It’s Not Goodbye, It’s See You Later
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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Constructing a Raised Garden Bed
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! […]
Orchard Integrative Pest Management at Minute Man National Historical Park
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 […]
Cut Flower Gardens and Making Floral Arrangements
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 […]
Team building and Recreation with NYC School Year Program
This week we went on a hiking trip in New Hampshire with the NYC School Year Ambassadors. The purpose of the trip was to connect each cities ambassadors, and learn […]
Privet Hedge Pruning at the Charlestown Navy Yard
During February 20th-21th, we pruned privet hedge along 2nd avenue in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The privet hedge is usually an invasive species like on the Boston Harbor Island, but […]
Tell us which Stone Pathway you like!
On February 13, 2018 we had a meeting with Ruth Raphael, Landscape Architect in National Parks of Boston, about the stone pathway in the Charlestown Navy Yard to show Ruth […]
Stewardship Saturday at World’s End
On Saturday, February 3 our team traveled to Worlds End which is Trustees of Reservations property to participate in the Stewardship Saturday Program,. Stewardship saturday is a volunteer program offered […]
Exploring Landscape Architecture and Park Planning
On January 15 we went to the Fairsted house where we learned about Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted was the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation’s foremost park maker. […]
Branching Out Reunion
The day began with us meeting Ashley Backunas, a former Branching Out Leader, from the 2017 Summer Field Team. We met her in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and went over […]
