Isabella-3/27/09-Trees NY

Yesterday Aaron and I visited a woman named Cheryl. Cheryl works with Trees NY and works in a volunteer garden at 83th street and Riverside Drive. A volunteer garden is a lot like a community garden, thou slightly different. When we met up with her she talked to us about what we would be doing. Cheryl also told us about the most common trees in New York City before we started working. We had a rather small, but effective project to do that day. We had to move some hydrangea plants from one spot to another. As we worked Cheryl explained what she was doing in her garden and how it helped out. You see there is a giant rock right next to her park, much like the ones in Central Park. She places logs and branches to stop erosion. Also by planting more plants on the small hill side garden it stops rain water from flowing into the streets. When it rains the water runs down the rocks then down the hill and then into the street. The more plants that the water has to go through the less water ends up on the streets. When Cheryl first was given this garden it was over grown and not appealing to they eye, know it is beautiful garden. While we were working many people stopped and asked us what we were doing, this is generally how Cheryl gets volunteers.