A golden bow, natural accents, light gold touches, and magnificent greenery are the elements of a great wreath.
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Victorian Elegance
Today’s featured Garden Club of the Back Bay holiday wreath is a glorious example of what can be done with burgundy and gold.
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Wreath of the Day: Happy Hannukah from The Garden Club of the Back Bay
From now through the end of the month we will share snapshots from this year’s successful holiday wreath project. A special thank you goes out to all our volunteers, who will be singled out in an upcoming BayLeaf newsletter mailed to our membership. Today’s featured wreath, in blue, silver, and white, honors the Festival of Lights.
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Sunday, December 20, 4:00 pm – Caroling in the Park
The Friends of Hayes Park invite you to “Caroling in the Park” on the corner of Warren Avenue and West Canton Street in the South End on Sunday, December 20, beginning at 4 pm. There will be hot mulled cider and holiday treats. Please bring canned goods for SNAP’s Emergency Food Pantry.
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Sunday, December 13, 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Gibson House Museum Holiday Open House
The Gibson House Museum invites you to its Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 13, from 1 – 3 pm.
The Gibson House Museum is the only museum in Back Bay, preserved as it was lived in by three generations of the Gibson family (1859-1954). Opened as a museum in 1957, the house tells the story of daily life in the Back Bay from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century. The Museum also displays its collection of Victorian and Edwardian decorative arts. The Gibson House Museum is located at 137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116 (between Arlington and Berkeley Streets.)
There will be tours on the hour of the house decorated for the holidays as it would have been decorated in the time of the Gibson Family’s residence. Light, seasonal refreshments will be served. Free. For more information call 617-267-6338, or email info@thegibsonhouse.org.
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Blooming Irises on Beacon Street
Our member Calla Jean Schaefer-Adams took this beautiful shot of irises blooming profusely in front of her home on Beacon Street – in December! Did somebody call Al Gore?
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Thursday, December 10, 6:30 pm – Franklin Park Photohistory Book Signing
Meet author Julie Arrison on Thursday, December 10, at 6:30 pm, as she talks about the research and issues she uncovered while researching, collecting photos, and writing the new Franklin Park book. She’ll sign copies which will be sold for $22.00 (great for holiday gifts), at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, 1 Franklin Park Road, Dorchester. Julie is talking about problems and solutions in park management and design over the course of the park’s 130 year history. You’ll learn about how city officials, the broader public, and the Olmsted and other design firms influenced the park’s different stages of development and growth. Not a straight history talk, but a discussion of issues that have many parallels today. Light refreshments will be served. Please call 617-442-4141 to respond, or for more information. Log on to http://www.franklinparkcoalition.org, or email rsvp@franklinparkcoalition.org.
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Thursday, December 3, 5:30 – 8:00 pm – Boston Natural Areas Network Strategy Meeting and Debate Follow Up
Please come to the Boston Park Advocates meeting on Thursday, December 3 from 6-8 pm at BNAN to discuss how we should tap into the Mayors’ support, capitalize on proposals by newly elected city councilors, and meet the challenges of the state budget and staffing crisis affecting state parks in the city.  The meeting agenda is provided below.  Please RSVP to Lauri Webster, whose telephone number and email are below. Thanks!
Boston Park Advocates
AGENDA for Strategy Meeting and Debate Follow-up
December 3, 2009, at 6-8 pm (pizza at 5:30m pm)
Boston Natural Areas Network
62 Summer Street (enter on Otis Street) in Downtown Crossing
2nd floor conference room
IÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Welcome and Introductions, Network Building
IIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â City Parks – Election Follow Up
A           Tapping the Mayor’s Support
BÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Proposals from City Councilors
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Transparent Permitting
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Vacant Land Reuse
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Funding
-           Trees – Maintenance and Replacement
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Programming
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Increasing the Capital Budget
IIIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â State Budget Crisis and DCR Parks
AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Overview of Budget and Staffing Crisis
BÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â How Is It Impacting Your Park?
IVÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Networking and Communication
AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Best Ways to Share Information
BÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â What Do You Need to Involve Your Network?
Lauri Webster, Boston Park Advocates: A city wide network of advocates connecting for better parks and open spaces    2010 Columbus Avenue    Roxbury, MA 02119
(617) 442-4141 Â office(617) 877-6256 Â cell or email lauri@bostonparks.org -
Friday, December 11, 2:30 – 7:00 pm – Hanukkah Menorah Lighting
Starting Friday, December 11, join Rabbi Chaim Prus at the Brewer Fountain at Boston Common, between Tremont and West Streets, from 2:30 pm – 7:00 pm for the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, The Brewer Street Fountain is half a block down from Park Street Station. For more information, call 617-424-1190.
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Holiday Lighting Around Town – Mayor Menino Plugs In
The Mayor will be busy indeed as he dashes around town spreading holiday cheer beginning Monday, November 23 at Christopher Columbus Park in the North End. At 5:30 pm, he will flick the switch on 50,000 bulbs in a unique, blue and white design, which have been strung along 260 feet of trellis in the heart of the park. The free celebration will include entertainment from the North End Music and Performing Arts Center and the Ray Cavicchio Band, as well as food from Mike’s Pastry, Starbucks, the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel, and Legal Sea Foods. The entire evening is sponsored by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
On Wednesday, December 2, you may spot the Mayor closer to home when he joins the Friends of Copley Square, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, the Salvation Army Brass Band, and the Trinity Church Children’s Choir at the official Copley Square Tree Lighting, beginning at 5:00 pm. You’ll find Santa Claus and, once again, Legal Sea Foods. The forty foot blue spruce has been sponsored by Normandy Real Estate Partners.
The next night, Thursday, December 3, from 6 – 8 pm, the City of Boston’s 68th Annual Tree Lighting takes place on the Boston Common. Sponsors WCVB-TV Channel 5 and Magic 106.7 will provide live coverage of, you guessed it, Mayor Menino, and refreshments will be provided by H.P. Hood LLC, Cabot Creamery, Nantucket Nectars and Snapple, Dunkin’ Donuts, Jazzy Apples, and New York Life (they cook?). Entertainment will include R&B singer Brian McKnight, “American Idol” Season 6 third place finalist Melinda Doolittle, the Boston Arts Academy Dance Troupe, the Masquerade cabaret troupe, and Magic 106.7’s Nancy Quill and Mike Addams. Nova Scotia again provides the tree. (Thank you to www.boston.com for the image below)
Once the Mayor has lit the Common, he’ll proceed to Arlington Street and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall to illuminate the two hundred trees along the Mall with little white lights, all paid for through community support and private donations raised by the Committee to Light Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The Taj Boston will provide refreshments.
Call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505 if you need more information.
