Crisp days and changing foliage beckon! Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a guided, interpretive bike tour from the Arnold Arboretum to the Back Bay Fens, led by a Conservancy docent. It’s a great opportunity to learn about and explore Boston’s largest park system. All attendees must provide their own bicycle. Tour begins at the […]
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour of Charlesgate Park! Charlesgate is the start of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. We hope you’ll join us to learn about the park’s history, as well as present restoration efforts designed to repair park access issues, improve the water quality of Muddy River and create new park […]
Join us and learn how to identify signs of the wild animals we share our parks with! In this fun guided walk through Franklin Park, we will look at animal tracks, scat and other signs they leave behind, and learn how to identify which animal left them. This experience will be facilitated by Bob Metcalfe, […]
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 […]
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour of Charlesgate Park! Charlesgate is the start of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. We hope you’ll join us to learn about the park’s history, as well as present restoration efforts designed to repair park access issues, improve the water quality of Muddy River and create new park […]
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour of Charlesgate Park! Charlesgate is the start of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. We hope you’ll join us to learn about the park’s history, as well as present restoration efforts designed to repair park access issues, improve the water quality of Muddy River and create new park […]
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour of Charlesgate Park! Charlesgate is the start of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. We hope you’ll join us to learn about the park’s history, as well as present restoration efforts designed to repair park access issues, improve the water quality of Muddy River and create new park […]
Special Zoom Webinar highlighting the history of the Curley House at 350 The Jamaicaway interspersed with historical photographs of James Michael Curley and his family from the JP Historical Society's collection.
Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers with land stewardship and invasive species removal work in the Emerald Necklace parks on Saturday, November 13! We will be removing brush, debris, and invasive species from the Charlesgate Park. There is a 25-person capacity limit for this event and registration is required in order to participate. Those who register will automatically […]
Take a walk through the Back Bay Fens with staff members from the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site! Learn about the project that first brought Olmsted to Boston nearly 150 years ago, and why he chose to stay and create the Emerald Necklace. Register here
