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, [...]
Friends Awarded 2018 Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Award
On Monday, July 16th, 2018, the Boston Preservation Alliance announced that the Friends of the Public Garden has received [...]
MLK Memorial Coming to the Common | June 19, 2018
The Friends is pleased to announce that our nation’s oldest park, Boston Common, has been chosen as the home [...]
Wendell Phillips: American Abolitionist | March 13, 2018
The eight-foot standing sculpture of Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) along the Boylston Street path in the Public Garden was designed [...]
John Glover, Overlooked Hero of the American Revolution: Sculpture in our Parks | February 14, 2018
John Glover statue on Commonwealth Avenue Mall Created by renowned sculptor Martin Milmore, a bronze statue of [...]
Friends at Work: Channing restoration update | Sept. 20, 2017
During the next few weeks, we will be putting the finishing touches on this year's $60,000 Channing Memorial conservation [...]
A Season of Sculpture Care | August 17, 2017
A Flurry of Summertime Improvements You may have noticed an increase in activity around certain sculptures and tablets in [...]
October 7, 2017 | Ducklings 30th Birthday
Celebrating a Milestone Anniversary in the Public Garden Hard to imagine it has been 30 years! The famous Ducklings [...]
June 7, 2017 | Celebrating a fountain’s return in the Public Garden
On June 7th, the Friends celebrated the completion of our latest capital project, the restoration of the George Robert [...]
Behind the Scenes: Winter Park Work | February 16, 2017
These days our parks are quiet, often covered with a blanket of snow, the trees dormant and flowers having [...]