Public Restrooms Return to Boston Common | July 12, 2021
This summer, we are excited to welcome back our public restrooms on Boston Common for the first time since [...]
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 [...]
BioBlitz Challenge | September 7, 2020
Join us for the One-Month BioBlitz Challenge to help define biodiversity in the Common, Garden, and Mall--- now through [...]
Shaw 54th Memorial Restoration: Removing the Bronze | August 18, 2020
Over the past week the steel support structure, or "shark cage," was inserted around the Memorial along with wood [...]
Boston Common Master Plan Continues | May 19, 2020
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is continuing to develop a Master Plan for Boston Common in collaboration with [...]
New Hoverlay AR Experience | May 18, 2020
At home and not able to get to the Common? Let the Common come to you! We're unveiling our [...]
Virtual Spring Blooms Map | April 13, 2020
Spring is still happening in our parks, and so are all of the exciting, natural blooms that happen each [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]