2023 Report for Friends Of Farmington Canal

Friends Of Farmington Canal

Neighborhood:

Newhallville

Type of Site:

Streetscape

Address:

Hazel st. and Shelton ave, New Haven, CT
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Address Geocoded

POINT (-72.9324379 41.3289902)

Year

2023

Number of volunteers

8

Total volunteer hours

40

Number of events

5

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

0

Number of perennials planted

12

Enter more details about perennials planted

4 coral bells, 4 coreopsis, 4 rudebeckia, 12 hostas

Yards compost spread

0.30

Yards mulch spread

2.00

Summary

Farmington Canal’s Urban Oasis is a true success story for the Newhallville community. The space was once known as the ‘mudhole’ for the traffic of drugs in the area. Hard-working Doreen Abubakar has done so much over the years to redeem this space. There is a lovely native plant strip with educational signage, and a number of gorgeous trees, benches and tables, and even amenities like a one-stop-bike-fixing-station. This season, Doreen hired the four young interns Khalif, Jalin, Randall, and Tyshaun to work with Greenspace to steward the Urban Oasis. These young men were a blast to work with. They prioritized different areas of Oasis to bring more plants and color too. Working closely together, we maintained the Oasis this season and had the joy of involving passerbyers and other neighbors in this beautifying work.