Boston Flora

Tag: Learning Project

  • Wednesday, April 15, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Eastern – 25th Annual Meeting of the Esplanade Association, Online

    The 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting of The Esplanade Association will take place online Wednesday, April 15 at 6 pm Eastern. Register HERE. Special guest: Stephanie Fletcher presenting on “25 Species for 25 Years”, highlighting 25 animal species that call the Esplanade home and her biodiversity work using the iNaturalist app. 

    Stephanie has had a lifelong love for nature. From a young age, she was observing insects, adopting and raising orphaned wildlife, and smelling any flower within reach. She graduated with a degree in Economics and a minor in Business Management from Syracuse University, then worked as a Sales Manager for Bloomberg’s multimedia and equity trading division in New York for 10 years.

    In 2003, she became a full-time mother and dedicated volunteer for educational and nature-focused non-profits like the Learning Project and Mass Audubon. She is heavily involved with many local green space organizations, like the Esplanade Association, the Garden Club of the Back Bay, and the Friends of the Public Garden. In 2025, she became a Certified Field Naturalist through Mass Audubon and a Certified Pollinator Steward through UMass Amherst. Her discovery of the first Joro Spider in New England was featured in Scott Loarie’s TEDx Boston talk on the power of using iNaturalist as a tool to discover and log biodiversity for scientific study.

  • Friday, May 29, 1 pm – Mayfest

    On Friday, May 29, The Learning Project Elementary School will present its annual Mayfest celebration on the steps of Trinity Church facing Copley Square.  The festivities begin at one o’clock with a program of singing by Learning Project students, grades K-6.  The highlight of the performance is the weaving of the traditional Maypole by the sixth graders.  Former Garden Club of the Back Bay co-President Margaret Pokorny built the Maypole for the Learning Project, and the program is a delight for all ages.  In the event the construction currently underway in front of Trinity Church is not completed by May 29, the program will be moved to the amphitheater in front of First Church, Boston, on the corner of Marlborough and Berkeley Streets, and the Maypole will be danced at the Clarendon Street Playground.  The public is encouraged to attend.  Log on to www.learningproject.org, or call 617-266-8427 for more information.