Hari Manchi
URI Internship Year:
2026
Graduation Year:
2028
Degree:
BA
Hari is a rising junior at Yale studying History and Environmental Studies. He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and is interested in environmental politics, urban planning, and climate change mitigation. He is excited to work with New Haven communities to make the city a more beautiful and climate change-adapted place. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, cooking, and cycling.
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Greenspace Log
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07/16/2026 |
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In our penultimate workday, Friends of Beaver Ponds Park braved the wildlife smoke to mount two new signs, water plants, mulch the pondside garden, and plant 2 yarrow and 2 sedum. |
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07/14/2026 |
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This Tuesday, we met at the Orchard St greenspace to plant one coral bell, weed, and prune. We are looking forward to finishing the season strong! |
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07/11/2026 |
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Friends of Fort Wooster met this Saturday to plant 2 black eyed susans and 1 phlox, install 2 signs, and remove invasives like black swallow wort, honeysuckle, tree of heaven, and english ivy. |
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07/10/2026 |
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Friends of the West River Peace Garden met to plant 3 joe pye weed, 1 ironweed, 1 bluestem, and 2 yuccas. We also mulched the flower beds and removed stickyweed, black swallow wort, mugwort, and other invasives. |
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07/09/2026 |
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Friends of the Learning Corridor met this week to plant 3 liriope and 3 stella d'oro daylilies. We weeded and mulched the perennial bed at the corner of Hazel St and Shelton Ave. New CPEN interns and new volunteers became familiar with the space and common New England invasive. |
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07/09/2026 |
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East Edge Gardeners met this Thursday morning to mulch around the Pendleton St beds and remove poison ivy. |
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07/08/2026 |
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Friends of Beaver Ponds Park met this Wednesday to plant 2 cardinal flowers, 2 bee balm, and 2 black-eyed susans. We also mulched around the berm garden and in the pondside garden. |
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07/08/2026 |
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Orchard St. Greenspace met this week to pick up dead twigs and branches which fell in the recent rain, and continue removing invasives from our greenspace. |
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06/27/2026 |
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Friends of Ft Wooster met this Saturday to plant 3 black eyed susans, 2 creeping junipers, and 3 phlox in the bed along Townsend Ave. We also finished placing wood edging and mulch on the bed. |
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06/26/2026 |
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Friends of the West River Peace Garden met this week to plant 5 Joe Pye Weeds, 5 Yarrows, and 3 Yuccas. We're looking forward to see how the plants thrive in our garden! |
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06/25/2026 |
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East Edge Gardeners met to weed and mulch the beds on either side of Hobart St. |
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06/24/2026 |
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Friends of Beaver Ponds Park met this week to mulch the Berm Garden and plant 3 black-eyed susans and 3 phlox in the Berm garden. |
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06/23/2026 |
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We met at the Orchard St Greenspace in order to work on the knotweed and bamboo infestation on the back end of the space. They are now under control, and the space looks beautiful! |
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06/20/2026 |
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The Friends of Fort Wooster met this week to place wood edging along our Townsend St. perennial bed. |
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06/19/2026 |
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We met this week at the West River Peace Garden to plant a beautiful ginkgo, mirroring our ginkgo which grew from a sapling of the ginkgo that survived the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing. We had a lovely planting day, building peace and community. |
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06/18/2026 |
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East Edge Gardeners met this week to plant two inkberries and a daylily on the beds along the intersection of Edgewood Ave and Ellsworth Ave. |
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06/18/2026 |
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We met at the learning corridor to unload mulch and weed the perennial bed at the intersection of Hazel St and Shelton Ave. |
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06/17/2026 |
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The Friends of Beaver Ponds Park met this Wednesday to finish placing the edging along the berm garden, weed the grove on the west side of the park, and mulch the children's and berm gardens. |
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06/15/2026 |
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We met to plant 1 variegated hosta, weed, and steward the front half of the greenspace. |
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06/13/2026 |
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Friends of Fort Wooster Park met to plant 3 creeping juniper and 3 phlox in the bed next to Townsend Avenue. |
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06/12/2026 |
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Aaron and I met to plant two new flowers and weed the beds. |
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06/11/2026 |
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East Edge Gardeners met to prepare the bed on the eastern side of the intersection between Ellsworth Ave. and Edgewood Ave. for planting of two inkberry bushes. We cleared out some russian sage and mulched the bed with pine mulch. |
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06/10/2026 |
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Friends of Beaver Ponds met this Wednesday to plant plants, mulch areas, and maintain the berm garden. The workday changed course with the discovery of turtle eggs throughout the park, as volunteers moved to protect them. Volunteers also placed wooden edging around the berm garden and mulched the bed at the corner of Crescent and Fourier st. |
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06/09/2026 |
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We met to clean up leaves and twigs from the greenspace. |
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06/06/2026 |
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Friends of Fort Wooster Park met to discuss our plans for the season. We decided that we would focus on native wildflowers and de-vining this summer, and then did some maintenance on the flower bed next to Townsend Ave. |
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06/04/2026 |
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East Edge Gardeners met to weed and mulch the bed at the corner of Edgewood Ave. and Brownell Ave. We then discussed potential planting sites for the rest of the season. |
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06/03/2026 |
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We met to discuss our plans for the upcoming season, including weed control, new plantings, and social events. |
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06/03/2026 |
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Friends of Beaver Ponds Park met on Wednesday in order to spread mulch around the benches where we meet, do maintenance around the Berm Garden, and remove invasive like fragmites around the park. Adele Haeg, a reporter from the New Haven Independent, also joined us and wrote an article which can be found here: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/06/04/next-gen-gardeners-weed-their-way-thru-beaver-ponds-park/. We then explored the park's trails. |
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05/29/2026 |
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We stewarded the flower beds at the peace garden, removing weeds, picking up trash, and watering the trees & shrubs. We then discussed the West River Peace Garden's plans for the summer. This coming summer will be very exciting for the Peace Garden! |
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05/28/2026 |
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Sam took me on a walk through Fort Wooster Park and showed me the extensive network of trails and previous work which has been done by Friends of Fort Wooster Park, including the urban oasis. |
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05/28/2026 |
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Nan & Joan walked us through the Beaver Ponds Park Greenspace area, showing us the different areas which have been stewarded over the years. Building on the momentum of previous years, this summer is sure to be a great one! |
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05/28/2026 |
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We stewarded the perennial bed at the corner of Norton St. and Edgewood Ave. and discussed East Edge Gardeners' plans for the summer. |
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05/27/2026 |
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The Friends of Beaver Ponds hosted a season kick-off potluck with homemade pizza and many delicious treats. We built community and discussed goals for the upcoming summer. |