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 [...]
Thank you, Volunteers! | December 20, 2017
What a wonderful year! Thank you does not begin to describe how grateful we are for all the hard work [...]
A Tweet Becomes a TED Talk on January 20, 2018 | December 14, 2017
Entomologist Chris Helie found the praying mantis egg cases on a winter walk in a field near her home in the [...]
Friends at Work: Caring for the soil and grass beneath your feet | November 15, 2017
[metaslider id=6908] In 2017, the Friends continues to care for the lawns in the Boston Common, Public Garden, and [...]