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 [...]
Advocacy Alert: How to Help with the Boston Freedom Rally | September 14th-16, 2018
How to Help with Boston Freedom Rally The Freedom Rally is this weekend, and we want your assistance! It [...]
Action at the Angel! | August 27, 2018
Keeping with its mission to preserve art for future generations and the terms of the original bequest left by [...]
Founders Memorial Gets a Freshening Up | August 1, 2018
Longtime Friends member, John Winthrop made a generous gift to underwrite the recent conservation work on the Founders Memorial, [...]
Pilot Restrooms on Common Off to a Great Start | August 15, 2018
The new restroom facilities on Boston Common have been open for three weeks, and they have proven to be [...]
Meet the Trees: The American Fringe Tree and Chinese Fringe Tree | June 18, 2018
Tree sponsors Beatrice and Peter Nessen pose next to the Chinese fringe tree in the Public Garden [...]
Meet the Trees: American Sycamore | June 18, 2018
The sycamore, native to North America, is an easily recognizable deciduous tree because of its many distinctive features. They [...]
Meet the Trees: Cherry Tree | March 14, 2018
The surest sign of spring is the cloud of gorgeous pink cherry blossoms throughout the Public Garden as well [...]
Friends at Work: Lighting up Brewer Fountain | January 17, 2018
Testing lighting on Brewer Fountain, Boston Common, Dec. 2017 (Photo credit Sarah Hutt) Outdoor illumination of fountains [...]
Meet the Trees: The Weeping Willow | January 17, 2018
By Margaret Pokorny Weeping Willow (Salix Babylonica) The great willows in the Public Garden are the instantly recognizable iconic trees with [...]