2009 Report for Westville (Barnett-Willard)

Year

2009

Number of volunteers

31

Total volunteer hours

181

Number of events

7

Number of trees planted

26

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1 Aristocrat Pear, 1 Autumn Purple Ash, 2 Ginkgo, 1 Golden Rain Tree, 3 Honey Locust, 4 Kousa Dogwood, 2 Kwanzan Cherry, 1 Lacebark Elm, 1 Pin Oak, 1 Purple Leaf Plum, 2 Serviceberry, 2 Sawtooth Oak, 2 Sweetgum, 3 Zelkova

Number of shrubs planted

0

Number of perennials planted

83

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3 Blue Dune Grass, 17 Catmint, 13 Coral Bells, 3 Coreopsis, 4 Black Eyed Susan, 15 Daylily, 12 Liriope, 2 Phlox, 9 Sedum, 5 Yarrow

Yards compost spread

0.50

Yards mulch spread

2.00

Summary

The Westville group formed towards the end of the 2007 Greenspace planting season under the leadership of Jessica Feinleib to complete 2 tree plantings for a total of 8 trees; in 2008 they had only 1 planting of 4 trees. This year the community came together strongly to plant 26 trees in 4 workdays; each week they continued to recruit new members, thus providing an excellent model of the community-building capacity of Greenspace work.