2025 Report for Friends Of Edgewood Park

Neighborhood:

Edgewood

Type of Site:

Park Friends

Address:

506 Edgewood Ave., New Haven, CT

Coordinates for Map

POINT (-72.9524753 41.3153547)

Year

2025

Number of volunteers

18

Total volunteer hours

104

Number of events

9

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

5

Enter more details about shrubs planted

Mountain Laurel “Sarah” (1), Winter Berry “Winter Red” (2, female), Winter Berry “Jim Dandy” (1, male), Variegated Yucca (1)

Number of perennials planted

0

Summary

The Friends of Edgewood Park work year-round to steward an incredible 123 acres of parklands that provide wonderful recreational spaces for residents and vital habitat for wildlife. Rain, snow, and a heatwave can’t slow this group down and they will be at the Ranger Station each Tuesday morning ready to go. We started our summer focusing on the Urban Oasis garden by the Midbridge planting a mountain laurel and three new winterberries. The group as a whole worked throughout the park planting by the Sundial, continuing diligent work at the Gazebo garden, and always working to fight off invasive plants down by the river. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better team of volunteers to take care of the beautiful Edgewood Park!