2008 Report for Russo Park

Year

2008

Number of volunteers

22

Total volunteer hours

130

Number of events

1

Number of shrubs planted

20

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9 holly, 2 butterfly bush, 5 rosa rogosa, 4 euonymus Manhattan (shrub)

Number of perennials planted

73

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11 lamium, 13 euonymus, 17 coral bell, 12 liriope, 1 hosta, 7 geranium, 8 fern, 4 daylili

Yards compost spread

0.50

Yards mulch spread

7.00

Summary

Russo Park is a rectangular green strip running north south between Chapel Street to Wooster Street along DePalma Ct. It is the site of CitySeed's weekly Wooster Square Farmers' Market. Over the past 4 years volunteers from the group Friends of Russo Park have installed four perennial beds, a stone dust pathway and many trees & shrubs along a row of mature white pines on the eastern border of the park.<br> The group did a wonderful job this year maintaining the site and adding many more shrubs and perennials. The work has been praised by many of the park's users. The New Haven Parks Department plans to install an irrigation system to further enhance the site and preserve its plantings.