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  • Stoneman Playground Sculpture Update

    In 2012, the Esplanade Association commissioned Mitch Ryerson, of Ryerson Design, to turn the Stoneman Playground’s magnificent oak tree into a whimsical sculpture since the tree had died. During the 2020 renovation of Stoneman Playground, it was discovered that the foundation of the beloved structure was no longer structurally sound.


    Mitch Ryerson and his wife worked to safely remove the top pieces of the sculpture for future use at the end of February. The old oak stump is to be removed in March through DCR’s annual project to prune trees and remove dead, dying, and dangerous trees from the Esplanade.


    While we are sad to see the sculpture go, the Esplanade Association, DCR, and Mitch Ryerson will work through 2021 to determine the design and installation plans for a new sculpture to be placed nearby that preserves the spirit, and likely many of the pieces, of the old sculpture.

  • Thursday, March 14, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – CitySprouts Dig It! 2013

    CitySprouts is raising $75,000 to bring our school garden program to two new partner schools in Boston: The Ellis School in Dorchester and The Mather School in Roxbury, connecting more children to garden-based learning in their schools.

    Since 2000, CitySprouts has made hands-on learning, environmental stewardship and the experience of growing food part of public education. CitySprouts program builds capacity in our partner schools to make the outdoor classroom garden a resource for teachers, parents and community. CitySprouts is currently serving 18 schools in the Greater Boston area: all JK-8 public schools in Cambridge, two Boston public schools and two Lynn public schools.  The Garden Club of the Back Bay supports CitySprouts.

    Dig It! 2013 is our annual fundraising event. This year’s party will be at the Liberty Hotel in Boston on March 14th from 6pm to 8:30pm.  Dig It! will feature a live auction and raffle. Live auction items include:

    o Signature CitySprouts cider pressing staffed by CitySprouts garden coordinators to the school of your choice
    o A private lamb butchering demonstration with Boston Chef Josh Lewin and dinner for 6 at the highly acclaimed Beacon Hill Bistro
    o Two matching custom built children’s chairs by artist Mitch Ryerson

    CitySprouts youth interns from the Cambridge Summer Youth Program will be at Dig It! to talk about their experiences of learning how to grow and cook food from the garden. To purchase tickets ($125 per person) on line, visit www.citysprouts.org.

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  • Tuesday, June 16, 6-9 (Raindate Thursday, June 18)- Summer Solstice Celebration

    Explore a Boston treasure! On the longest day of the year, The Forest Hills Educational Trust invites you to join Trustees and Friends of the Forest Hills Educational Trust for a festive evening of twilight tours, trolley rides, al fresco refreshments and vintage cocktails. See masterpieces of sculpture by Daniel Chester French, visit Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren and poet e.e. Cummings, and view some of the Trust’s innovative contemporary art. Tours will be led by our expert guides Elise Ciregna, Al Maze, Dee Morris, and Trustee Anthony Sammarco; artists Fern Cunningham and Mitch Ryerson will participate in a walk to see their work at Forest Hills.

    Special thanks to Samuel Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain for donating beer to support the event, and to the expert mixologists of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) for creating vintage cocktails.

    Tickets are $35 and must be purchased in advance. Call 617.524.3354; leave a message with your daytime phone and a representative will call you back for credit card information. Or send an email stating how many tickets and your daytime phone number to: tickets@foresthillstrust.org. Do not email your credit card information.