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Category Archives: Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites

Career Path

August 22, 2016by lspearing Leave a comment

          It cannot be! Yes people, summer is coming to an end. How can 12 weeks be nearly over already? It is amazing to think, that […]

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All, Careers, Internship, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites

Virtual Park Tour

August 20, 2016by lspearing 4 Comments

For the past ten weeks, I have been enjoying my summer at the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites. I even got to tour all the three locations the park has to […]

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All, Careers, Garden Restoration, History, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Tree Climbing

Networking

August 6, 2016by lspearing 1 Comment

Have a conversation with someone new! You might have a lot of things in common and even may end up working for them. Networking is one of the ideal way […]

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All, Internship, Professional Development, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites

New Skill Part 2

July 23, 2016by lspearing 1 Comment

As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Do something. If it works, do more of it, If it doesn’t, do something else”. From past seven weeks, I have learned to use many […]

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All, Careers, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Routine Maintenance

Half Way Their

July 17, 2016by lspearing 3 Comments

          It is amazing to think that six weeks have gone by already! It does not seem like summer is already half way done and sadly […]

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All, Careers, History, Internship, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Routine Maintenance

Photo Collage

July 9, 2016by lspearing 1 Comment
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Careers, Formal Gardens, History, Internship, Landscape Preservation, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Routine Maintenance

Where have the years gone by!

June 25, 2016by lspearing 2 Comments

             Here’s a joke for all the NPS workers and supporters to start your week! WOW a 100 years old already! You have not changed […]

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History, Internship, Landscape Stewardship, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites

Iris Propagation with Mather Students

June 12, 2016by lspearing 1 Comment

          June 7, was an engaging day since we had to prepare for the Mather High School students field trip to Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic […]

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All, Formal Gardens, History, Internship, Plant Identification, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, School Year Programs

First Week

June 11, 2016by lspearing 2 Comments

Hello Friends, family, and nature lovers!           I hope everyone is enjoying their summer 2016 so far! I am Laxmi Spearing and I am so excited […]

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Travel Project

August 7, 2015by rhiroi 4 Comments

Last week, we traveled to New York for our travel project. It was a very exciting and fun experience! We stayed at the Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie and worked […]

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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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