Celebrating Women’s History: The Early Years of the Friends | March 14, 2022
The Friends is one of the oldest public-private partnerships in the nation. By the late 1960’s conditions in Boston’s [...]
Beneficial Insect Report | January 3, 2021
Ladybug pupa on newly planted Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana) on The Mall. Ladybugs (Family: Coccinellidae) undergo complete metamorphosis and [...]
Women’s History Month – Lucy Stone | March 17, 2021
Lucy Stone, a leading suffragist, abolitionist, and renowned orator, is one of the three women honored by the Boston [...]
Meet the Statues: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | January 12, 2021
Beloved by Argentinians, educator, statesman, and writer Domingo Faustino Sarmiento rose from country schoolmaster to become president of his [...]
August 24, 2020 | A Community Conversation
A Community Conversation: The Power of Public Monuments in a Time of Racial Reckoning August 24, 6:00 p.m. Black [...]
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, [...]
First Friends Newsletter | February 18, 2020
*DPR stands for Department of Parks and Recreation
The Wishing Stone | December 17, 2019
There are many quirky stories about Boston Common and features of the park that have since disappeared. Are the stories [...]
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 [...]
The Art of Planting: The Gardeners of Boston’s Public Garden | October 16, 2019
by Phyllis Andersen In the history of gardens, designers, patrons, and owners are often given top billing. Gardeners, especially [...]