Boston Flora

Tag: Back Bay Fens

  • Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 pm – The Creation of Boston’s Back Bay

    Gibson House Museum Executive Director Charles Swift will give an illustrated lecture on the history of the creation of Boston’s Back Bay, discussing the events which led to the decision to fill the Back Bay (see early photo of Back Bay fens below) and the history of the earliest buildings in the Back Bay.  Date:  October 21, 2009 at the Gibson House Museum, 137 Beacon Street, Back Bay.  Reception at 5:30 PM, Program at 6:00 PM. Free for museum members, $10 for non-members. Reserve by calling 617 267 6338 or email the Gibson House Museum.

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  • Wednesday, June 24, 5:30 – 8:00 – 13th Annual Rose Garden Party

    Mrs. Angela Menino and Commissioner Antonia Pollak cordially invite you to the 13th Annual Rose Garden Party to benefit Park ARTS on Wednesday, June 24, from 5:30 – 8:00 at The Rose Garden, Back Bay Fens, Boston.  Garden party attire is enthusiastically encouraged.  Wear a hat to enter the Hats Galore! contest, where judges will choose their favorites in the following categories: Best Garden Party Hat, Most Creative Hat, Most Elegant Hat, and Just for Men Hat.  Individual tickets $125.  To reserve and make credit card payment by telephone, call 617-961-3039, or send a check  made payable to The Fund for Parks & Recreation: Park ARTS, and  mail to the Rose Garden Party Committee c/o Boston Parks and Recreation Department, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.  Parking will be available on Park Drive and Agassiz Drive, and there will be Boston Park Rangers to direct you.