May 17th is Party in the Park!
Conservancy Events
Save the date for the 14th Anniversary Party in the Park Luncheon to benefit the Justine Mee Liff Fund for the Emerald Necklace.
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Pinebank Promontory at Jamaica Pond Jamaica Pond, Boston, MA, United States
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Hello Muddy! Guided Walking Tour of the Restored Muddy River
REI at 401 Park Drive 401 Park Drive, Boston, MAConservancy EventsLed 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 aboveground and hear the remarkable story of how a piece of Olmsted’s landscape was reclaimed as parkland after spending decades paved over and used as a parking lot.
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Hello Muddy! Guided Walking Tour of the Restored Muddy River
REI at 401 Park Drive 401 Park Drive, Boston, MAConservancy EventsLed 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 aboveground and hear the remarkable story of how a piece of Olmsted’s landscape was reclaimed as parkland after spending decades paved over and used as a parking lot.
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Emerald Necklace Walk
Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United StatesConservancy EventsEnjoy a seven-mile walk on a spring day through Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace—from the Fens to Franklin Park— with Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek and some very special guests. Brief stops along the way will allow
participants see recent park improvements and hear about the exciting things to come for the Emerald Necklace, considered by many to be one of the greatest park systems ever designed. -
Evening Garden Stroll
Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United StatesConservancy EventsEnjoy a leisurely walk through the gardens of the Fens. You’ll take in the sights and scents of the historic Kelleher Rose Garden with its more than 1,500 roses and recently reconstructed fountain, and meander the paths of the oldest continually operating Victory Garden in America.
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Hello Muddy! Guided Walking Tour of the Restored Muddy River
REI at 401 Park Drive 401 Park Drive, Boston, MAConservancy EventsLed 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 aboveground and hear the remarkable story of how a piece of Olmsted’s landscape was reclaimed as parkland after spending decades paved over and used as a parking lot.
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Guided Walking Tour: History & Landscape of the Fens
Conservancy EventsOn this docent-led tour you’ll hear the fascinating story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed a fouled mudflat into a scenic Fens and the 20th century revisions that created the parkland we see today.
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Evening Garden Stroll
Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United StatesConservancy EventsEnjoy a leisurely walk through the gardens of the Fens. You’ll take in the sights and scents of the historic Kelleher Rose Garden with its more than 1,500 roses and recently reconstructed fountain, and meander the paths of the oldest continually operating Victory Garden in America.
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Tour the Fens
Shattuck Visitor Center 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA, United StatesConservancy EventsA walk through the centuries of a historic landscape. Hear the story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed an area of polluted waterways and mudflats into a scenic fens and the later 20th century revisions that resulted in the landscape we see today.
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Summer on the Emerald Necklace
Allerton Overlook Olmsted Park, Brookline, MA, United StatesConservancy EventsSummer on the Emerald Necklace presents the Henry Acker Gypsy Jazz Trio.
