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  • Twilight Garden Party 2020 – Caring for our City Trees

    Twilight Garden Party 2020 – Caring for our City Trees

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s annual fundraiser, the Twilight Garden Party – Caring for our City Trees, will be held this year on Tuesday May 19th, 6pm-8:30pm at the St. Botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth Avenue.

    Urban trees, particularly street trees, are under stress now like never before. A primary mission of our Club is to care for the trees of our city, particularly in the Back Bay. Your generous support will go toward sustaining and increasing the green canopy that cleans our air, filters our water, cools our temperatures and restores our souls. In addition, your gift will support our mission to promote civic beauty and educate the public.

    This year, through the support of friends like you, we have:

    • Evaluated the health of hundreds of trees
    • Pruned over 100 street trees, which is vital for tree health and limits storm damage
    • Fertilized 40 of the newly planted street trees, giving them vital nutrients 
    • Coordinated the purchase and installation of 13 new tree fences
    • Had member volunteers water new trees on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall this past summer 
    • Inventoried every front garden tree (in addition to alley trees) in the Back Bay and have made that information available free to the public at backbaytrees.org.
    • With the support of a grant given to us by the children of the Learning Project Elementary School, we are coordinating with the city to have a new tree planted this spring, and are installing a fence, plantings and a plaque near the school.
    • Revitalizing an old side garden at the First Lutheran Church at the corner of Marlborough and Beacon Streets

    This and so much more cannot be done without your continued financial support.

    When the Founder of our Club, Laura Dwight, pulled together friends, neighbors, businesses, college students and landlords to help revitalize a declining Back Bay in the 1960’s by organizing and planting most of the Magnolia and Dogwood trees that you see on Commonwealth Avenue today, our mission was clear: honor and care for the trees and greenspaces of Back Bay.

    Won’t you please help us support that mission by becoming a sponsor to the Twilight Garden Party?

    To learn about sponsorship categories, click here:
    https://bostonflora.com/twilight-garden-party/ where you can pay on line.  
    Or you can pay by check (made out to the Garden Club of the Back Bay) and send to:
    Susan Leathers
    283 Commonwealth Avenue, Apt 4
    Boston, MA 02115 
    NO LATER THAN March 9th, 2020. 
    Be sure to include your name as you would like it to appear on the invitation.

    Thank you for supporting the Garden Club of The Back Bay. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Photo below courtesy of BostonZest.com


  • Monday, May 1, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – The Future of Energy: The Energy We Need

    With well-known sources like hydro, wind and solar at the forefront, many countries have made impressive strides transitioning to clean energy. Still, the challenges are immense: Consider that only 13 percent of the electricity produced in the United States comes from renewable sources. As the essential push toward a low-carbon future accelerates, though, how do we balance the benefits with the potential risks to nature? What are the tools—technology, policy, markets and beyond—that will help us produce the clean energy we need in New England and globally, while protecting the health of our rivers and minimizing energy sprawl and other impacts? What role can lesser known renewable sources like biomass and tidal power play? Join the Nature Conservancy at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive in Cambridge on Monday, May 1 for a panel discussion on The Future of Energy. There will be a reception at 5:30 and talk begins at 6:30. Tickets are $10, and may be reserved online at https://support.nature.org/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=10065

    PANEL INCLUDES:
    Katherine Hamilton, Partner, 38 North Solutions;
    Jessika Trancik, Associate Professor of Energy Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
    Nels Johnson, Director, North America Energy Program, The Nature Conservancy.
    Moderator: Dan Delurey, President, Wedgemere Group

    The Future of Nature Boston Speaker Series is made possible by the generosity of Marilyn and Jay Sarles, Tom Jones, David and Susan Leathers, and Eaglemere Foundation.  Special thanks to media sponsor WBUR.