Daily Archives: April 21, 2013

Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Alley Rally

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Spring is definitely here, and the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Alley Rally 2013 will sweep through the neighborhood on Saturday, April 27, from 9 – 12.  Coordinating with Mayor Menino’s Citywide Cleanup, come join your neighbors, including groups from local fraternities and some of our Back Bay schools, in sweeping the alleys and side streets.  Thanks to donations from our local businesses, NABB provides coffee, juice, and doughnuts at the Clarendon Street Playground starting at 8:30 am.  At 9, you will divide in groups and head off to clean.  After you finish, there will be a picnic lunch (also donated by Back Bay businesses) for volunteers back at the Playground.  This is a great way to know your neighbors and spruce up the neighborhood at the same time.  NABB has been conducting Alley Rally since 1967!  For further information, please contact Ellen Rooney at parnell3@verizon.net.  Garden Club of the Back Bay member Janet Younker is pictured at right, below:

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Wednesday, May 1, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Go Botany! Plant ID for the 21st Century

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Grow Native Massachusetts continues its Evenings with Experts on Wednesday, May 1, from 7 – 8:30 at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway in Cambridge, with Elizabeth Farnsworth, Senior Research Ecologist for the New England Wild Flower Society. Imagine identifying plants in the field with your iPad or smartphone! Go Botany is the new definitive on-line Flora of New England for just that. Elizabeth Farnsworth will introduce and demonstrate this richly illustrated interactive key to over 3,500 native and naturalized plants of our region. This tool also includes PlantShare for reporting discoveries, exchanging checklists, and more. This evening will equip you to ID and better understand the many plants you encounter. Dr. Farnsworth is one of New England’s great botanists and Editor-in-Chief of Rhodora.