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  • Sunday, June 7, 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm – Jamaica Plain Garden Tour

    Join The Loring-Greenough House for a self-guided walking tour of 12 neighborhood gardens.

    On Sunday, June 7, 2026 the Loring Greenough House is presenting a tour of beautiful gardens in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. Each garden is special and unique, the result of many hours of planning and care by the homeowners. The gardens will be open from 12pm – 3pm. Visitors are invited to wander through each property, chat with the homeowner, and enjoy some light snacks.

    Tour begins at 12 South Street where registrants will receive a paper map to guide their walking tour and enjoy the historic gardens of the Loring Greenough House.

  • Virtual Jamaica Plain Garden Tour

    Virtual Jamaica Plain Garden Tour

    The Jamaica Plain Garden Tour, now in its third year, is a key fundraiser for the Trustees’ network of 56 community gardens in Boston. Generally a self-guided walking tour that winds through a section of JP, highlighting beautiful gardens, this year’s tour is a virtual one that features a sampling of exceptional gardens throughout the neighborhood as well as interviews with their owners. This year’s sites range from a productive urban homestead complete with chickens to professionally designed formal gardens. Join us and be delighted and inspired by a diverse array of gardens from the comfort of your own home! Trustees’ Members $15, Nonmembers $20. Pay and watch at http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/special-events/jpgt.html

  • Saturday, September 12, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Late Summer Night’s Dream

    Revel in the last of summer’s warmth at an elegant garden party in one of Jamaica Plain’s hidden gems, the Minton Stable Community Garden on Williams Street and Dungarven Road. Enjoy garden-inspired cocktails, hors d’oeuvre and music on Saturday, September 12 from 7 – 10. Members of the Trustees of Reservations $25, nonmembers $30. Register at http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-20732.html or call 617-542-7696, x 2115.

  • Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Edible Landscape Design and Maintenance, A Walking Tour

    The Ecological Landscaping Association will sponsor Edible Landscape Design & Maintenance, A Walking Tour, on Saturday, August 28, from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, beginning at 493 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain.  Join tour guide Benjamin Crouch for a walking tour of EarthWorks urban orchards in Jamaica Plain.  Earthworks urban orchards are publicly accessible sites that grow fruit for community consumption (ranging from a handful to over 30 trees at a given site.)  The tour will begin at the Curley School in JP and will highlight five different sites, covering approximately 1 1/2 miles.  Each site will present a different application of edible landscaping.  Sites include two schoolyards, a pastoral pocket park, a community garden and an urban-wild park. The workshop is geared toward professionals and avid gardeners who would like to learn more about the various applications of fruit trees in the landscape.  You will look at the ecological functions of the sites, design and planting choices, innovations in and challenges to maintenance, and get to sample some of the fruit, including both antique and modern cultivars of apples, pears, plums, and peaches.  Registrations are limited.  For more information, call 617-436-5838, or email ela.info@comcast.net.

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