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Monthly Archives: July 2015

The Field Team Rush

July 24, 2015by wgallagher1 3 Comments

Have you ever had an adrenalin rush? Amazing isn’t it!? You get a lot of energy, do a lot of projects that you couldn’t have done without the rush. Well […]

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Mid-term Review

July 24, 2015by lspearing 5 Comments

These five weeks have been awesome being an intern for the Branching Out Program. I am glad to be located at the Adams National Historical Park. This place is such […]

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Adams National Historical Park, Boston National Historical Park, Careers, Flowers in Bloom, Formal Gardens, Independent Project, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Plants

Mid-term Review

July 24, 2015by rhiroi 2 Comments

Five weeks have already gone by since I started working at Adams! I’ve learned so many things so far like new techniques, how to use new tools and equipment, and […]

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Adams National Historical Park, Formal Gardens, Independent Project, Internship, Plant Identification, Plants, Routine Maintenance, Tree Care & Management, Trees

Scott Hyndman, The Man, The Myth, The Legend!

July 24, 2015by wgallagher1 1 Comment

Interview with Scott Hyndman, early on 7/13/15 while driving. normal: Interviewer, myself, Jack Gallagher Bold: Interviewie, Scott Hyndman So how did you get into this field? (Landscaping) I’ve always been interested […]

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Our First Project!

July 22, 2015by fieldteamboston 5 Comments

Hi everyone! The field team is off to a great start this summer! Our team was ready to go after our orientation week where we learned all about the National […]

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Adams National Historical Park, Boston Field Team, Formal Gardens, Routine Maintenance

Lettuce Turnip the Beet

July 17, 2015by aaluia1 1 Comment

This week the field team and the park based interns all got together for our first enrichment activity with Groundwork Somerville. Groundwork Somerville strives to bring about the sustained regeneration, […]

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Hosting the Field Team

July 17, 2015by lspearing 2 Comments

During this week, the Field Team came to Adams National Historical Park which Reika and I were so excited about.  The Field Team’s project at Adams included removing the hay […]

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Adams National Historical Park, Boston Field Team, Boston National Historical Park, Independent Project, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Landscape Restoration, Plants

Hosting the Field Team

July 17, 2015by rhiroi 2 Comments

This week, we had the field team come and help us over at Adams National Historical Park. While they were here, we worked on mowing the hay field and stacking […]

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Poison Ivy

July 14, 2015by aaluia1 6 Comments

This blog post is going to be all about Poison Ivy. Toxicodendron Radicans more commonly known as the dreaded Poison Ivy causes red itchy welts and angry painful rashes.   I have […]

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Staking and Pigtails

July 10, 2015by rhiroi 8 Comments

I’ve learned a lot of new things since I started working at Adams, including the technique of staking and the process of making the stakes. We use both bamboo and […]

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Wrapping up the program with our last blog post and thank you cards! 🙁😀🌿#itsbeenfun #bittersweet #greatexperience
Final teach back presentation for this school-year. Amazing job Joel, Song, Jeremiah, and Connor! #reflection #publicspeaking #brownbaglunch
Yesterday’s rain created a large puddle in the orchard. Some ducks decided it would make a nice pond.
The School Year Ambassadors have an important mission to fill... “To protect and preserve cultural and natural resources for this generation and for future generations.” #thisplacematters
Today we are back at Minute Man National Park finishing up an orchard project we started back in the fall. Margie, Resource Manager at the park is teaching us how to construct the orchard cages and plant apple trees! #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
We had a productive spring Saturday building the first raised bed for our office backyard garden space. Pretty soon we will have some soil in and plants growing! #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #raisedgardenbeds
Photo shoots at Fire Island Beach 🏖🔥#matheronthebeach #thisisnowourpark #viponly #vacation #we’llbebacksoonkelly 😄
Learning what lives on Fire Island 🐚🦀🐳🐬
Ambassadors doing some work spring cleaning at the William Floyd Estate 🏡
Pretty soon where each Ambassador is standing there will be a stepping stone to pass through the garden. Check back soon for our how-to video showing you how we installed this pathway. #stonepathway #landscape
Proofing the design plans to make sure the stone pathway will be installed in the correct location within the garden. #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #measuretwicecutonce
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Measuring where the stone pathway will go according to the design plans!! #redesign #designedlandscape #culturallandscape #stonepath
Recruiting for the New York City Summer Field Team for 2018 👍🏽at Mather High School Students led conferences ❤️
#tbf Ambassador Joel raking up the privet hedge trimmings. What a team player! #teamworkmakesthedreamwork
Almost done ✅
👩🏽‍💼Good job Sally!
Project in the making 🗜🔨
New York City Ambassadors getting busy in the carpentry shop 🔨🔩🗜. Ehab is the leader today 👍🏽🧔🏽🙌🏾.
We made it through hump day with smiles still on our faces. 🐪😁😐
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