Join the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and the North End community for the annual lighting of the great Elm Tree and the illumination of the pergola on Thursday, December 6, beginning at 6 pm. Celebrate the winter season and enjoy bell ringing by the North End Music & Performing Arts Center. The North End Parks are located between New Sudbury and Hanover Streets in, naturally, the North End.
One mission of The Garden Club of the Back Bay is to beautify the neighborhood, and one historic aspect of the neighborhood is its majestic elms. As we know, the elm tree population has been decimated by Dutch elm disease, a fungal disease spread by the elm bark beetle. For many years, the Garden Club has helped fund the inoculation of elm trees, through grants to The Friends of the Public Garden. This is not inexpensive. A single application cost between $200 – $300 in the 1980’s. Thirty years of inflation, naturally, has taken the price, depending on the size of the tree, to the $1,000 range. In 2009, we gave $4,000 to inoculate trees between Massachusetts Avenue and Charlesgate East.
Without our fund raising efforts, including the Holiday Wreath project, this financial assistance would not be available. Please remember the elms as you decide to purchase one of our exquisite wreaths or our full, extra large poinsettia plants. To order, click here.
