2022 Beneficial Insect Report | January 5, 2023
By Christine Helie, Consulting Entomologist, The Growing Tree Biological Control Native insect predators provide the important ecological service of [...]
2021 Beneficial Insect Report | January 3, 2022
Ladybug pupa on newly planted Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana) on The Mall. Ladybugs (Family: Coccinellidae) undergo complete metamorphosis and [...]
Beneficial Insect Report | January 12, 2020
By Christine Helie, Consulting Entomologist, The Growing TreeOf the 1.5 million known insect species in the world, over 97% are [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
‘Snow’ Falls on Boston Common – Sort Of | November 8, 2019
Photo by David Ryan, Boston Globe This article is a duplication of an article that originally appeared [...]
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 [...]
Meet the Trees: The Beeches | September 17, 2019
Meet the Trees: The Beeches by Claire Corcoran All but one of the beeches in our Parks are cultivars [...]
Meet the Trees | The Linden and the Story of a Crutch
The Friends’ consulting arborist, Norm Helie, noticed a growing number of people taking photos while sitting on a long horizontal [...]