2020 Report for Hemingway Butterfly Garden

Neighborhood:

Fair Haven Heights/Quinnipiac Meadows

Type of Site:

Vacant Lot

Address:

288 Eastern St, New Haven, CT, 06513

Year

2020

Number of volunteers

13

Total volunteer hours

156

Number of events

17

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

8

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6 Ilex G Shamrock, 1 Ninebark,

Number of perennials planted

30

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Creeping Phlox, Agastache, Tickseed Coreopsis,

Yards mulch spread

4.00

Other Infrastructure or Materials

Category:

Topsoil

Quantity:

9.00

Category:

Stonedust

Quantity:

0.50

Quantity:

2.00

Details:

Sand

Summary

This group, led by Kat Calhoun, successfully built a Monarch Waystation this past summer on the corner of Hemingway and Eastern Sts, across from Bella Vista. The butterfly garden hosts a diversity of plants and shrubs that support the full lifecycle of monarch butterflies, and provides habitat for other pollinators as well. This was the groups first year, and they have plans to start 2 more gardens in the neighborhood in coming years. Neighbors from nearby condos and from Bella Vista, and members of the local management team, all came out to help make this garden a reality.