2022 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

2022

Number of volunteers

12

Total volunteer hours

132

Number of events

10

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

61

Enter more details about shrubs planted

7 spicebush, 4 possumhaw viburnum, 2 chokeberry, 3 highbush cranberry, 6 silky dogwood, 7 summersweet, 4 arrowwood viburnum, 2 bayberry, 8 blueberry, 5 winterberry, 4 elderberry, 7 grey dogwood, 2 snowberry

Number of perennials planted

0

Yards compost spread

0.00

Yards mulch spread

0.00

Other Infrastructure or Materials

Category:

Woodchips

Quantity:

5.50

Summary

This summer, and all throughout the past year, the Friends of Fairmont Park focused their efforts on removing invasive species along the edges of the park. Working diligently, they managed to clear out large swaths of burning bush, bittersweet, Japanese honeysuckle, and mugwort, making way for the exciting part of the season—planting dozens of new shrubs to create a new understory made up of native plants, many of which would be enticing to the variety of wildlife species found in the park!