Join docent Barbara Nazarewicz, as she leads a bike tour from the Fens to the Arnold Arboretum to enjoy the seasonal beauty of the Emerald Necklace. Return to Shattuck Visitor Center. Free, but registration required. Space limited. Sponsored by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. Register on line at www.emeraldneckace.org.
Join The Boston Beekeepers Association on Sunday, June 7, from 9 – 3:30 to celebrate honeybees and beekeeping on the Tour de Hives, a bike tour of Boston area hives in Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, and Chestnut Hill. Learn about honeybee biology, bee-friendly flowers, and backyard honey production from urban beekeepers on-site at their local apiaries. After a full morning of cycling and bees, all groups will reconvene at the Loring-Greenough House grounds for a picnic lunch and festival. Locally screen-printed t-shirt, free snacks and honey tasting included in event registration. The departure point is the Curtis Hall Community Center, 20 South Street in Jamaica Plain. $20 for adults. Phone 617-861-7185 or email bostontourdehives@gmail.com to register.
Join the Boston Preservation Alliance members as they team up with Urban AdvenTours to ride the night away and explore Boston on two wheels. The Bikes@Night tour will show you the city as the sun goes down and the lights come up, focusing on Boston’s beautiful and historic waterfront. Watch the sun set over Boston Harbor, hear about architecture and history, and enjoy a delightful summer night in Boston. The ride will include:
• Long Wharf: once the busiest pier in the busiest port in America during early colonial times and now home to the New England Aquarium.
• The Rose Kennedy Greenway: the 1.5-mile-long long series of parks and public spaces that now exists where the elevated Central Artery once stood.
• Fan Pier: the historic location of railway lines that linked Boston to the rest of the country and where you can now take in the modern architecture of the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Moakley Court House.
• The North End: the city’s oldest residential community full of late 19th and early 20th century architecture (and arguably the best restaurants!)
Ride departs from Urban AdvenTours, 103 Atlantic Avenue and participants should arrive by 5:30 p.m. for a 6 p.m. departure. Cost: This event is $30 for Alliance members/$37 for non-members and includes: bike, helmet, water bottle, and tour guide. You may purchase tickets securely via PayPal at www.bostonpreservation.org or make a check payable to: Boston Preservation Alliance, Old City Hall, 45 School Street, Boston, MA 02108.
RSVP: Space is limited and reservations are required by July 25th. Contact Christine Piontek at cpiontek@bostonpreservation.org or call 617-367-2458 to RSVP or for more information.
