2017 Report for Fairmont Park

Neighborhood:

Fair Haven Heights/Quinnipiac Meadows

Type of Site:

Park Friends

Address:

100 Clifton Street, New Haven, CT, 06513

Coordinates for Map

POINT (-72.8805857 41.3081554)

Year

2017

Number of volunteers

9

Total volunteer hours

66

Number of events

10

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

0

Number of perennials planted

9

Enter more details about perennials planted

Yarrow, Bee Balm, New England Aster

Yards compost spread

1.00

Yards mulch spread

4.00

Other Infrastructure or Materials

Category:

Stonedust

Details:

0.5 Yards

Category:

Woodchips

Details:

3 Yards

Category:

Bricks

Details:

100 Bricks

Summary

Friends of Fairmont Park focused their effort on the butterfly garden and invasive removal at the northern end of the park this season. Many hours went into to weeding and heavily mulching the butterfly garden to protect it from future sod invasion. At the end of the season, the weed and mulch jobs were complete, and flowers, birds, and butterflies filled the space- spectacular! Much progress was also made on invasive removal on the northern perimeter of the park. Dozens of Tree of Heaven and burning bush were removed as well as unquantifiable amounts of Mugwort!