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March 27: Explorer School
A few kids from Explorer Junior High School joined us on March 27th for a work party at our Cooper site. We removed 170 sq. ft. of Himalayan blackberry and spread 509 sq. ft. of mulch – all before lunch. After eating pizza with the kids, we removed 750 sq. ft. of Scotch broom and…
Weekend work parties
We had two work parties this weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. On Saturday, we had a cool group from Arbor Heights Community Church, as well as some of our regular volunteers. On Sunday, the youth from Students Today Leaders Forever (STLF) joined us for a few hours and brought some yummy fried…
3/21 at 14th & Holly
We began the day at the 14th and Holly site removing Himalayan blackberry along the trail. We were able to remove 1,000 sq.ft. of Himalayan blackberry by the end of the day. Local clarinetist Amy Denio came out to perform while we worked. She is pictured here sitting on one of the rocks that will…
Another Allstar, All awesome, day!
Today we were at our newly established Allstar fitness site. If you recall a few weeks ago we started our project with a group from University Prep. They cleared a lot of area for us to go in today and start… just guess… PLANTING!!! We had a group of teens from the city with John…
Planting planting planting!
Today Amanda came out and planted for four hours. This planting season we have what seems to be a never ending source of plants and they keep coming and coming. Just this last week we received over 3,000 plants/trees!! So we need all the extra help, no matter how miniscule, we can get. Amanda, Alyssa,…
We have started hosting mass work parties which have us working practically seven days a week! Today we focused on spreading new mulch rings as well as thickening up existing mulch rings. This process will help to protect the plants’ resources from invasives and also will hold moisture in for the plant. We also worked…
Cooper
Today was a good sized group and the weather turned out for the better. The picture to the right shows one of our volunteers engaging in removing Scotch broom with weed wrenches. We use these wrenches quite a bit when dealing with Scotch broom, because they are best for tough jobs. The wrench has a…
John Hay Elementary
Today we met with Joy Burke’s 4th and 5th grade class from John Hay. We began the day with a review of what invasive species are and by discussing what a plant needs to survive. We then moved on to replant the seeds that didn’t survive over winter break. We planted Oregon Grape and Dogwood.…
Overcast, but not OVER
We had a Cooper school work party today. We started out with some initial invasive removal. We cleared a total area of 1,771 sq.ft. of Scotch broom (see before & after pictures below) and blackberry, and all of the debris was hauled to the school driveway. The other half of the day was devoted to…