Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have adjusted our traditionally one-day event to span a week in order to promote social distancing among volunteers. All cleanup events will take place from 10:00AM-12:00PM throughout the week. Monday, April 19, 2021: Back Bay Fens & Olmsted Park Tuesday, April 20, 2021: Charlesgate & Jamaica Pond* Wednesday, […]
Join the Conservancy on a tour of Phase 2 of the Muddy River Restoration in the Back Bay Fens restoration area with the US Army Corps of Engineers and Charter Construction.
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.
Learn more about Olmsted's public work and why, 200 years later, Greater Boston and other cities around the country will host initiatives that reanimate Olmsted's ideals.
Plant a tree for Arbor Day! In celebration of Arbor Week, we are pleased to partner with Speak for the Trees to give away tree saplings at the Conservancy's Curley House offices. Stop by the parking lot, behind the Curley House, to pick up a White Oak, Bur Oak, Persimmon, Frasier Fir, or Sweetgum. Please […]
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour of Charlesgate Park as part of Boston Design Week. 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 […]
Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour of Charlesgate Park as part of Boston Design Week. 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 […]
Join leaders in landscape architecture & public health in a discussion about the past, present, and future of open space in Boston. Register for this event here. Now, more than ever, parks are essential infrastructure. Supporting physical and mental health, enhancing human and ecological resilience, offering places to protest and spaces to heal, parks have played […]
Join us to learn about the Conservancy’s tree care program and why a healthy urban tree canopy is essential to our city. Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek will share an update about our work over this past year. We'll dive a bit deeper into our tree and landscape work with Erica Holm, the Conservancy's Field Operations […]
Come and learn how to identify signs of different animal life, some of which we share our parks with! In this fun, virtual experience, 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. Bob […]
