2020 Report for Friends Of Edgewood Park

Neighborhood:

Edgewood

Type of Site:

Park Friends

Address:

506 Edgewood Ave., New Haven, CT

Address Geocoded

POINT (-72.9524753 41.3153547)

Year

2020

Number of volunteers

14

Total volunteer hours

120

Number of events

9

Number of trees planted

1

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Kentucky Coffeetree

Number of perennials planted

5

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3 garden phlox, 2 Joe Pye weed

Yards compost spread

1.00

Yards mulch spread

0.50

Other Infrastructure or Materials

Category:

Woodchips

Details:

2 yards

Summary

The FOEP Green Team confronted COVID prudently yet fearlessly this season. Despite having to wear masks in consistent 90-degree heat, the Green Team pushed through joyfully, fighting back great swathes of Japanese knotweed, keeping the thirsty young trees watered in the summer’s dry heat, and keeping the park tidy and free of litter week in and week out. They even managed to go above and beyond these apparent limitations and the expectations they carried but completing a whole host of new perennial plantings and mulching in the mid bridge area, making the daffodil garden and the end of Frank’s Trail yet more vibrant and inviting. They capped off the summer with an empowering and hopeful triumph, removing a dead tulip tree by hand where they previously had thought they would need to rely on the city’s help, and replacing it with a young Kentucky coffeetree!