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Author Archives: jaylatucker92

Future Career

August 15, 2013by jaylatucker92 4 Comments

After all of the work experience, activities, projects, trips, and conversationsย as a park-based intern, I can definitely say my interests have been steered in a particular direction. Working in a […]

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“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”: The Fruits of Our Labor

July 19, 2013by jaylatucker92 4 Comments

This is a picture of one of the pathways in the formal gardens at Adams. It is a path I walk many times a day and that means much more […]

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New Things, New Experiences, New Outlook

July 18, 2013by jaylatucker92 4 Comments

There are many new things I have learned in my short span of time here at Adams. I have been introduced to many plants, tools, and techniques that I have […]

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Labeling the Gardening

July 11, 2013by jaylatucker92 3 Comments

When I first came to Adams many flowers had not bloomed yet. The garden was a lush green of budding stems and bushes. As gorgeous as it was it was […]

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Adams National Historical Park, Flowers in Bloom, Formal Gardens, Independent Project, Plant Identification, Plants

Bob Mackenzie and the Adams staff

June 28, 2013by jaylatucker92 11 Comments

Hello again! This week I’m going to introduce you all to my mentor, Bob Mackenzie and the rest of the Adams Park staff. I’ve had a lot of fun and […]

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Namaste

June 18, 2013by jaylatucker92 6 Comments

Hello one and all and welcome to my blog! I am a Park-Based Intern placed at Adams National Historical Park. Let me take a little time to tell you a […]

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Adams National Historical Park, All, Internship, Orientation

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How could Branching Out be raking leaves and not jump in a pile!?๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’จ
Today we were helping Paul at Roger Williams National Memorial with finishing up fall clean up! So many leaves, but a lot of hardwork and teamwork goes a long way!! #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #providence #rogerwilliams #leaves #fallcleanup
Cultural Resources Pictionary ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿž๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ•Œ๐Ÿบ#throwbackthursday
Today we did some observational drawings at the Arnold Arboretum!
Learning how to make putting soil with plant and soil science specialist Michael! # pottingsoil # growing #branchingout
Spent today hiking around Ponkapoag Pond teambuilding and getting comfortable being in nature! Thanks @amcyop for the campfire dinner and gear! #ponkapoagpond @massdcr @appalachianmountainclub
Team working on creating their full values contract!
This week we started a new collaboration with Medicine Wheel Productions and National Parks of Boston - Dorchester Heights park staff to help steward No Man's Land which is alongside the park's boundary. Youth from Medicine Wheel and Branching Out came together to begin thinning the tree canopy and remove dead limbs. It's a special place in South Boston and we are excited to share our landscape stewardship knowledge with this group!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #youth #hardwork #nomansland
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The 2018-2019 School Year Program has begun! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿƒwe started off with teambuilding and orientation during the week and our first field project at the Charlestown Navy Yard over the weekend!
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The 'Fab Four FUNgi's' did it! Another great Branching Out summer program in the books! Now for some well deserved rest and relaxation!
Last day of branching out and last teach back. Yohooo!!!! ๐Ÿคฉ
Calling y'all from Adams National Historical Park! Our closing ceremony is about to start!!
Celebrating the Boston field teams 2nd to last day together โœจ
So long GOIS see you next summer ๐Ÿ•, Back to Mather Branching Out goes ๐Ÿข! #takecare #bebacksoon #nyc #nationalparkservice #brickpathway #branchingout #matherhighschool
Congratulations to Branching Out New York City Field Team for yet another successful summer preserving our national treasures ๐ŸŒŸ #wearethefuture #nps #matherhighschool #bop #nyc
The field team members still canโ€™t be-leaf that we have wrapped up our final week of project work! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿคฉ #nps #nationalparks #branchingout #finalproject #minuteman
The field team is working hard in assessing older trees in order to figure out how to best take care of this todayโ€™s orchard here in Noahโ€™s Tavern
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