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  • Saturday, March 18, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Boston Harbor Habitat Atlas Workshop

    The Boston Harbor Habitat Atlas is a digital resource in development that aims to connect educators and students with information about biodiversity, ecosystems, research, management, and citizen engagement related to coastal and marine habitats of the metro Boston area. A prototype of one habitat has been completed, and feedback from educators is sought to better shape the content, tools, and relevance of this resource to be meaningful in addressing teachers’ needs and new state standards.

    Come to the Museum of Science, Boston, on Saturday, March 18 from 9 – 12 and learn about the Atlas and what it has to offer, and share your thoughts on how it can be used in classroom and/or field-based teaching, and what further processes of refinement are needed. This free workshop will be co-facilitated by the Museum of Science Educator Resource Center and by Atlas developers from Northeastern University and the Encyclopedia of Life. Register online at www.mos.org.

  • Saturday, March 18, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – 42nd Annual Gardeners’ Gathering

    The Trustees and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh present the 42nd Annual Gardeners’ Gathering on Saturday, March 18 from 11 – 4 at Northeaster University’s Shillman Hall.  Free and open to all, The Gardeners’ Gathering brings together over 400 gardeners to kick off Boston’s gardening season. The Gardeners’ Gathering is the city’s largest educational forum for urban gardeners, and an opportunity for people to share ideas, network, and learn.

    **Special guest speaker LaDonna Redmond, food justice activist**

    **Over 2 dozen skill building and community organizing workshops**

    **Boston environmental, agricultural, and community exhibitors**

    The Gardeners’ Gathering offers more than two-dozen skill-building workshops for both vegetable and ornamental gardeners, with an emphasis on healthy practices for urban gardens. Topics range from seed starting, composting, fermentation, and urban beekeeping to community and youth organizing. Attendees will also be able to interact with exhibitors from Boston-area agriculture, gardening, and environmental organizations.

    Special guest speaker LaDonna Redmond will address “Food and Justice–feeding ourselves in uncertain times” during the noon plenary and will participate in a roundtable discussion during the workshop sessions about food justice as a movement toward liberation, and ending oppression in our food system and beyond.

    For more information visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-29688.html

  • Saturday, March 26, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 41st Annual Gardeners Gathering

    For 41 years, the Gardeners Gathering has provided an annual forum for gardeners to shrug off winter together and celebrate urban gardening in Boston. The 41st Annual Gardeners’ Gathering, presented by the Trustees of Reservations and the City of Boston, will take place on Saturday, March 26, at the Egan Center and Shillman Hall at Northeastern University in Boston, from 10 – 4:30. This year, back by popular demand, the Annual Community Garden Awards will be presented by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who will honor individuals, garden groups, and non-profit organizations with the “Hall of Fame,” “Rookie Gardener of the Year,” and “Most Valuable Gardener” awards. Award ceremony beings at 12pm.

    Free and open to all, The Gardener’s Gathering brings together over 400 gardeners to kick off Boston’s gardening season. As the city’s largest educational forum for urban gardeners, the Gardeners’ Gathering is an opportunity for people to share ideas and tips, network, and learn. The Gardeners’ Gathering offers more than two dozen skill-building workshops for both vegetable and ornamental gardeners with an emphasis on healthy practices for urban gardens. Topics range from seed starting to composting, urban beekeeping, and community and youth organizing to learning how to prepare garden-grown goodies like sauerkraut. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about Boston-area agriculture, gardening, and environmental organizations through the information gallery.

    This year, the Gardeners Gathering will start off with a keynote speaker and breakfast event at 10:00 AM in the Egan Center. Leading social entrepreneur Daniel Ross (pictured below) of Daisa Enterprises and formerly of Nuestras Raices and Wholesome Wave Charitable Foundation, will speak on “Dimensions of Change through Community Gardening.” This portion of the program is $15 for Trustees members and $25 for nonmembers, and requires online registration. The remainder of the program is free and attendees can register when they arrive.

    “The Gardeners’ Gathering offers an inspirational, educational venue for Boston residents and gardening enthusiasts to share information and expand their gardening skills while celebrating the City as a dynamic hub for community-based, urban gardening ” says Barbara Erickson, Trustees of Reservations President & CEO. “As the nation’s passion for gardening continues to grow exponentially each year, we are excited to move our mission to connect more Massachusetts residents with local food sources and programming forward with time-tested events like the Gardeners’ Gathering.”

    For a complete schedule of activities and workshop topics and more information, contact Michelle de Lima at mdelima@thetrustees.org or 617.542.7696 x2115. To register for the keynote, please visit www.thetrustees.org .

  • Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm – Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston

    From 1960 to 1976, concrete was used by some of the world’s most influential architects in the transformation of Boston including Marcel Breuer, Eduardo Catalano, Henry N. Cobb, Araldo Cossutta, Kallmann and McKinnell, Le Corbusier, I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Josep Lluís Sert, and The Architects Collaborative—creating a vision for the city’s widespread revitalization under the banner of the “New Boston.”  On Saturday, April 9 at 3 pm at the Cyclorama, 539 Tremont Street, come and explore what some have coined “Brutalist” architecture, and the compelling story of a legacy Boston is just beginning to appreciate. Complimentary AD20/21 show admission. A book signing with the authors will follow.

    As the subject of “Brutalist” concrete architecture and its heritage have been taken up on a global scale, due in part to ongoing preservation debates around iconic—yet controversial—buildings, Heroic thoroughly examines the compelling story of the city, the material, and the movement, recording the intentions and aspirations of this generation and considering anew its legacies—both inspired and troubled.

    Mark Pasnik, Michael Kubo, and Chris Grimley are collaborators in over,under, an award-winning, Boston-based architecture and design practice with work ranging from university buildings and museums, to city districts, to exhibitions and books. They are co-directors of the pinkcomma gallery, where they have curated several shows on modernism and Boston’s urban transformation. Mark Pasnik teaches at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Chris Grimley at Northeastern University, and Michael Kubo is a Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Free, but registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heroic-concrete-architecture-and-the-new-boston-tickets-22290933783

  • Saturday, June 6, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – 2nd Annual Greenovate Boston Community Summit

    The Greenovate Boston Community Summit is a day-long gathering that brings together residents, businesses, and organizations to help Boston reach its climate goals by sharing best practices and connecting them to each other, to the City, and to other resources and information.  Presented by the City of Boston, the Summit will take place Saturday, June 6, from 10 – 4 at the Curry Student Center at Northeastern University.  Free and open to the public.  For more information visit www.greenovateboston.org. Perhaps the potential impacts from the City’s Olympic bid, or the proposed zoning changes for Newbury and Boylston Streets, may be addressed.

  • Tuesdays, May 5 – May 26, 12:00 noon – Preservation is U

    A special midday tour series will take place every Tuesday, May 5 – May 26 at noon, as part of the City of Boston’s 2015 Preservation Month.  Long celebrated as the Athens of America, Boston is home to more than 2 dozen colleges, universities, and professional schools.  Not surprisingly, these institutions number among their campuses many architecturally significant properties.  Often converted for academic use rather than originally planned for that purpose, these buildings run the aesthetic gamut from Gothic to Art Deco, and include distinguished works by architects both famous and obscure.

    But what makes these properties so attractive to institutions?  With vacant city land always at a premium and new construction hardly a bargain, colleges recognize that the superior design, materials and workmanship of historic structures make them ideal candidates for adaptive reuse.  Smart university administrators understand that whether converted to classrooms or offices, residence halls or performance spaces, old buildings have many decades of useful life ahead of them.  And they have learned that they can ask for no more enthusiastic partners in this effort than our historic commissions and the resourceful professionals who staff them.

    Concentrated in central Boston, the historic buildings now owned by Boston University, Emerson College, Northeastern University and Suffolk University reflect a common appreciation for the city’s built heritage: both as the vessel of a storied past, and as a vehicle to an exciting future.  We’ll be exploring many of the best examples in a month-long series of lunch hour walks we’re calling Preservation is U. Please join the Boston Landmarks Commission each Tuesday in May for an informal graduate course in this familiar but seldom-considered aspect of Boston’s architectural record.

    May 5 – Downtown Boston.  Elizabeth Stifel, Boston Landmarks Commission Staff Architect. Contact elizabeth.stifel@boston.gov today to reserve a place.

    May 12 – Beacon Hill.  Erin Doherty, Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Staff, and Joe Bagley, City Archaeologist. Contact erin.doherty@boston.gov before May 8 to reserve a place.

    May 19 – South End. Meghan Hanrahan Richard, South End Landmark District Commission Staff.  Contact meghan.hanrahan@boston.gov before May 15 to reserve a place.

    May 26 – Bay State Road. William Young, Director of Design Review. Contact william.young@boston.gov before May 22 to reserve a space.

  • Saturday, March 21, 11:00 am – 4:30 pm – Gardeners Gathering

    Do you love to garden? Join over 400 community and backyard gardeners for a full day of lectures, demos and hands-on workshops, on Saturday, March 21 from 11 – 4:30 at The Egan Center and Hillman Hall, Northeastern University, 115 Forsyth Street in Boston. One of the typical highlights of the Gardeners Gathering is the Mayor’s greeting and presentation of the annual Community Gardening Awards. Applaud popular gardening awards which honor Bostonians who’ve made extraordinary contributions to our gardening community. For more information, visit www.bostonnatural.org.

  • Tuesdays, July 15 – July 29, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon – Great American Gardens Series at the MFA

    Tuesday mornings July 15-29 (see below for information on individual weeks,) take a break from the summer heat to hear the fascinating stories behind these monumental and luscious gardens, from their inceptions to recent renovations. Experience one of America’s first botanical gardens, Boston’s green oasis, the Public Garden; the magnificent mansion gardens of Newport, Rhode Island; and the gardens of Thomas Jefferson’s iconic Monticello. All sessions will be held in the Remis Auditorium of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 10:30 – noon.

    Three-session course tickets ($60, $75) are not available online. To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975; to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk. The first price is for members, seniors, and students; the second is full price.

    On July 15, Keith Morgan, director of Architectural Studies and professor of American and European Architecture at Boston University will discuss The Boston Public Garden: The Atypical Landscape. How many of us know the true story behind this Boston icon? From its origins as a private botanical garden built on filled marshland to the public horticultural and educational gem of the mid-Victorian era, see how the Public Garden has become a site for celebration and forgotten controversy.

    On July 22, Jeffrey Curtis, Director of Gardens and Grounds at Newport Mansions will present Gardens of the Newport Mansions. Hear the inside story of the miraculous gardens of Newport, Rhode Island’s mansions. The Preservation Society of Newport County has worked tirelessly since the 1940s to preserve Newport’s sumptuous mansions and grounds. Take a visual walk through gardens including Miss Wetmore’s Secret Garden at Chateau-sur-Mer, Rosecliff, and the Sunken Gardens at The Elms.

    Lastly, on July 29, the Museum welcomes Jane Amidon, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research, and Professor and Director of the Urban Landscape Program at Northeastern University, who will speak on Jefferson’s Monticello: A Garden of Science and Art. Our third US president was also the founding father of quintessential American landscape practices. Examine the enduring legacy and fruitful lessons of his civic horticulture through the gardens of his estate in Virginia at Monticello, home to two centuries of innovation in botanical, agrarian, and aesthetic techniques.

  • Saturday, March 8, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – 2nd Annual Massachusetts Urban Farming Conference

    The 2nd Annual Massachusetts Urban Farming Conference (UFC) is designed to advance urban farming issues ranging from farming techniques and business models to climate change adaptation and food security. The UFC contributes to short-term and long-term state-wide strategic planning for a sustainable food system in Massachusetts.

    Network with Massachusetts’ diverse, multi-sector stakeholders in this dynamic event that looks at current issues, emerging practices and programs, and markets that can contribute to Massachusetts’ urban farming sector resiliency.

    For more information, contact Rose Arruda at MDAR: Rose.Arruda@state.ma.us. The conference will take place at Northeastern University on Saturday, March 8, from 8 – 4:30. $30. To register online visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-massachusetts-urban-farming-conference-tickets-7547919029. Thank you www.digboston.com for the image below.

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  • Thursday, November 15, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Emerald Necklace Conservancy 2012 Annual Meeting

    Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy as they come together to thank their volunteers, members, and friends, and look forward to a resilient future for our parks. The meeting will take place Thursday, November 15, beginning with a reception at 5:30. The program will begin at 6:30. The event will take place at Northeastern University Curry Student Center Ballroom, 346 Huntington Avenue in Boston.

    Featuring Keynote Speaker Coleen O’Connell
    “Urban Parks: Ensuring a Resilient Future”

    Coleen O’Connell, an educator for 26 years, is an instructor at Lesley University in Environmental Studies, focused on Ecological Teaching and Learning. She was the former Education Director of the Audubon Expedition Institute and Executive Director for the Geocommons College Program.