Maintenance Projects

• Kelleher Rose Garden
• Spring Pond Wildflower Meadow
• Tree Care
• Emerald Necklace Parkway Storm Drains

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Kelleher Rose Garden

The ambitious restoration of the historic, Shurcliff-era rose garden in the Back Bay Fens continues as efforts now turn to restoring the fountain. Thousands of new roses have been planted, attractive and informative signs put in place, and all of it lovingly cared for by hundreds of volunteers in the regular Tuesdays with Roses volunteer evenings.

Tuesdays With Roses 2011 Photos | Wake Up the Rose Garden 2011 Photos
Tuesdays With Roses 2010 Photos

Spring Pond Wildflower Meadow

In collaboration with DCR, our volunteers are maintaining the wildflower meadow where Kelly Rink once stood - pulling out woody plants as they move in. The meadow increases species diversity and provides habitat for butterflies and birds, as well as unique beauty for the enjoyment of park visitors.

Wildflower Meadow Photos

Tree Care

Thanks to generous funding by the Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, and in collaboration with public partners, the Town of Brookline and the City of Boston, the Conservancy continues to tackle deferred tree maintenance in the Emerald Necklace parks, from the Back Bay Fens, along the Riverway, around Wards Pond in Olmsted Park, continuing to Jamaica Pond Park. This extensive amount of tree care is important to assure visitor safety in the parks, maintain the health of our urban woodlands and preserve wooded habitats and the naturalistic beauty of the wooded portions of the parks.

Winter Tree Pruning Photos

Emerald Necklace Parkway Storm Drains

In 2007 the Conservancy launched an inventory of the parkway stormwater infrastructure, mapping locations where system failures are causing erosion of parkland or sedimentation of the Muddy River. We undertook this collaboration with Charles River Watershed Association to assist DCR in its efforts to upgrade its stormwater system.