From Olmsted to Nakaya: Art and Design of the Back Fens

Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United States

A guided walk through the centuries of a historic landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted with stop at artist Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x Canopy. Hear the story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed an area of polluted waterways and mudflats into a scenic fens and the later 20th century revisions that resulted in the landscape we see today.

From Olmsted to Nakaya: Art and Design of the Back Fens

Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United States

A guided walk through the centuries of a historic landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted with stop at artist Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x Canopy. Hear the story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed an area of polluted waterways and mudflats into a scenic fens and the later 20th century revisions that resulted in the landscape we see today.

Hello, Muddy! Guided Tour of the Restored Muddy River

REI at 401 Park Drive 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA

After decades spent underground beneath a parking lot, a portion of the Muddy River has been uncovered to see daylight once again. Hear the story of how river and parkland […]

Shattuck Visitor Center Open House

Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United States

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy's Shattuck Visitor Center has fresh new displays, and we want to share them with you! Enjoy refreshments, view our new exhibit Sculpting with Water and join us for an appearance of Fog x Canopy, part of our ongoing public art exhibition Fog x FLO: Fujiko Nakaya on the Emerald Necklace.