The Friends of Hall’s Pond and the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance invite you to take a guided walk in the Hall’s Pond Nature Sanctuary on September 13. Participants will explore the renovated and improved features of the sanctuary, observe local wildlife, and discover many of the tree species around the pond and in Amory Woods. Email info@brooklinegreenspace.org for more information.
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 5:30–7:30 PM, at Boston University’s Wightman House, at the corner of Monmouth Street and Hawes Street. BGSA members and the public are invited.
Carl Zimba, who has prepared a study of the Muddy River in partnership with the Muddy Water Initiative, will speak on “Low Water and High Hopes: Olmsted and the Mudflats in the Muddy River.”
Please email info@brooklinegreenspace.org to let us know if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and whether you are a BGSA member. There will be light refreshments. Nonmembers may attend the meeting but may not vote. If you are not sure of your membership status, please email info@brooklinegreenspace.org to inquire.
The Friends of Larz Anderson Park and the Brookline Greenspace Alliance co-sponsor a free night of skating in partnership with the Brookline Parks & Recreation Department on Saturday, January 11 from 5:30 – 9:30 at the Jack Kirrane Rink at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline. There will be a figure skating show with a host of medalists beginning at 6:30. Cider and pizza provided. Visit https://www.facebook.com/p/Friends-of-Larz-Anderson-Park-100069066083158/ or email friendslarzandersonpark@gmail.com
Join the Brookline DPW at Brookline’s third-annual Spring Fest on Saturday, June 1st at Fisher Hill Reservoir Park from 11 AM to 2 PM. Spring Fest 2024 is a call for environmental action and we urge you to join us as we “BEE the change you want to see in Brookline!” Learn about how you can contribute to protecting our pollinators, and the exciting community work that’s being done by our partners such as Brookline GreenSpace Alliance, Brookline Mothers Out Front, Brookline Rotary Club, and many others. The event will include environmental education activities, yard games, crafting stations, a tree ID walk, food, and music. Free.
The Friends of Larz Anderson Park and the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance invite you to view the solar eclipse on the hillside at Larz Anderson Park, 9 Newton Street in Brookline. You are encouraged to bring your own solar eclipse glasses if you have them, but some protective glasses will be available while they last on a first come, first serve basis.
Brooklyn’s Resilient Edge: The Transformation of Industrial Waterfront into Brooklyn Bridge Park, is a lecture by Nate Trevethan, Senior Associate at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and senior design team member for Brooklyn Bridge Park, sponsored by the Friends of Fairsted, to take place March 14, 2013, with reception at 6:00 pm, lecture at 7:00 pm, at Wheelock College, 43 Hawes Street, Brookline. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Reservations are requested: e-mail friendsoffairsted@gmail.com or leave a message at 617-566-1689, ext. 265.
Ambitious and visionary goals guide the creative team in their transformation of Brooklyn’s former industrial waterfront into a new public landscape of diverse recreational, economic, ecological and social possibilities: to preserve the historic urban context and the way it is experienced in this dramatic waterfront site. The award-winning design by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates gives voice to physical history, geography, industry, urbanity and evolving recreational needs as it transforms a challenging waterfront into a sustainable public park of monumental vistas and diverse landscape experiences.
Friends of Fairsted gratefully acknowledges the support of the following co-sponsors: National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site; Wheelock College; Arnold Arboretum; Boston Society of Landscape Architects; Brookline GreenSpace Alliance; Brookline Historical Society; Charles River Conservancy; Emerald Necklace Conservancy; The Fenway Alliance; Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery; Friends of the Muddy River; Friends of the Public Garden; High Street Hill Association; Historic New England; The Landscape Institute of the Boston Architectural College; Library of American Landscape History; Massachusetts Historical Society; Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee; National Association for Olmsted Parks; New England Landscape Design and History Association; Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter; The Trustees of Reservations.
Professor Keith Morgan of Boston University will present an illustrated lecture on The Olmsted Firm and the Development of Brookline, 1880 – 1936, at the Wheelock College Auditorium, 43 Hawes Street in Brookline, on Wednesday, October 28. A reception at 6:00 pm will be followed by the lecture at 7:00 pm. Seating is limited. Please rsvp to friendsoffairsted@gmail.com, or telephone 617-566-1689 x 235. Cohosted by the Friends of Fairsted; Brookline Greenspace Alliance; Brookline Historical Society; Emerald Necklace Conservancy; Fenway Alliance; High Street Hill Association; Historic New England; Mount Auburn Cemetery; Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee; NPS, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site; Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter; and the Friends of Stonehurst.
