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Category Archives: Orchard Management

How do you like them apples?

August 17, 2018by fieldteamboston Leave a comment

Greetings from Minute Man National Historical Park, where the Branching Out Field Team has been working on both young and mature apple orchards. How many apple varieties can you name? […]

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Careers, Carpentry, GPS/GIS, History, Landscape Preservation, Minute Man National Historical Park, Orchard Management, Pest Management, Tree Care & Management

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

Minute Man National Park – Creating an Orchard!

November 29, 2017by schoolyearambassadorsboston 4 Comments

Our second project was on October 28 2017 at Parkerโ€™s Revenge Landscape Rehabilitation (Minute Man Park). In the battle of April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched past the orchards heading […]

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All, Landscape Stewardship, Minute Man National Historical Park, Orchard Management

Orchard Project at Sagamore Hill

August 4, 2017by lorrethearborist 1 Comment

This past week I spent my days working with a group a really great people to restore some areas of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. I had a lot of […]

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Orchard Management

Travel Project to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

August 4, 2017by npsbranchingout 1 Comment

During the week of July 24-28 the Branching Out field teams from Boston and New York City and program interns met at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site for a four-day […]

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Boston Field Team, Carpentry, Internship, NYC Field Team, Orchard Management, Trail Maintenance, Turf Management

Virtual Tour: Eugene O’Neill NHS

July 21, 2017by lorrethearborist 1 Comment

Despite its size, EUON is an enchanting park that’s completely secluded from the rest of the world, giving off a zen vibe that captivated the O’Neill’s and convinced them to […]

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Careers, History, Independent Project, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Orchard Management, Plant Identification, Plants, Professional Development, Routine Maintenance, Tree Care & Management, Trees

Olive Tree Monitoring on Santa Cruz Island

July 19, 2017by lorrethearborist 2 Comments

While my regular duty station is John Muir National Historic Site, 360 miles away from Santa Cruz Island, my mentor Keith Park and I were called in to give another […]

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All, Internship, Orchard Management, Tree Care & Management, Trees

Importance of JOMU

May 12, 2017by lorrethearborist 1 Comment

John Muir National Historic Site, like so many other parks is located in an urban area. For many people this is a place of peace, a place where they can […]

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Independent Project, Internship, Landscape Stewardship, Orchard Management

Fruits of John Muir

May 11, 2017by lorrethearborist 1 Comment

One of the really great things that I love about the west coast is the completely blase nature of fruit trees and how incredibly available they are. So of course, […]

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Careers, Flowers in Bloom, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Orchard Management, Plant Identification, Plants, Tree Care & Management

Winter Hiking and Pruning

February 24, 2017by schoolyearambassadorsboston 7 Comments

Over February break, we teamed up with the Branching Out Team from New York. We went on a three day hiking trip that started on Saturday when we played an […]

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Adams National Historical Park, Orchard Management, Tree Care & Management, Trees

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Field team clears severely overgrown pathway! Final big project of the summer season. #before #after
Shout Out to Branching Out Alumni Sadiya for coming to support our preservation efforts today! โ™ฅ๏ธ #matherfamily #youthsupport #npsnyc #npsfamily #boprocks
Teamwork makes the dream work ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ซโ›
2 weeks left in the program. Time for some weekly reflections โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“!
โš’โ›Week 4 of the program is being dedicated to @morristownnps Thank you for having us! ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฑ
Branching Out cleaning up the landscape @morristownnps ๐ŸŒฑ
Early morning sucker pruning โ˜€๏ธ
40 bags later, caring for fort jay ๐Ÿ‚
Field Team member Michelle priming & painting boards for fort jay porches. #nycyouth #cte #mather #nps #trades
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Mather teachers working hard this morning with Branching Out ๐Ÿ”จ #workingwithstudents #teachers #CTE #Matherhighschool #nyc #landscapefeatures #doe
Todayโ€™s carpentry preservation project for @weirfarmnhs ! #nps #preservation #mather #fence #nyc
Sally Splitting Cedar for split rail fence pickets to bring to @weirfarmnhs
Branching Out Supports 2019 Womanโ€™s World Cup Champions ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #worldcup #woman #2019 #FIFA
Branching Out Field team & Building Up Crew collab for Orientation week on @govislandnps ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ”จ
๐ŸŒฑDay 1 of Branching Out Summer Field Team 2019 ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒฑ
Carpentry Tuesdayโ€™s with Branching Out ๐Ÿ”จโ›
๐ŸŒผSpring is in the air ๐ŸŒฑ
A beautiful day in NYC to be at the park! #branchingout #mather
How could Branching Out be raking leaves and not jump in a pile!?๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’จ
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