June's Green Team Saturday Success

Volunteers Natasha, Stephanie and Anne planting and watering tree bed. Photo by Lisa Ising.

Despite our first working day of hot weather, our June Green Team got it done! The team met on June 6th to focus on planting, watering and clean-up of tree beds for a couple blocks on Foster Avenue. This work was done by 11 volunteers who donated 22 hours of their time to accomplish the following:

• Plant 32 donated blooming sweet alyssum plants in four tree beds

• Water all the tree beds on Foster Ave between Ocean Ave and E 22nd

• Weed and Chelsea chop asters in all tree beds 

• Install 7 stake signs communicating messages about the importance of nature and community in English, Spanish and Creole

• Install an anti-rat spike mat strategy in one tree bed as a test

Thanks again to Alice Bernstein for hosting another delicious coffee  hour and to our special guest, eco journalist Lisa Ising, for photographs.  

One of the new signs installed in English. Photo by Lisa Ising.

Watering and weeding by Natasha and Virginia. Photo by Lisa Ising.

Stephanie watering the tree beds and volunteer picking up litter on the block. Photo by Lisa Ising.

Marj and Anne watering tree beds. Photo by Lisa Ising.