2020 Report for Beaver Ponds Park

Beaver Ponds Park

Neighborhood:

Beaver Hills

Type of Site:

Park Friends

Address:

intersection of Crescent Street and Fournier Street, New Haven, CT
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Address Geocoded

POINT (-72.9423813 41.3289611)

Year

2020

Number of volunteers

36

Total volunteer hours

259

Number of events

13

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

0

Number of perennials planted

0

Yards mulch spread

7.00

Other Infrastructure or Materials

Category:

Woodchips

Quantity:

3.00

Summary

Although starting later in the season than usual, the FOBPP had a successful summer stewarding their park, having an overall good turnout of volunteers and managing to weed and mulch all of their gardens at the entrance of Fournier and Crescent except for the upper triangle one near the red light. One highlight this summer was the children’s garden, which increased participation of children and brought in new parents to help out with the stewardship projects of the greater park. The children especially enjoyed being able to water the gardens and the blackgum tree planted last summer using the cart URI had provided them a past summer. The FOBPP are looking forward to continuing their efforts within the park even throughout the fall and winter this year, being able to focus their time on continuing with invasive removals during the off-season.