Events

Volunteer to help care for the roses. Training, tools and gloves supplied. Pre-registration required.

From foul muddy flats to the parkland of today, the Fens has undergone many transformations in the last 125 years. Join Emerald Necklace docents as they talk and walk the historic landscape. Stops include the Kelleher Rose Garden, with its 1,500+ roses and reconstructed fountain and the oldest WWII Victory Gardens in America.

Volunteer to help care for the roses. Training, tools and gloves supplied. Pre-registration required.

Summer on the Emerald Necklace presents Karen K and the Jitterbugs!

Volunteer to help care for the roses. Training, tools and gloves supplied. Pre-registration required.

Help implement a comprehensive woodlands management program and promote a healthier forest through activities ranging from removing invasive plant species to conditioning forest soil. Pre-registration required.

Volunteer to help care for the roses. Training, tools and gloves supplied. Pre-registration required.

Led by an Emerald Necklace Conservancy docent, this tour will traverse the footprint of the restored Muddy River in the Back Bay Fens. You’ll learn about the project that brought portions of the Muddy River above ground and hear the remarkable story of how a piece of Olmsted’s landscape was reclaimed as parkland after spending […]