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  • Friday, April 24, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America

    Save the Trees and The Loring Greenough House present award-winning author Trent Preszler, author of Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America, on Friday, April 24 from 7 – 8 at the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain. The event kicks off the Annual Arbor Day Celebration. Evergreen traces the deep history of conifers from their ancient resilience over millions of years to the threats they face today from climate change. Blending ecological and cultural history, the book reflects on the complex relationship between people and trees and highlights the urgent need to protect the natural systems that sustain us.

    The free talk will be followed by a Q&A, light reception, and book signing. Buy your copy of Evergreen from Rozzie Bound Books in advance for signing at the event. Attendees can pick up their reserved copy at the Loring Greenough event. Attendees also have the option to pick up the book at Rozzie Bound before the event if they want to read it beforehand. An email will be sent to you when the book is ready for pick up at Rozzie Bound. All pre-orders not picked up at the store will be brought to the Loring Greenough event for attendees to pick up.

    Register today at https://loring-greenough.org/house-event/evergreen-the-tree-that-shaped-america/

  • Sunday, June 7, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm – 5th Annual Tour de Hives

    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.

  • Saturday, May 31, 11:00 am – Historic Interiors: Evolution and Preservation

    Historic interiors are an often overlooked element of historic properties which can tell a compelling story of a house’s history and evolution over time. Join Historic New England’s Sally Zimmerman and Jess Phelps on Saturday, May 31 at 11:00 am as they chart home interiors over time and explore options and tools for protecting these unique components of our collective built heritage. The program, co-sponsored with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society and hosted by the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club, will take place at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain. The program is free and open to the public, although a $5 donation to the preservation of the Georgian mansion will be greatly appreciated.

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  • Sunday, December 8, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – History of the Boston Children’s Museum

    On Sunday, December 8, from 3 – 5, the Jamaica Plain Historical Society and the JP Forum will present a free lecture entitled History of the Boston Children’s Museum at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street. For over 100 years Boston Children’s Museum has been engaging children in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. In 1913, the Museum opened its doors at Pinebank in Jamaica Plain. Since then, the Museum has grown from a museum rooted in a single neighborhood to an urban museum serving the entire city of Boston and beyond. Come learn about the history of the Museum, what has changed and what has stood the test of time.  The speakers are Leslie Swartz, Senior VP of Research and Development at Boston Children’s Museum and special guest Ted Walsh, a lifelong resident of JP who has collaborated on centennial exhibit materials based on his memories of visits to BCM.  Public is welcome, and although this is a free lecture, a $5 donation will be gratefully accepted.

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  • Tuesday, November 19, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Jamaica Plain’s Historic Walter Street Burying Ground

    The Jamaica Plain Historical Society will present a talk on the Walter Street Burying Ground on Tuesday, November 19, from 7 – 8 at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain.  The Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain’s 1760 colonial mansion, once had a family graveyard on its grounds. However, it had to be relocated as the area developed. The “residents” were moved to what was orginally the graveyard of the Second Parish Church in Roxbury, the Walter Street Burial Ground. The talk will focus on who is buried at the Walter Street Burial Ground, what graves have survived the test of time and what is still unknown about the site. Chris Child, Genealogist at the New England Historic Genealogical Society will be the speaker.  Free and open to the public.  For more information visit www.jphs.org.

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  • Monday, November 19, 6:00 pm – Conservation of Matter: The Fall and Rise of Boston’s Elevated Subway

    On November 19 at 6:00 p.m. the Jamaica Plain Historical Society will show the movie, “Conservation of Matter: The Fall and Rise of Boston’s Elevated Subway“, at the Connolly Branch Library in Jamaica Plain. This is a repeat showing of the film which was shown at the Loring-Greenough House previously. This documentary follows the journey of 100,000 tons of steel from the Boston Elevated Subway, which was erected in 1898, demolished in 1987, and then shipped eight thousand miles away to Japan to be melted and made into steel beams. These beams then cross the ocean again, where they are fabricated into a remarkable new structure in a surprising location. For complete information visit www.jphs.org.

  • Saturday, May 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Loring-Greenough House Plant Sale

    Come to the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street in Jamaica Plain,  on Saturday, May 14, from 9 – 3, for a plant sale to benefit the 250 year old historic house.  There will be many donated plants, and all proceeds will go toward the maintenance and restoration of the historic landscape.  For more information, go to www.loring-greenough.org, or contact Mariya Nikiforova at mariya@radonlake.com.  Rain date: Sunday, May 15.

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