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  • Patriots’ Day

    Conservancy Events

    In observation of the holiday, Conservancy offices at the Shattuck Visitor Center are closed.

  • Charlesgate Park Tour

    Charlesgate Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

    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 […]

  • “Making Space:” Olmsted Now Public Dialogue #4

    Partner Events

    Each third Wednesday of the month, Olmsted Now welcomes all to a public online dialogue exploring bicentennial themes: shared use, shared health and shared power in parks and public spaces. Each session tackles a “big question” about park experience through the guiding perspectives of community voices.  Join us on April 20 from 6-7:30 PM for a public […]

  • 2022 Muddy River Cleanup

    Conservancy Events

    We hope you will join us for this year’s Muddy River Cleanup! The Muddy River Cleanup is a part of the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup; this event takes place throughout the Charles River Watershed and builds on a national effort as part of American Rivers’ National River Cleanup® which, to date, has removed over […]

  • Parks As Platform – Olmsted Park

    Allerton Overlook Olmsted Park, Brookline, MA, United States
    Partner Events

                          April Parks As Platform: Celebrate Earth Week! Presented with Brookline Parks and Open Space and following the morning’s Muddy River Clean-Up (part of the Annual Earth Day Charles River Clean up and the State’s Park Serve Day), enjoy music, games, tours, a food truck, activities with our friends […]

  • Walk: Useful Plants Among Us

    Valley Gates, Franklin Park Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

    There are helpful and even edible plants all around us, especially in springtime. Learn how to identify and use helpful plants that grow in the wild on a leisurely stroll along the Emerald Necklace with Pam Kristan, author and wild food practitioner. Find out what is growing, where, when, which parts are edible or useful […]

  • Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th Birthday

    Jamaica Pond Boathouse 507 Jamaicaway, Boston, Massachusetts
    Conservancy Events

      America's great place-maker Frederick Law Olmsted famously said his Brookline landscape architecture firm must "do the best for Boston all the time." Join us in honoring Olmsted's 200th birthday. Due to inclement weather, we have moved this event to our rain date, Wednesday, April 27! - Celebrate Olmsted's legacy values of shared use, shared […]

  • Tour Olmsted’s Charlesgate Park: The Green Link to Boston’s Future [BOSTON DESIGN WEEK]

    39-45 Charlesgate East 39-45 Charlesgate East, Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

    Enjoy a 75-minute "cocktail-hour" tour of Olmsted's Charlesgate Park, then toast Olmsted's 200th birthday at Kenmore's gem: Cornwall's Pub! Lace up your comfiest walking shoes and don your favorite party hat for this half-mile "cocktail hour" tour to mark the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary landscape architect who created Charlesgate Park. Guided by leaders […]

  • Forest Bathing Walk

    Valley Gates, Franklin Park Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

    Experience the healing benefits of The Emerald Necklace on a Forest Bathing Walk. Discover one of Boston's forested gems on this slow-paced guided therapeutic combination of leisurely walking, sitting, and observation.  This is a chance to unplug, slow down, and de-stress through a series of gentle sensory-opening invitations that welcome us to deepen our connection […]

  • Spring Fest 2022

    Allerton Overlook Olmsted Park, Brookline, MA, United States
    Partner Events


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