On Sunday, November 23, 2025, AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch held its 206th event at Kingsland Homestead in Flushing. For this event, we worked with Maureen Regan and Green Earth Urban Gardens from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm to mulch the flowerbeds and trim the trees.
We first created groups to figure out who would be mulching or trimming the trees. There were two mulching groups, one was working near the Kingsland Homestead, and the other group was working on mulching the flower bed in the park right next to the Homestead. Once the rakes, loppers, and shovels were given out, we realized there weren’t enough wheelbarrows to go around. So AYLUS Oakland Garden members had to be creative. Our members work together to come up with ideas to carry the mulch from place to place without leaving a mess. Soon, our members realized that they could put the mulch in trash bags to make it easier to carry. They communicated with each other to make sure the trash bags weren’t too heavy and worked together to carry the bags of mulch to the flowerbed in the park. Volunteering isn’t just about improving the community; it’s also about solving problems in a real-life situation. Volunteering helps our members apply their problem-solving skills in s real setting.
While one group was mulching, there was another group cutting the trees and vines near the Kingsland Homestead. Members used loppers and hand saws to trim the trees and rose bushes. Members worked together to get the cut branches and rose bushes into a truck. This truck carries all of the cut branches after our work is over. The AYLUS Oakland Garden members also communicate with passersby to be careful when they walk past the truck, because there are rose bushes with thorns, and our members don’t want them to get hurt.
Our members also ended up raking some leaves near the Homestead, and we ended up filling up about 65 bags with leaves.
Lastly, we want to thank Maureen Regan for offering us food during the event. Also, it was our last time working with Maureen Regan for the year 2025. We also want to thank Senator John Liu for sponsoring the giving out of free compost bins to passerbys and parkgoers. Thank you to all the volunteers for coming to the event.
Our Volunteers:
1. Jia Qi Liu (Angela): 3.5 hours
2. Hong Hao Liu (Alfred) : 3.5 hours
3. Sophia ShiHan You : 3.5 hours
4. Vicki Lin : 3.5 hours
5. Ioknor Lin : 3.5 hours
6. Ioklee Lin : 3.5 hours
7. Iokseng Lin : 3.5 hours
8. Amy Liu : 3.5 hours
9. Enda Zheng : 3.5 hours
10. Vincent He : 3.5 hours
11. Zhiheng Zhou : 3.5 hours
12. Fayee Chen : 3.5 hours
13. Tyrone Li : 3.5 hours
14. Jiansheng Chen : 3.5 hours
15. Nicky Wong : 3.5 hours
16. Ashlee Chen : 3.5 hours
17. Sophia Xu : 3.5 hours
18. Anthony Xu : 3.5 hours
19. Winnie Lin : 3.5 hours
20. Kaisa Wu : 3.5 hours
21. Eric Zheng : 3.5 hours
22. Nathan Jin : 3.5 hours
23. Kaden He : 3.5 hours
24. Ivan Cao : 3.5 hours
25. Danny Lin : 3.5 hours
26. Ryan Zheng : 3.5 hours
27. Brian Wu : 3.5 hours
28. Selena Zheng : 3.5 hours
29. Ruolin Gao : 3.5 hours
30. Haoze Gao : 3.5 hours
31. Rui Zhu : 3.5 hours
32. Katrina Zhang : 3.5 hours
33. Kaitlyn Zhang : 3.5 hours
34. Tian Zhu Xie : 3.5 hours
35. Dylan Chen : 3.5 hours
36. Jayden Wang : 3.5 hours
37. Zihan Shi : 3.5 hours
38. Ryan Chen : 3.5 hours
39. Derek Chen : 3.5 hours
40. Luke Chen : 3.5 hours
41. Aiden Lin : 3.5 hours
42. Jierui Liu : 3.5 hours
43. Brandon Lin : 3.5 hours
44. Alexander Lu : 3.5 hours
45. Sophia Lu : 3.5 hours
46. Selena ShiYan You : 3.5 hours
47. Eason Lin : 3.5 hours
48. Evan Li : 3.5 hours
49. Mohan Luo : 3.5 hours
50. Yiming Chen : 3.5 hours
51. Austin Li : 3.5 hours
52. Zhanger Li : 3.5 hours
53. Victor Tu : 3.5 hours
54. Ruien Song : 3.5 hours
55. Ruixuan Song : 3.5 hours
56. Matthew Lin : 3.5 hours
57. Zaiqing Huang : 3.5 hours
58. Tiffany Nhu : 3.5 hours
59. Nerissa Xu : 3.5 hours
60. Terrence Cao : 3.5 hours
61. Ryan Wu : 3.5 hours
Parent Adviser Team:
Fannie Li: 4 hours
Karen Liao: 4 hours
Faye Liu: 4 hours
Report Written by: Vicki Lin
Reviewed by: Jia Qi (Angela) Liu
