By Jim Hurley It is now early September, 2012, following the extreme extended heat wave in the Washington DC region, and a walk around Barcroft Park will reveal whole swaths of brown, dead plants at ground level, and many dead tree stems, still upright, listing, or lying on their sides, leaves crisping. It wasn’t theContinueContinue reading “Barcroft Park Focus Project Update”
Category Archives: Barcroft Park
ARMN First Anniversary of Barcroft Park Invasive Pull
By Jim Hurley The March invasive pull was the first anniversary of the Arlington Regional Master Naturalist monthly focus work on Barcroft Park. Having bought coffee and doughnuts (hint, hint), I arrived to the area of Barcoft Park we were going to work on an hour before start time to tag Multiflora Rose stems forContinueContinue reading “ARMN First Anniversary of Barcroft Park Invasive Pull”
February Invasive Pull at Barcroft Park
By Jim Hurley We had another strong turnout on February 18 in Barcroft Park, as 15 volunteers, including Tree Stewards, Americorps, Master Naturalists and Wingate residents answered the call of native plants needing to be rescued from exotic invaders. As has become customary, we began and ended the work with coffee and donuts, and inContinueContinue reading “February Invasive Pull at Barcroft Park”
1/12/12 Barcroft Sunny Workday Report
By Jim Hurley Last Thursday, January 12, Master Naturalist (and current ARMN Treasurer) Josh Schnell enticed some 15 of his USDA OLC (Office of Legal Counsel) colleagues to Barcroft Park for a couple of hours cutting and digging Multiflora Rose, English Ivy and Japanese Honeysuckle. Five Americorps volunteers supported the effort, as well as fourContinueContinue reading “1/12/12 Barcroft Sunny Workday Report”
12/17/2011 Barcroft Park Work Day Report
By Jim Hurley We had another inspiring turnout December 17, with 26 volunteers (Master Naturalists, Tree Stewards, Americorps, Windgate residents, hikers, spouses and friends of the above) reluctantly ending the invasive work after almost two hours, in order to turn our attention to Deep Time. We began the morning again with coffee, cider, and donuts on aContinueContinue reading “12/17/2011 Barcroft Park Work Day Report”
11/19/11 Barcroft Park Work Day Report
By Jim Hurley We began Saturday morning with coffee and donuts, which fueled 23 volunteers for more than two hours of intense, and intensely satisfying, invasive removal in sunny brisk weather. The Master Naturalists, Tree Stewards, and Native Plant Society were well represented, and we had residents from Claremont and Windgate too. We worked in theContinueContinue reading “11/19/11 Barcroft Park Work Day Report”