It’s Lime Time Again! | October 16, 2020
The Friends is applying limestone to the soil on the Mall, covering all the blocks from Arlington to Kenmore. Applying [...]
Meet The Trees: The Elms | June 17, 2020
Did you know, of all the trees across the Boston Common, the Public Garden, and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, [...]
Find the Parks in Movies, Books, and Games | April 13, 2020
Good Will Hunting (1997) Our parks, especially the Common and the Public Garden, have set the scene [...]
Science in the Soil Part II | January 16, 2020
Remember the 6 billion microorganisms found in a single teaspoon of healthy soil? Well, now we know more about [...]
Who Was Samuel Eliot Morison? | November 18, 2019
On the Exeter-Fairfield block of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, you’ll find the statue of Samuel Eliot Morison. It was [...]
December 3, 2019 | Morison Statue Lighting
Morison Statue Lighting Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:00 p.m. Samuel Eliot Morison Statue Commonwealth Avenue Mall Join the Friends [...]
Welcome to 31 New Residents! | May 16, 2019
We are so excited to announce 31 new residents in the three parks! These new trees are almost all [...]
Commonwealth Avenue Mall Lighting | January 15, 2019
LIGHTING THE MALL STATUES The Friends is excited to announce, at last, the launch of the plan to design [...]
Celebrating the Boston Women’s Memorial | October 15, 2018
This October marks the 15th anniversary of the Boston Women's Memorial, commemorating the lives of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail [...]
John Glover, Overlooked Hero of the American Revolution: Sculpture in our Parks | February 14, 2018
John Glover statue on Commonwealth Avenue Mall Created by renowned sculptor Martin Milmore, a bronze statue of [...]