Second Saturdays: Volunteer Stewardship in Franklin Park
2025-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | “Giraffe” Entrance at the Franklin Park Zoo
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers with land stewardship work in the Emerald Necklace parks! This month, we will be working in Franklin Park.
Registration is required in order to participate in this event. Those who register will automatically receive an email with further details, including the necessary waivers to sign and specific information on where to meet and what to expect on the day of the event.
Please email volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org with inquiries on this event or other volunteer opportunities.
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Tuesdays with Roses
2025-09-16 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-09-23 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-09-30 17:30 - 19:30 | Kelleher Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens, Boston, MA, 02115
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers in the Kelleher Rose Garden to deadhead and prune roses and to weed the rose beds and borders. Training and tools are provided.
Registration is required in order to participate. Those who register will automatically receive an email with further details, including the necessary waiver to sign and specific information on where to meet and what to expect on the day of the event.
Please email volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org with inquiries on this event or other volunteer opportunities.
Please note: To increase available volunteer slots, please only register if you’re sure you can attend, and please check your inbox first if you may already be registered.
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First Day of Fall!
2025-09-22 | MA

Shattuck Visitor Center Open House
2025-09-30 15:00 - 18:00 | Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Join the Conservancy team for a free open house at our Back Bay Fens Shattuck Visitor Center! We hope you will learn about our work stewarding the Emerald Necklace parks while enjoying tours, games, and more in the historic Stony Brook Gatehouse.
RSVP is encouraged but not required, sign up below:

Paint & Sip with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy!
2025-10-09 17:30 - 20:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Channel your inner artist at this cozy fall event!
Learn how to paint a beautiful Emerald Necklace landscape over a glass of wine at the historic James Michael Curley House. All materials will be provided by Paint the Town. Registration is required, must be 21 or older to attend. Ticket includes two alcoholic beverages per registrant.
See below for a sneak peek of this event’s painting subject:

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Second Saturdays: Volunteer Stewardship in Olmsted Park
2025-10-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Daisy Field Parking Area – Willow Pond Road, Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers with land stewardship work in the Emerald Necklace parks! This month, we will be working in Olmsted Park.
Registration is required in order to participate in this event. Those who register will automatically receive an email with further details, including the necessary waivers to sign and specific information on where to meet and what to expect on the day of the event.
Please email volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org with inquiries on this event or other volunteer opportunities.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day
2025-10-13 | MA

Opening Our Doors
2025-10-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Join us for a day of cultural activities in the Fenway neighborhood. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy invites visitors to take a walk in the park with events at the Shattuck Visitor Center!
Sign up for the 11:00AM Back Bay Fens Tour HERE.
Check back later this year for more information!

Opening Our Doors Tour: Historic Treasures of the Back Bay Fens
2025-10-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
What do a 17th-century Japanese Temple Bell, a bridge made of Roxbury puddingstone, and a tree once thought extinct have in common? They all reside in the Back Bay Fens. Learn about these and other treasures on a guided walking tour of the Back Bay Fens that is sure to bring out the history detective in you!
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View other Opening Our Doors programming here.

Tour: Historic Treasures of the Back Bay Fens
2025-10-26 13:00 - 14:30 | Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
What do a 17th-century Japanese Temple Bell, a bridge made of Roxbury puddingstone, and a tree once thought extinct have in common? They all reside in the Back Bay Fens. Learn about these and other treasures on a guided walking tour of the Back Bay Fens that is sure to bring out the history detective in you!
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Trick or Tree with ENC!
2025-10-31 17:00 - 20:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Stop by 350 Jamaicaway on your Halloween route for candy and goodies from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy team!

Second Saturdays: Volunteer Stewardship at Jamaica Pond
2025-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers with land stewardship work in the Emerald Necklace parks! This month, we will be working at Jamaica Pond Park.
Registration is required in order to participate in this event. Those who register will automatically receive an email with further details, including the necessary waivers to sign and specific information on where to meet and what to expect on the day of the event.
Please email volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org with inquiries on this event or other volunteer opportunities.
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Veterans Day
2025-11-11 | MA

Winter Clothing Drive Volunteer Sorting
2025-11-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-02 11:00 - 13:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Since 2021, the Conservancy’s annual Winter Clothing Drive has provided over 3,000 coats, hats, gloves, and other cold-weather items for Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD). Help us count and sort donations for this year’s drive at our offices at the James Michael Curley House!
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Thanksgiving Day
2025-11-27 | MA

Charlesgate Park Tour
2025-12-06 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-13 12:00 - 14:00 | “The Grove” at Charlesgate Park, 4 Charlesgate East, Boston, MA, 02115
For the first time in 60 years, Charlesgate Park is being reconnected to Boston’s greater greenspace network—come experience this remarkable transformation for yourself!
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek and Parker James of the Charlesgate Alliance for a guided walking tour through Charlesgate Park—the pivotal 13-acre link uniting the Emerald Necklace, the Esplanade, and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.
Along the way, discover the rich story of this historic landscape, from its visionary design by Frederick Law Olmsted, to its decline in the 20th century, and now its inspiring revival. You’ll get an up-close look at the fast-approaching future of Charlesgate:
• Hundreds of new trees and shrubs
• Greener, safer pedestrian connections
• Upgraded infrastructure to support the health of the Muddy River
• …and much more on the horizon!
Don’t miss this chance to explore one of Boston’s most exciting park transformations as it unfolds!
Registration required; sign up below.
This event is a partnership of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and Charlesgate Alliance. Registrants may be contacted by either organization.

Cheers to the Year!
2025-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Foundation Room at House of Blues Boston, 15 Lansdowne St, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Let’s raise a glass, share some laughs, and celebrate the community that makes the Conservancy’s work possible. Enjoy delicious bites, refreshing drinks, and great company as we toast to our shared mission and all we’ve accomplished together.
Stop by anytime, we can’t wait to see you!
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ReCloaking: ReCircling - Native Cornhusk Weaving Workshop #1 (Morning)
2025-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
ReCloaking: ReCircling is a community art initiative designed to infuse public parks with Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Join Elizabeth James-Perry of the Aquinnah Wampanoag and mica rose of Tagalog American descent for a workshop on traditional Indigenous cornhusk weaving practices!
This workshop will engage the community in Native science, history, and somatic practices, and is open to ages 10 and up. Registration is required; sign up below:

ReCloaking: ReCircling is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ Public Art for Spatial Justice program, with funding from the Barr Foundation and the Fund for the Arts at NEFA. Further support is provided by Arts Connect International and Cultural Equity Incubator.

We gratefully acknowledge the Trustees of the George Robert White Fund of the City of Boston, owner of the Curley House.

ReCloaking: ReCircling - Native Cornhusk Weaving Workshop #2 (Afternoon)
2025-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States

First Day of Winter!
2025-12-21 | MA

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2024-01-15 | MA
In observance of the holiday and Martin Luther King, Jr., Conservancy offices at the Shattuck Visitor Center are closed.

POSTPONED: Growing Together: A Celebration of Our Volunteers
2026-02-24 08:30 - 11:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
This event has been rescheduled, please click here to register for the new date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

We gratefully acknowledge the Trustees of the George Robert White Fund of the City of Boston, owner of the Curley House.

NEW DATE: Growing Together: A Celebration of Our Volunteers
2026-03-10 08:30 - 11:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Join us on Tuesday, March 10 at the James Michael Curley House for a morning of gratitude and celebration! Enjoy light refreshments as we honor our dedicated Emerald Necklace volunteers and recognize our Volunteer Award recipients.
Registration is required, please sign up below:

We gratefully acknowledge the Trustees of the George Robert White Fund of the City of Boston, owner of the Curley House.

Open House at the James Michael Curley House
2026-03-24 15:00 - 19:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Join us on Tuesday, March 24 for an Open House at the historic James Michael Curley House!
We will be opening our doors from 3:00 – 7:00PM and invite all to stop by to explore the house and meet the Conservancy team.
Come to learn more about the Conservancy’s work and the 1,100 acres of the Emerald Necklace, enjoy snacks and refreshments and experience the historic “house with the shamrock shutters.” Thank you for welcoming the Emerald Necklace Conservancy to the neighborhood, and we look forward to getting to know our neighbors and community!
Registration is required, please sign up below:

Please email events@emeraldnecklace.org to be added to the waitlist for this event.
We gratefully acknowledge the Trustees of the George Robert White Fund of the City of Boston, owner of the Curley House.

Second Saturdays: Volunteer Stewardship at Jamaica Pond
2026-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 | James Michael Curley House, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers with land stewardship work in the Emerald Necklace parks on Saturday, April 11! This month, we will be working at Jamaica Pond.
Registration is required in order to participate in this event. Those who register will automatically receive an email with further details, including the necessary waivers to sign and specific information on where to meet and what to expect on the day of the event.
Please email volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org with inquiries on this event or other volunteer opportunities.
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