• Canceled: Introduction to Animal Tracking

    Franklin Park Tennis Courts MA
    Conservancy Events

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. Come and learn how to identify signs of different animal life, some of which we share our parks with! In this […]

  • 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 […]

  • Memorial Day

    Conservancy Events

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

  • Second Saturdays: Volunteer Stewardship in Olmsted Park

    Olmsted Park 217 Jamaicaway, Boston, MA, United States
    Conservancy Events

    Join Emerald Necklace Conservancy staff and volunteers with land stewardship and invasive species removal work in the Emerald Necklace parks on Saturday, June 11! We will be removing brush, debris, […]

  • Parks as Platform: BAMS Fest in Franklin Park

    Franklin Park Playstead Circuit Drive, Boston, MA, United States
    Partner Events

    For Olmsted Now, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy expands its annual free event series Summer on the Emerald Necklace into a shared resource for cross-neighborhood collaboration and community-generated public events from April through October 2022. Each month, the Conservancy will collaborate with a site partner to anchor programming with extra support: securing permits, coordinating volunteers and providing amenities like […]

  • From Greensward to Putting Greens: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Influence on Golf Course Architecture

    Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse 1 Circuit Drive, Dorchester, MA, United States
    Partner Events

    To celebrate the US Open coming to Brookline, join Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site for a discussion on how Olmsted's principles have influenced golf course design. Register here Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's "Greensward Plan" for Central Park both inspired the American park movement and provided the catalyst for the establishment of landscape […]

  • Olmsted Now Public Dialogue: WHO Has Public Greenspace Been For?

    District Hall Boston 75 Northern Ave, Boston, MA, United States
    Partner Events

    In collaboration with King Boston’s Embrace Ideas Festival, Olmsted Now’s coalition co-organizers’ Emerald Necklace Conservancy and Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site present a free dialogue with today’s foremost scholars thinking about Boston’s park system-designer Frederick Law Olmsted at the intersection of greenspace, abolition and racial justice. Join Stephen Gray and Ethan Carr as they […]

  • Tuesdays With Roses

    Kelleher Rose Garden Back Bay Fens, Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

    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. […]

  • New Trees and a Brighter Tomorrow for Charlesgate

    "The Grove" at Charlesgate Park 4 Charlesgate East, Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

      Come celebrate the latest milestone achievements and a bright future for Charlesgate Park, including 15 newly planted, community-sponsored trees and recently proposed investments by the Commonwealth’s MassDOT for transformation […]

  • Tuesdays With Roses

    Kelleher Rose Garden Back Bay Fens, Boston, MA
    Conservancy Events

    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. […]



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