Thanks in no small part to the continued success of our recent Twilight Garden Party, The Garden Club of the Back Bay announces that the following organizations will receive a total of $20,000 in financial grants for 2011:
The Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee – $5,000 to be credited to the Hereford Street to Massachusetts Avenue air spading project fund.
The Friends of the Public Garden – $4,000 to continue the inoculation of elms at risk for contracting Dutch elm disease.
The Esplanade Association – $2,500 for the Elliot Oval Landscape Restoration, planting new trees and treating trees already on site, near the newly restored Community Boating docks.
Emerald Necklace Conservancy – $2,500 for a planned meadow to be developed with native species and wildflowers.
Boston Nature Center/Massachusetts Audubon Society – $2,500 to support six full scholarships for its summer camp. The children attending the camp range in age from 5 to 14 and are from the local neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.
Charles River Clean Up Boat – $2,000, to help continue the project of keeping the Charles River trash-free.
Urban Ecology Institute – $1,000 to help with its Grow Boston Greener tree planting initiative.
The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America – $500 to the Blossom Fund, which is accumulating funds over a five year period to be awarded to a deserving project on or about the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
For more information on all these important organizations and to learn more about the work they do, visit their website links above. In addition to the above grants, The Garden Club of the Back Bay will spend an additional $20,000 on planting, pruning, and treating the street trees in our neighborhood over the coming year. Thank you to all our volunteers and contributors for making our horticultural endeavors happen!
