 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 3 hours | Weeding thinning gardens and shrubs on strip between Greenwich Park and Claremont Park | 1 | |
| 5-13-2020 | 05A | Steppingstone Garden | 1.5 hours | Pruned euonymus; weeded gill-on-the-ground, grasses and some of the bishops-weed. The alyssium saxatile and celandine are blooming, as well as purple vinca, violets and heal-all. | 1 | |
| 5-13-2020 | 3 hours | assorted transplanting, weeding, cleaning | 1 | |||
| 5-13-2020 | SE | 10 hours | In the Morning, Anna dug up grass plugs and Set up seeds while I raked and moved plants around. In the Afternoon, Bill and I replanted grass dug up by DCR at Blackwood, then planted garlic onion at Harcourt. | 3 | ||
| 5-12-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Weeded dandelions, cut back daffodils dead flowers. | 1 | |
| 5-11-2020 | 07 | Claremont Green | 4 hours | cleaned up trash, moved plants, weeded | 1 | |
| 5-10-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 12 hours | Planted the Chestnut at Braddock, flowers at harcourt, cleaned up Harcourt and the Yard. | 4 | |
| 5-10-2020 | SE | 1 hours | Weeding and thinning Greenwich Park to Claremont Park gardens | 1 | ||
| 5-9-2020 | JP | 2 hours | Transplanted violas, Kniphofia and Ratibida pinnata; planted Athyrium angustum (3x) and Sanguinaria canadensis (4x). Watered. | 2 | ||
| 5-8-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Home Depot run. Planted 5 roses, 2 reds that grow tall along the evergreen hedge1 near bench and 2nd next to old dogwood tree in the middle that will go along with the existing 3 along the upper side of hill near bike ramp. | 1 | |
| 5-8-2020 | SE | 1 hours | Weeding and planting myrtle shoots gardens an shrubs along Greenwich Park to Claremont Park sidewalk | 2 | ||
| 5-7-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded whole garden, moved 4 more wh/yw daffodils to group area, moved more fox tails and a plant that always gets stepped on. Don’t know yet what it is. | 1 | |
| 5-7-2020 | SE | 13 hours | In the morning, Anna and I planted sprirea and goldenrod and daffodils, then in the afternoon Carla and I went to Cochato to buy plants. | 1 | ||
| 5-6-2020 | 12 | Greenwich Park Terrace | 6 hours | Today I worked with Andra and we put up the seeds in the Yard and worked on Greenwich lower bed. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 5-5-2020 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 2 hours | 1 | ||
| 5-5-2020 | All | 6 hours | Sent donation letters for the Conservancy | 1 | ||
| 5-4-2020 | SE | 6 hours | Met with Pat over much stuff in the Morning, then set up the seeds in the Yard seed bed, and worked on Greenwich Lower Bed | 2 bags | 1 | |
| 5-4-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Relocated large clumps of daffodils to 9 smaller ones along front entrance walkway. Transplanted a clump of medium height tulips from the top of hill hidden by lilac bush to a line of them on the right side at the end of the circle. Moved an orange tall tulip clump from open area next to circle to right side about 10 feet from path in the center of four Rose plants. Weeded dandelions and other weeds throughout. | 1 | |
| 5-3-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 6 hours | Today we built the stone path across Harcourt Reach. | 1 | |
| 5-3-2020 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 2 hours | planted Ilex opaca, Angelica at Upper Braddock, etc. | 1 | |
| 5-1-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1.5 hours | Found some stakes painted green in Frank Jordan’s basement, used those and rope from swcpc to fence off other side of entry into Rose garden. Have planted 4 or 5 roses on that side to restore it back to what it once was. Will transplant a bakers dozen of daffodils later to match the other parts of the garden. | 1 | |
| 5-1-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Weeded dandelions and thistle throughout. Cut back the rhododendrons to maintain sight line and sun to the roses. | 1 | |
| 5-2020 | JP | 10 hours | Planting and weeding last week of May | 1 | ||
| 4-30-2020 | 07 | Claremont Green | 3 hours | weeding, dividing, trash, needles reported | 1 | |
| 4-29-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 1.5 hours | Weeded. Planted pumpkin seeds in wooden box and in corner behind crab apple. Brought dandelions home for re-planting for dandelion greens. | 1 | |
| 4-29-2020 | SE | 8 hours | Met with Ben about removing Junipers at Blackwood Green. transplanted flowers and shrubs at Claremont and elsewhere. I began an adhoc tall perennial flower bed at harcourt. | 1 | ||
| 4-28-2020 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 3 hours | weeding, dividing plants | 1 | |
| 4-28-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Pulled another 10 random growing spirea and put them in mulch pile for Franco. Transplanted 10 daffodils to along the circle to complete the run along all roping. | 1 | |
| 4-28-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Transplanted 3 large clumps of yellow and white daffodils from the top of the hill behind bushes to the left side of the grass and path where lily of the valleys and foxtails are now also. | 1 | |
| 4-28-2020 | SE | 4 hours | Met with Althea and Karen and scoped out the Butterfly Meadow, Met Andra Dekkers who will be working on the Greenwich Park Lower Terrace, and I propped up Cunninghamia. Brought plants to Lucia in the RWG | 1 | ||
| 4-25-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 10 hours | I installed the edging along the Harcourt Reach and began the install of the path, then Lincon Scott and Jasper came and helped out , and Anna F. as well. Also planted the Ginko at the alley way at West Canton. | 1 | |
| 4-23-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Dig out 2/3 wild Spirea, gave Franco 20 of the bigger ones in the compost pile. | 1 | |
| 4-23-2020 | 26 | Harcourt Corner | 4 hours | transplanted then went to LANDSCAPE Express to buy stone for HARcourt Reach. Chris debord installed the top to the seed bed. | 1 | |
| 4-23-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Dig out 2/3 wild Spirea, gave Franco 20 of the bigger ones in the compost pile. | 1 | |
| 4-21-2020 | 2 hours | spoke with Pat about cobble stone, planted Panicum virgatum in butterfly meadow along fence line, weeded out spreading Nettle, transplanted Mountain mint to Greenwich oval, seeded Durham Green, and cleaned up Claremont Comm Garden a bit. | 1 | |||
| 4-21-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Cut out dead dogwood branches, trimmed up dogwood tree. Moved a few daffodils . Trimmed down entry evergreen to fence level to improve sight line into garden. | 1 | |
| 4-20-2020 | SE | 45 hours | Today we scoured the streets for cobblestone and stole enough from the tree wells to finish the line at the Round Window Garden. Also met with Althea and transplanted Toad Lily, Carla and spoke about seed, and Scott who is now Steward at the Garrison Cove. | 1 | ||
| 4-20-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 4 hours | Went to HD bought 8 Rose plants, 1 climber to replace 1 at gate, 4 at entry path and another 4 on the right side of path at the beginning of grass and up to the right side of big evergreen. Planted them and fertilized. | 1 | |
| 4-17-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Dig out barberry and put in compost soil for Franco to transplant somewhere. | 1 | |
| 4-15-2020 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 3 hours | Today, cleaned up the Yard and moved plants around, mostly to Upper Braddock. | 1 | |
| 4-14-2020 | 6 hours | WE planted flowers and grass at Claremont Green | 1 | |||
| 4-11-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Took 3 loads of mulch dropped off and covered top of hill along evergreens and spirea. | 2 | |
| 4-10-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 1 hours | Cut wintered tall grass and the barberry bush readying to dig it out and give to Franco. | 1 | |
| 4-8-2020 | 2 hours | Planted sedum around the Tupelo, moved Peaonies to Lucia at RWG, then planted iris and day lily from various to Claremont Green | 1 | |||
| 4-7-2020 | 18N | Follen Swale | 2 hours | raked out Follen and removed Mustard from Upper Braddock. Cleaned out the Yard too. | 1 | |
| 4-7-2020 | 18S | Braddock Hill | 5 hours | April 5 and 6. Beautiful weather, Pandemic rages, quiet. Raked out all of Braddock Hill, planted flowers, installed a wood support on Braddock HIll, raked out Harcourt planter. | 8 bags | 1 |
| 4-7-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Mulched Mbta garden, beginning of rose garden under rhododendrons, where the verbernum where and the foxtail. | 1 | |
| 4-7-2020 | 08 | Blackwood Green | 5 hours | Pick up donations from Encore Casino , planting | 2 | |
| 4-6-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Transplanted verbernum to mbta garden, 1 barberry bush up to behind pine tree. Transplanted perennial foxtail? From verbernum area to beginning of tall fence. Transplanted wild iris that was growing in a rose plant where I planted lilies last year toon front of the pine tree. | 1 | |
| 4-5-2020 | 1.5 hours | Planted cosmos and nasturtium seeds. Put soil, seeds and celandine in a new gray-blue ceramic planter (gift from a neighbor). Lightly raked and other minor tasks. | 1 | |||
| 4-2-2020 | 2 hours | Raked out Greenwich, planted Chives at Claremont Green, fixed stone walls. | 1 | |||
| 4-1-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Moved the holly bush to left side of entrance where Azaela used to be. Moved the small evergreen bush that was alone in dog area over to where holly was. Dig out some chives and garlic plants and gave to Franco. | 1 | |
| 4-2020 | JP | 20 hours | Growing seedlings, early planting, weeding | 1 | ||
| 4-2020 | JP | 2 hours | Cleanup of debris from winter, weekly watering. | 2 | ||
| 3-31-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | Raked Mbta garden, straightened metal posts. reviewed bushes relocation w Franco. | 1 | |
| 3-31-2020 | 2 hours | Untangled rope, planted Carex, planted Burnet in Butterfly Meadow, put logs at Durham, talked with Mike about plants, tied up Parthenocyssus along fence line. | 1 | |||
| 3-27-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 5 hours | Ryan raked lawn and put down grass seed. I transplanted 2 elephant hostas from entry to 6 along the burning bushes. Transplanted a rose bush to entry also. Trimmed dogwoods for sitel lines into garden area. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 3-27-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 5 hours | Ryan raked lawn and put down grass seed. I transplanted 2 elephant hostas from entry to 6 along the burning bushes. Transplanted a rose bush to entry also. Trimmed dogwoods for sitel lines into garden area. | 1 bags | 1 |
| 3-27-2020 | 4.5 hours | Yesterday and today, continued install of stone wall at Claremont, fixed rope fences, untangled a mess of rope, worked on Power Point. Met with Lucia on the Round Window Garden. | 1 | |||
| 3-27-2020 | 2F | Jackson Square Playground Garden | 2 hours | Planted cosmos and zinnia seeds in the children`s garden. Provided a "Garden Science Coloring Book" with some craft supplies to the breakfast & lunch program to give to children. | 1 | |
| 3-24-2020 | 08 | Blackwood Green | 5.5 hours | various gardens | 7 bags | 1 |
| 3-22-2020 | 3.5 hours | Met with Lincoln. He is posting separately. WE cleaned out Canton Green and planted 3 junipers and 1 holly bush. | 4 bags | 2 | ||
| 3-21-2020 | SE | 10 hours | SAm showed up later as part of Boston Cares. No one else showed up. We spread compost, set up the little flower bed at Claremont and set stone. With Lincoln I set up fence in Durham Swale. Composted as well. | 4 bags | 1 | |
| 3-18-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 5 hours | Transplanted 5 rose bushes. Mulched areas that had perennials at the time last year. Filled in mulch in other areas. Raked last area. | 1 | |
| 3-17-2020 | SE | 3 hours | I weeded at Harcourt, then Anna and I installed fence posts at Durham Swale. As of today, it is recommended that we stay inside, but I may sneak out and spread compost. But, the park may be on its own till May. | 2 | ||
| 3-15-2020 | SE | 3 hours | Planted Ginko across Mass Ave, Pruned at Durham and Blackwood | 1 | ||
| 3-14-2020 | 2 hours | With Scott, wo is logging in his hours separately, I cleaned out the Holyoke Bed and spread compost. The Pandemic is strengthening, but out gardening so far is OK. | 4 bags | 1 | ||
| 3-14-2020 | SE | 60 hours | Cleaning leaves out of garden beds and working on grass. Used over 30 leaf bags in March alone. | 30 bags | 1 | |
| 3-11-2020 | SE | 5 hours | We cleaned out Claremont Triangle, removed trash from Durham and Blackwood. | 2 | ||
| 3-9-2020 | 9 hours | Today, march 9, we were at 70 degrees. We laid the stone path at Claremont Park. | 4 | |||
| 3-6-2020 | SE | 9 hours | A mixed Bag, 1 hour with Pat Driscoll, on park maintenance, 2 hours with Lorraine on Fundraising, then 6 hours cleaning up the park and running rope. I took down most of the support on the Glauca cypress. | 4 | ||
| 3-5-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | 53 degrees, sunny, Transplanted 2 large rose bushes out of the area next to gravel path to along the tall fence blocking the alley. Bushes grow to 6 ft which was to talk next to path. Also transplanted 2 very small rose bushes. Rose bushes are budding and some beginning to leaf. A couple rose bushes kept a few living leaves through the winter. | 1 | |
| 3-4-2020 | 3 hours | I sent out emails to Lorraine, Jennifer, Northampton and DCR. Lincoln and I repaired fences along the back 40. Picked up 2 needles. | 2 | |||
| 3-3-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 2 hours | 63 degrees. Raked entry, maple, burning bush areas. Found 2 needles and 3-4 dog 🐶 💩 🙁 bought 4 packs of bags. Bumped into DCR Mike and he is going to drop more off. | 8 bags | 1 |
| 3-2020 | 14 | Durham Oval | 6 hours | Spring clean up of Durham Oval Spread compost. | 1 | |
| 3-2020 | SE | 70 hours | Multiple garden projects along section one in March. Average 2.5 hours of volunteering/day. | 30 bags | 1 | |
| 2-25-2020 | 02 | Rose Garden | 3 hours | Raked leaves on garden hillside | 12 bags | 1 |
| 2-24-2020 | 2 hours | spread stepping stones at Claremont, Dug up a Rhus t from Holyoke Bed and planted it Upper Durham. | 1 | |||
| 2-22-2020 | 04 | Butterfly Garden | 20 hours | 10 bags | 10 | |
| 2-18-2020 | 1.5 hours | Met with Pat concerning park. He will pick up stone edging from Landscape, will drop off compost when we want it. Tlaked about trees to be pruned or removed. Lilacs, dogwood, Birch. Then about the Grass at Durham and reseeding. | 1 | |||
| 2-17-2020 | SE | 4 hours | Today, 40 degrees and beautiful. We planted a Sourwood, Oxydendron arboreum at upper Durham Swale, and 2 Sumacs in pots in the Yard, along with Wintergreen. WE put together signs and put them in most of the way to Mass Ave. | 2 | ||
| 2-12-2020 | 4 hours | Pruned yews up and down park, found 4 needles, dug test holes in various locations for future tree placement, tied up Red Bud on Blackwood green. Measured Harcourt Reach. Gorgeous day in the 50`s and flies were buzzing in the Yard. | 1 | |||
| 2-3-2020 | 01 | Mass Ave Garden | 3 hours | Today we filled in a rat hole at Mass Ave Garden, spread Hay under Pine at upper Durham. | 2 | |
| 2-1-2020 | 3 hours | We pruned roses and Yew, and removed invasive ivy. One needle. 4 yesterday | 4 bags | 2 | ||
| 2-2020 | SE | 30 hours | Additional 30 hours. Leaf cleanup, painted last 2 green benches in tot lot and green bench between dog park and Harcourt garden | 10 bags | 1 | |
| 2-2020 | JP | 8 hours | Replacing wattle fences | 1 | ||
| 2-2020 | SE | 15 hours | 15 volunteer hours tracked in the last 5 days. | 1 | ||
| 1-29-2020 | SE | 30 hours | Fundraising development and begin license application for Durham Oval Project | 1 | ||
| 1-27-2020 | 4 hours | We planned for plantings, installed fence at Holyoke Ramp and upper Braddock. | 1 | |||
| 1-26-2020 | 6 hours | With Nina, we proposed making revisions to the donation card, and discussed other means of fund raising for the park | 3 | |||
| 1-25-2020 | 2 hours | Planted an uprooted Rhody, Pruned yews at Grenwich hard. | 2 bags | 1 | ||
| 1-19-2020 | All | 22 hours | MLK Weekend volunteer day with the Northeaastern University ACES program. Worked on photos for the GIS-based maps for the SWCPC.org website. | 11 | ||
| 1-17-2020 | 6 hours | Durham Oval meeting with Karen the landscape architect, Peter from Woven Steel and Lorraine and I. Moving the project forward. We need to move first on the MBTA permit. | 1 | |||
| 1-13-2020 | SE | 14 hours | Board Meeting at Lorraines. | 7 | ||
| 1-13-2020 | 25 | Canine Vista | 6 hours | Went with Scott tp Home Depot and purchased more cinder block. Then Lincoln and I built the flower bed at the Yard | 3 | |
| 1-10-2020 | SE | 4 hours | We went to Home Depot to get Cinder Block for the base of the seed bed and stakes and a ladder. | 1 | ||
| 1-10-2020 | SE | 5 hours | High 30`s. we pruned at Canton, Harcourt, Newton west, Greenwich raised bed. Viburnum, roses, Chestnut, Holly, Callicarpa, Rhodys yews and Larch. | 2 | ||
| 1-2-2020 | 3 hours | Today we pruned the lilac at the Tennis Corner at end of W. Rutland Sq. | 2 | |||
| 1-1-2020 | 1 hours | Cold but clear today. Spent an hour pruning the Cercis Red Bud on Blackwood Green. pruned a bit of the maples and Smoke Bush as well. | 1 | |||
| 1-1-2020 | 10 | Claremont Island | 2 hours | General clean up of oval | 1 | |
| 1-2020 | SE | 60 hours | Estimated January volunteer hours. | 5 bags | 1 | |
| Total | 1888.5 hours | 277 bags |