Daily Archives: January 25, 2024

Thursday, February 8, 10:00 am – America’s Gardens: The Third Golden Age

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The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s February meeting will take place at The Chilton Club, 152 Commonwealth Avenue, at 10 am. The Club welcomes James Brayton Hall, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Garden Conservancy.

Gardening has been an important part of American history since even before the country’s founding. In this illustrated talk, Garden Conservancy President and CEO James Brayton Hall will look at both 18th and 19th century high points in American Garden design and theory, and discuss why he believes that in the post-pandemic age we are entering a third golden age of gardening in the United States.

James joined the Garden Conservancy as president and CEO on June 1, 2017.  For the previous four years, he was deputy director of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he worked on the planning and design of the Norman Foster-designed museum expansion and sculpture gardens.  From 2010 to 2013, he was executive director of the Providence Preservation Society in Rhode Island, overseeing all programming, fundraising, and relations with the board, donors, and community.  From 2006 to 2010, James served as assistant director of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, after holding various other management and curatorial positions at the school since 1985. James earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia and a master’s in landscape architecture from Rhode Island School of Design. In addition, he was awarded a Royal Oak Scholarship to attend the Attingham Trust Summer School in Architectural and Landscape History in London, and, separately, participated in the Victorian Society’s summer program in architectural history, also in London.  In 2016, he completed Attingham’s Royal Collections Course.  He has spoken widely on architectural and landscape design and has been a member of the graduate program faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design.

This is a members only event but membership is a click away at https://gardenclubbackbay.org

Sunday, February 11, 9:00 am – 11:00 am – Boston Winter Walk for Homelessness

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Winter Walk is a non-profit organization raising awareness and funds to end homelessness in our communities. It centers on an annual walk, 2 miles around the streets of the city in February, the coldest month of the year. Winter Walk is our chance to link arms with those who experience homelessness and  to listen humbly to their stories. It is our chance to show them that we care about their lives and to affirm our commitment to do all it takes to ease their struggles.

The 8th annual Winter Walk in Boston will be held on February 11, 2024.  This 2 mile walk through the streets of Boston during the coldest month of the year will begin and end on the Boston Common at the open field at the corner of Beacon and Charles St. Participants, housed and unhoused, will walk shoulder to shoulder and then share a meal together as we hear real stories of Boston’s homeless population. 

Join us on the Boston Common on Sunday, February 11, 2024. Registration opens at 8:30 am, the walk sets off at 9 am and we complete our event by 11am.  For those who cannot join us in person, we will offer a remote option to walk anywhere and everywhere, and then to celebrate with us on February 11th. Register at https://secure.qgiv.com/event/winterwalk2024-boston/