Celery Farm
Recent Habitat Management Timeline
| Summer 2023 |
Volunteers clear invasive Autumn Olive from north side of Celery Farm. |
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| Fall 2023 |
Volunteers clear Autumn Olive and Asiatic Bittersweet from the west side of Farm to prepare for native Pollinator Meadow. |
| Winter 2024 |
Volunteers clear Asiatic Bittersweet from southeast corner and begin Phragmites removal from west side. |
| Spring 2024 |
Native Plant Garden established on east side and protective deer fencing installed. 1,000 herbaceous and perennial native wildflowers planted. Pollinator Meadow planted with mountain mint. |
| Summer 2024 |
Water, weed, mulch, and shade the Native Plant "Nursery" Garden. Invasive mugwort removal from the Green Way Meadow. Weed control with a string trimmer at the Pollinator Meadow |
| Fall 2024 |
Phragmites removal begins on the north side and 60 native shrubs planted. 500 additional plants installed in Native Plant Garden. Pollinator Meadow planting of 9 native wildflower species. |
| Winter 2025 |
Asiatic Bittersweet removed from mature Dogwood trees on north side and Phragmites removal continues along west side. |
| Spring 2025 |
More than 1,400 native herbaceous "plugs" planted in the vicinity of Kickapoo Corner alongside the trail where the Phragmites have been cut back on the west side of the Celery Farm |
| Fall 2025 |
Cleared invasive mugwort, porcelain berry, and mile-a-minute from a 12,050 sq ft area of the Green Way meadow, covered the site with wood chips, and planted 3,600 native flower and grass "plugs" with work done on 30 dates over 9 weeks by 63 volunteers totalling 1,085 hours. |
| Winter 2026 |
Cleared invasive phragmites beside the trail on the west side of Lake Appert. Spread wood chips on extensive sections of the trail. Began site preparation along Parnell's Path for spring planting. Work done by 69 volunteers totalling 673 hours. |
| Spring 2026 |
Continued site prep for spring planting. Planted 5,400 native seedling plugs along Parnell's Path, including Eastern Swamp Milkweed, Bluejoint Grass, Fringed Sedge, Tussock Sedge, Fox Sedge, Blue Mistflower, Boneset, Sneezeweed, Swamp Sunflower, Swamp Rose Mallow, Blue Flag Iris, Canada Rush, Soft Rush, Rice Cutgrass, Blue Lobelia, Pickerelweed, Broadleaf Cattail, and Culver’s Root. Work done by 159 volunteers totalling 1,609 hours. |
| Summer 2026 |
Continuing invasives management. Site preparation for Legacy Project fall planting in Green Way Meadow. Work done by 58 volunteers totalling 915 hours. |
| Fall 2026 |
Legacy Project Fall Planting in Green Way Meadow. 4,500 native plant plugs added to the west side of the trail through the meadow. Mugwort overgrowth removed from the east side. Work done by 52 volunteers totaling 383 hours and counting... |