Paul Freudenburg
URI Internship Year:
2021
Graduation Year:
2022
Degree:
MEM
A joint-degree student between the schools of architecture and the environment- Paul grew up in Hamden, CT and loves the opportunity to leverage a design education to support community-led projects.
Group
Truman Street Clean/Green Project
Valley St Intergenerational Organization
Greenspace Log
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08/07/2021 |
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We planted an arborvitae at the back of the site and Chris came and installed a stone bench in the corner near the ninebark. |
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08/07/2021 |
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Emily, Hunter, and Steve did some nice planting and good maintenance work |
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08/05/2021 |
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Just did some wrap up mulching and maintenance and dropped off some stones for future use! |
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08/04/2021 |
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We planted a 14 foot tall red oak with 6 echinacea at its base. |
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08/04/2021 |
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Great job watering to Ming+co. Thanks for bringing the kids- we did great work! Also, the 4 hostas we put in look great. |
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08/03/2021 |
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Our last day- planted 4 dogwood shrubs in the area on the left side of the midbridge garden next to the river (area we cleared out on our first workday) |
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07/31/2021 |
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We planted 6 echinacea and did basic maintenance and pruning of bushes. |
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07/29/2021 |
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Did some excellent planting around the entry sign: Seedums, ornamental grasses, coral bells, day lillies, russian sage. |
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07/27/2021 |
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I was sick but the group met to do some weeding and mulching around the midbridge area |
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07/27/2021 |
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More mulch! Thanks for that Rob. Also thanks to Kevin for planting 8 hostas to start to block out the chainlink fence at the back of the site. |
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07/24/2021 |
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Very light- just some basic maintenance- very hot day. |
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07/24/2021 |
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Did some planting of russian sage and more maintenance |
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07/23/2021 |
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We planted a HYDRANGEA TREE at the parking lot site at the corner near the stairs, mirroring the dogwood across the steps. |
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07/22/2021 |
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Just some maintenace and planting coral bells at the bike path entrance. |
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07/21/2021 |
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Good crew! Planted Loriope and Coral Bells to supplement existing plantings and continued to mulch, weed, prune, etc. |
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07/20/2021 |
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Planted 2 gigantic trees: 1 river birch to the right of the bridge at the midbridge garden area AND planted 1 massive Atlantic cedar in between the 2 red cedars and the 1 white cedar next to the vernal pool. |
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07/17/2021 |
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Watering and planting ecinacea |
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07/17/2021 |
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We planted many perennials around the base of the central magnolia tree: 4 sedums, 2 russian sage, 6 day lillies, 2 ornamental grasses. |
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07/15/2021 |
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Did a lot of site cleanup at the front entrance/around the park's sign. Planted several grasses, coral bells, and other perennials around trees and the front sign. |
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07/13/2021 |
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Weeded and mulched the entire area outside the fence- much needed after the covid-19 break. |
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07/10/2021 |
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We mostly planned and mulched around their raised beds. |
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07/07/2021 |
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Good maintenance crew! Just devined and weeded. |
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07/06/2021 |
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We planted 3 trees! 2 Eastern Red Cedars and 1 Northern White Cedar (native). The trees now shade the vernal pool which will become more habitable by various local wildlife (shade cools the pool down). The highschoolers really did an amazing job and we couldn't have done it without them. |
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07/06/2021 |
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We planted a ninebark in the corner (front right when facing site). Fixed up existing beds from storm damage and planted some russian sage around the center magnolia. |
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06/26/2021 |
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Created a mulch bed on the right of the site abutting the chainlink fence for some increased edge definition. We did some minor planting of gift-plants from a neighbor. The day was very hot and we were all thankful to finish. |
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06/26/2021 |
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We planted 5 ornamental grasses and 4 russian sage at the front near the fence. |
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06/25/2021 |
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Mulched and weeded the entire parking lot! Next step: Replace the fallen dogwood.... |
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06/25/2021 |
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Did some excellent planning for the entire site |
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06/24/2021 |
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We planted 3 coral bells at the entrance of the bike path to balance the plantings on either side (at the base of the stone pillars). It was a short but good day. |
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06/22/2021 |
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We fully cleared out the area behind the midbridge garden (removing knotweed "stumps" and 2 small tree stumps) and laid a weighted tarp down to suppress growth and prepare the site for further planting. The other existing planting beds of the area were further weeded and maintained. The existing birch tree was extensively pruned to create un-impeded walkways. |
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06/22/2021 |
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We continued maintenance on the midbridge garden area and lilly garden area. A lot of mulching, weeding, and pruning of the birch tree. |
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06/19/2021 |
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We continued the work started on the first workday by mulching, watering, and pruning the trees. Nikki prepared 3 of her homemade planters for vegetable planting while Cali and Amir decorated them. Paul the intern pruned all the trees on the site. |
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06/17/2021 |
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Doreen and Daniel worked to plant and water 3 variegated loriope and 3 daylillies at the base of a young oak tree at the center of the site. Paul the intern pruned the same oak tree and helped dig the holes. |
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06/15/2021 |
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11 volunteers spent a collective 22 hours clearing nearly half a ton of knotweed and mugwort behind/within the midbridge garden! |
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06/12/2021 |
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We started off the summer by weeding and mulching down the front beds of shrubs and perennials. Things are looking very good and the plants have been very well cared for! A great start to the summer |