Join the Boston Interfaith Climate Allies on Sunday April 19 at 1:30 pm at The Embrace Memorial on Boston Common. The group will gather and walk with the BABAM Brass to the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul for sacred celebration including prayerful actions and Indigenous Closing Reflections. Bill McKibben will be guest speaker! RSVP at cotcbos.org For more information visit www.bica.earth. Partners for the event include Third Act, greenfaith, Boston Earth Day, and Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light. Free.
The Friends of the Public Garden will hold its 56th Annual Meeting on April 14 at 6 pm at the UMass Club of Boston, One Beacon Street. Members, supporters, partners, and park neighbors are invited to attend the Friends Annual Meeting. The evening features the President’s summary of the last year, an annual financial report, and the presentation of the Parks Champion Award, followed by a reception with light hors d’oeuvre. We will also recognize the 2026 Henry Lee Fund for Boston Parks grant awardees, with the opportunity for attendees to learn about their projects. All are welcome to attend.Please note this is a rescheduled date, in consideration of the observation of Passover. Register at https://friendsofthepublicgarden.org/events/annual-meeting/
A NABB members-only gathering takes place on March 29 at The Newbury Boston. Indulge in an elegant atmosphere filled with good company, delightful drinks—including beer, wine, and a specialty cocktail—and an array of exquisite hors d’oeuvre crafted to tantalize your taste buds.
This is your opportunity to connect with fellow Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay members, both old and new, while learning about the dedicated volunteer committees that tirelessly work to enhance and preserve the charm of our historic neighborhood. Learn how you can contribute to our thriving neighborhood!
Each spring, Charles River Watershed Association looks forward to connecting with you and other river lovers at our Annual Meeting to celebrate our impact, together, for a resilient Charles River. Join us on Thursday, March 26th at 6PM for an evening full of inspiration! Thank you to our friends at MIT for providing their beautiful space. This year the 60th Annual Meeting takes place at the MIT Welcome Center, 292 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Purchase your tickets at www.crwa.org
Apply now to join the teaching team for the 8th annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, which will be held online September 15-19, 2026. Applications due March 22. See the application link at wildwonder.org/26
WHAT IS THE WILD WONDER NATURE JOURNALING CONFERENCE? This annual international nature journaling event—the largest of its kind–gathers people who are passionate about nature, art, science, curiosity, and wonder to share ideas, learn from each other, support each other, inspire each other, and have fun together in nature’s beauty. NOTE: Early Bird sales will open April 15, 2026.
The 2026 online event, hosted by John Muir Laws, will include more than 25 classes, panels, and lectures from more than 30 teachers, journalers, writers, artists, authors, and thought leaders in nature, nature journaling, nature writing, visual thinking, and conservation. Conference teachers are paid to teach one 80-minute class during the event and then have free access to the rest of the event.
Save the date! The next Garden Museum Literary Festival will take place at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026, hosted by the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian. Book your stay at www.gardenmuseum.org.uk
Join us for two days of conversation and inspiration, with talks by garden designers, writers and makers, with plenty of relaxed time to explore the gardens at Melbourne Hall in between. With sweeping lawns, charming avenues, and captivating vistas, Melbourne Hall is a true treasure of early 18th-century English garden design.
It was laid out by Rt. Hon Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain to Queen Anne, with help from the garden landscape designers George London and Henry Wise in the formal style. It is noted for its long tunnel of Yew, its wrought iron arbour created by Robert Bakewell and its statuary by Jan van Nost, notably the Four seasons monument, a gift from Queen Anne.
The Marquis of Lothian took over running the Melbourne estate in 1987. His wife the Marchioness of Lothian is a painter of both portraits and landscapes. Her passion for gardening has developed the garden at Melbourne in many ways. Her eye for colour and detail means that the Melbourne garden is a haven of delightful and unusual specimen trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders.
The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s March program for members only will take place Wednesday, March 18 at 2 pm at The Chilton Club, 152 Commonwealth Avenue. If you are interested in attending this or any other Garden Club of the Back Bay event, visit https://bostonflora.com/join.
The New Garden Society is run by horticulturists, landscapers and farmers who seek to expand green industry opportunities for incarcerated women, giving them an opportunity to get outside, plant what they love, and learn skills that might help them get jobs after incarceration is over. The organization was a GCBB grant recipient in 2025. Co-founder and director, Renée Portanova, will share how their members can transform their lives as they transform the landscape. With a B.A. from Manhattan College, a Certificate in Conservation Biology from Columbia University, and an M.S. in Education from Lesley University, she brings practical expertise and a passion for learning to every teaching environment. Renée is a horticulturist at Mount Auburn Cemetery and was the former Horticulture Manager for the Esplanade Association.
Come together at the Stockbridge Library with the Library’s Director, Wendy Pearson, and Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Director of Education, Jennifer Patton, to discuss Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy on Tuesday, March 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This program is FREE; registration is not required.
Copies of Wild Dark Shore are available at Stockbridge Library, other area libraries and local booksellers.
From the author’s website:
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again. But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together. A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.
Charlotte McConaghy is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the novels Wild Dark Shore, Once There Were Wolves, and Migrations, which are being translated into more than thirty languages and adapted for screen. She has a Masters in Screenwriting and lives in Sydney with her partner and two children. https://www.charlottemcconaghy.com
The 2026 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference will be held on Friday, March 13th at UMass Amherst. Register by Friday, February 20th for early-bird pricing!
MassLand is excited to host Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Health Director for the Trust for Public Land, who will speak on Nature and Health — a Pediatrician’s Perspective. Tandon is a general pediatrician and health researcher who has dedicated her career to advancing children’s health by promoting healthy behaviors and reducing disparities. In particular, her work has focused on play equity (“play for all children”), and promoting access to physical activity and outdoor recreation. In her new book, Digging into Nature: Outdoor Adventures for Happier and Healthier Kids, she explores how and why children and their families are happier, healthier, and more resilient when spending time outdoors. Dr. Tandon is also (co-)author on several other papers and studies about the relation between the outdoors and healthy children, healthy communities.
The Conference is sponsored in part by the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, The Trustees, Mass Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Fields Pond Foundation, Greenbelt (Essex County Land Trust), Kestrel Land Trust, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, Sudbury Valley Trustees, Wildlands Trust, and others listed on the Conference web page https://massland.org/events/land-conservation-conference.
Celebrate the start of the gardening season! The 50th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering brings Boston-area growers of all kinds together for a free day full of informative workshops, engaging exhibitors, networking, and inspiration.
¡Celebre el inicio de la temporada de jardinería! La 50º Reunión Anual de Jardineros reúne a productores de todo tipo del área de Boston para un día gratuito lleno de talleres informativos, expositores atractivos, networking e inspiración.
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