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Author Archives: schoolyearambassadorsboston

Commandants House Garden Maintenance

November 19, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

One of the first projects we worked on was doing some maintenance on the commandant house garden in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Navy Yard was where naval ships were […]

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Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Landscape Stewardship, National Parks of Boston, Routine Maintenance

Speaking for the Trees

November 19, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

On the weekend of October 27 we started speaking for the trees! How do you speak for trees you may be asking. Well, we did it using this app called […]

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Landscape Stewardship, Trees, Workshops

Teambuilding

November 8, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston Leave a comment

Ponkapoag or Punkapaug is the Native American β€œpraying town” settled in the western Blue Hills area of Eastern Massachusetts during the colonization by settled Britain in the 17th century. Ponkapoag […]

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School Year Programs, Teambuilding

Falling!

November 8, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

  Greetings everyone, During our second week of the program, we had the opportunity to go to Medicine Wheel/No Man’s Land which is connected to Dorchester Heights. We met Michael, […]

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Landscape Stewardship, School Year Programs, Tree Care & Management, Trees

Welcome 2018-2019 Ambassadors!

October 27, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 2 Comments

Hello! We are the Branching Out School year ambassadors of 2018-19. We are excited to be working with Branching Out Program and to experience new things that we can share […]

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Landscape Stewardship, School Year Programs, Teambuilding, Trees

Olm-Steady!

August 9, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

Olmsted National Historic Site This week, the field team visited Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, MA. The Olmsted house was built in 1810 and acquired by Frederick Law Olmsted […]

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It’s Not Goodbye, It’s See You Later

May 14, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

The past seven months have gone by to quickly, it feels like just the other day the program was just being started but it now sadly coming to a end. […]

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Landscape Stewardship, School Year Programs, Workforce Development

Constructing a Raised Garden Bed

May 4, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

What do you do when you have poor soil quality, want to protect your plants from pests, and need a planter that has great drainage? Consider constructing a raised bed! […]

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All, Charlestown Navy Yard, Composting, Garden Redesign, Raised Bed

Orchard Integrative Pest Management at Minute Man National Historical Park

April 20, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston Leave a comment

We returned to Minute Man National Historical Park to finish the orchard that we had began back in the fall. We worked with Margie Coffin-Brown who is the resource manager […]

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Landscape Stewardship, Minute Man National Historical Park, Orchard Management, Pest Management, School Year Programs, Tree Care & Management

Cut Flower Gardens and Making Floral Arrangements

March 14, 2018by schoolyearambassadorsboston 1 Comment

In February, the Boston school year ambassadors, participated in a Floral Arrangement workshop with New York City team. We connected through Google Hangout and live video stream, it was nice […]

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All, Cut Flowers, Formal Gardens, School Year Programs

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How could Branching Out be raking leaves and not jump in a pile!?πŸ€·β€β™€οΈπŸ€£πŸ‚πŸπŸ’¨
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 πŸ¦‹πŸžπŸ“œπŸ•ŒπŸΊ#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!! πŸŽ‰πŸ‘πŸ‘#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #youth #hardwork #nomansland
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The 2018-2019 School Year Program has begun! πŸŽ‰πŸŽˆπŸŒΏπŸ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!!!! 🀩
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 ✨
So long GOIS see you next summer πŸ•, Back to Mather Branching Out goes 🏒! #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 🌟 #wearethefuture #nps #matherhighschool #bop #nyc
The field team members still can’t be-leaf that we have wrapped up our final week of project work! 🌿🀩 #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 today’s orchard here in Noah’s Tavern
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