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  • Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Taste of the Back Bay

    The 23rd Annual Taste of the Back Bay will take place Wednesday, April 25 from 6:30 – 9:30 at the Prudential Skywalk. This year a portion of the proceeds will benefit The Women’s Lunch Place. Musical entertainment provided by the Berklee College of Music. The Taste of the Back Bay is an annual sampling of the finest food and drink the Back Bay has to offer. For a lineup of participating restaurants visit http://www.nabbonline.com/event/taste_back_bay, where you can also buy tickets ($125 NABB members, $135 non-members, $150 at the door), No one under 21 years of age admitted. Premier Gold Sponsor is The Improper Bostonian, Silver Underwriter is The Boston Guardian, and Underwriters are Boston Duck Tours, Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, Boston Properties, Danker & Donohue Garage, The Druker Company, Ltd., Eversource, Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, and UrbanMeritage.

  • Thursday, May 11, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Taste of the Back Bay

    The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay invites you to the 22nd Annual Taste of the Back Bay at the Prudential Skywalk on Thursday, May 11 from 6:30 – 9:30.  Enjoy an evening of wonderful food, wine, and live music.  NABB members $125, nonmembers $135, $150 at the door.  A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Women’s Lunch Place.  No one under 21 years of age admitted, and a photo ID will be required.  RSVP by May 10 – you may reserve online at http://nabbonline.com, or call 617-247-3961.

  • Sunday, January 29, 4:00 pm – Annual Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Members Reception

    The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay will host its annual Members Reception on Sunday, January 29 at 4:00 pm at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.  Delicious hors d’oeuvre and a cash bar will be available.  For more information, visit www.nabbonline.com.

  • From the Archives: Hands-On Gardening

    In April, 1977, then-President Patsy Boyce called on members for a variety of tasks. Tickets for an upcoming neighborhood garden tour were sent out to be sold (you know the drill: sell them or buy them yourself), and a sign up sheet for hostessing during a tour shift was circulated. Everyone was to contribute 60 cookies (up from 50 the previous year) and a Library Courtyard planting was scheduled.  In addition, members were asked to contribute ten plants to the Garden Club table at the Neighborhood Street Fair  in June.  While these requests seem modest, we all know how difficult corralling volunteers can be. Currently, we have a brigade of “Dirty Girls” willing to step to the plate for hands-on projects in the neighborhood, from cleaning out window boxes at Hale House to planting around a statue on the Mall. Below is a picture of the Sarmiento statue, with our plants circling the base.  If you are not already on the Dirty Girls email distribution list but would like to be added, contact us at info@bostonflora.com. You don’t even have to be a Garden Club member, just a willing volunteer with access to a trowel or clippers (although even these can be provided.)

  • Garden Club of the Back Bay Announces 2016 Grants

    At the Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of the Back Bay held at the College Club on May 16, the membership voted to award the following grants to a group of worthy recipients whose projects fulfill our mission to protect, beautify and educate.  In addition, we again commit $20,000 for tree care in our neighborhood.

    Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee – $5,000 for its tree care program, Dutch elm disease monitoring, and soil improvement.

    Friends of the Public Garden – $5,000 for inoculation of certain mature  elm street trees not located on the Mall, planted beyond Massachusetts Avenue.

    The Esplanade Association – $4,000 allocated to tree pruning.

    Boston Nature Center/Mass Audubon – $3,500 to support scholarships for BNC’s summer camp program for children ages 5 – 14, from local neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy – $2,500 to the Olmsted Tree Society for planting a pathway tree.

    The Food Project – $2,000 for its Build A Garden Program, building raised bed gardens for neighborhood residents and community centers in and around Dorchester.

    Charles River Clean Up Boat – $2,000 for continued operational expenses.

    Friends of Copley Square – $1,500 for treating trees for root stress, with fertilizer and fungicide.

    The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America, Inc. – $500 to the Blossom Fund in support of the 9.2 mile Fairmount Indigo Corridor Planting Project.

    Please click on to the links above, where available, to read more about these organizations and specifically the projects which we are helping to fund.  The Garden Club thanks all our supporters who, through donations and patronage of our fund raising efforts, allow us to share our money and expertise in a substantial way.

  • Thursday, May 19, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Taste of the Back Bay

    The 21st Annual Taste of the Back Bay will take place Thursday, May 19 at the Prudential Skywalk, from 6:30 – 9:30.  Enjoy wonderful food, wine and live music with proceeds benefiting The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay.  For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.nabbonline.com. Image from www.nshoremag.com.

  • Saturday, April 30, 8:30 am – 12:00 noon – Alley Rally 2016

    Spring is finally here and with it, comes all of the left over sand and salt left behind from preemptive storm prep.

    Alley Rally 2016 will sweep through the neighborhood on Saturday, April 30th, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. through noon. Coordinating with Mayor Walsh’s Citywide Cleanup, Boston Shines 365, come and join your neighbors, including groups from local fraternities and some of our Back Bay schools, in sweeping the alleys and side streets. Thanks to donations from our local businesses, The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay provides coffee, juice, bagels and doughnuts at the Clarendon Street Playground starting at 8:30 a.m. At 9:00 a.m., we will divide in groups and head off to clean with City-supplied tools. After we finish, there will be a picnic lunch and free raffle (also donated by Back Bay businesses) for the volunteers at the playground. This is a great way to get to know your neighbors and spruce up the neighborhood at the same time. NABB has been conducting Alley Rally since 1967! All ages welcome & no RSVP necessary. For further information, please contact Jason at jason.b.post@gmail.com or call (617) 839-7185.

  • Saturday, March 26, 10:00 am – Celebrate Spring with the Friends of Clarendon Street Playground

    Join the Friends of Clarendon Street Playground at 10 am on Saturday, March 26 for an egg hunt, coffee and donuts, and a visit from the Easter bunny.  Volunteers needed to hide eggs at 8 am.  To help with this event, contact the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay at 617-247-3961, or email playground@nabbonline.com.  Image from www.chandoo.org.

  • Sunday, January 31, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay 2015 Member Reception

    Welcome new members and meet old friends at the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay’s 2015 Member Reception on Sunday, January 31 from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Avenue.  Enjoy light hors d’oeuvre – a cash bar is available.  RSVP at 617-247-3961, or email info@nabbonline.com.  NABB gratefully acknowledges the Fairmont Copley Plaza for underwriting this event.  Image from www.personalitytutor.com.

  • Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – NABB’s Annual Christmas Tree Sale

    NABB’s Annual Christmas Tree Sale will take place Saturday, December 5th & Sunday, December 6th from 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. at the Clarendon Street Playground on the corner of Clarendon and Commonwealth. Fresh cut balsam fir trees from Maine will be available, and you may arrange for local delivery.

    Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Friends of the Clarendon Street Playground and the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay. For further details, please contact the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay office at 617-247-3961 or by emailing info@nabbonline.com.  Image from http://www.conifers.org.