Roan is a rising sophomore in Yale College majoring in Environmental Studies. Immediately after moving to New Haven she fell in love with the city's many parks and is excited to be working with the community members who beautify and steward these spaces! In addition to community-based environmental initiatives, Roan is interested in environmental policy and management, and has experience doing policy research, exploring the ecology of parks where she is from (Pittsburgh!), working as an environmental educator, and doing trail maintenance on the Appalachian Trail. She loves to learn and is always looking for a new subject to dive into or a place to explore. In her free time, she enjoys camping, writing, art, and taking long walks around New Haven with no specific destination in mind.
We had a relaxed evening of watering trees and plants, weeding around the trees, and doing a bit of pruning. It rained just as we were finishing up and a double rainbow appeared!
We had a fun evening and accomplished a lot, including lining the fence along the sidewalk with bricks and constructing a pathway though the raised beds. It was a great workday with great turnout!
We had a busy evening with lots of community involvement! We planted two rose bushes, an inkberry, winterberry, and weeded and mulched, and we started on the stone pathway through the raised beds. We finished just in time for the fireflies to come out!
Today we planted a coreopsis and finished mulching around the butterfly garden. We had a nice early-morning break from the heat and watched a swan swim by on the river!
We had an action-packed day at the Peanut and planted over 100 perennials! After taking a quick break due to rainstorms, the skies cleared and we finished up the plantings. We're excited to see the plants grow and attract pollinators to the Peanut!
This past Thursday, Friends of Quinnipiac River Park held a lively and productive meeting with Alder Sarah Miller and representatives from URI, the Parks Department, and the state to discuss future plans for Quinnipiac River Park. There are lots of exciting updates and improvements to be made at the park in the coming years and the community turnout for the meeting was great!
We planted four roses today and unloaded mulch to spread around the other perennial beds. We had a lovely evening rain shower during our meeting and enjoyed the refreshing weather while stopping to smell the roses!
It was a busy day of mulching the pollinator and bird gardens, and we planted one daylily, two lamb's ears and two echinaceas in the pollinator garden. We're excited to see how they grow this summer!
Today we planted three beautiful Autumn Joy Sedums at the greenspace in front of Westville's Dunkin.' They look great and we had a nice time working together to put them in!
We did some pruning and weeding today to prepare for spreading stone dust on the path next week. Thankfully the rain held out a bit and we were able to have a full workday with great weather!
We had a lot of sticky weed and mugwort to tackle today but freed many trees and shrubs from being tangled in vines or encroached on by the mugwort. It was a sunny and productive morning!
Today we prepared for our big day of mulching to happen next week by weeding the perennial beds and around the trees. It was a beautiful morning with clear, crisp weather and good conversation!
Today was a great day of watering the perennials, new trees, and weeding the butterfly gardens. We even had a close-up view of the ospreys visiting the nest! We did lots of planning for the rest of the summer as well and are excited about the weeks to come.
We had a joyous evening of weeding, pruning, watering and planting! Lots of progress was made and the site is looking beautiful. We are excited for the summer to come and looking forward to many plantings and community events!
We did some weeding to get rid of the sticky weeds in the Urban Oasis and picked up trash along the edge of the park. It was a productive morning of hard work and thankfully we were able to complete most of our work before the smoke rolled in!
Today was a great day of weeding, trash cleanup and tree watering. We talked about the history of Monitor Square Park, hopes for the park this summer, and enjoyed the cool morning weather!
We took a walk around Quinnipiac River Park and discussed the history of the park and current ongoings in the neighborhood. We discussed hopes for QRP this summer and had a lovely conversation about the power of parks in bringing people together!