Boston Flora

Tag: urban wilds

  • Sunday, September 25, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon – Urban Wilds: Roslindale

    Join the Native Plant Trust and landscape architects from award-winning Crowley Cottrell, LLC on September 25 for a landscape study of the recent improvements to the Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild. Over the past two years, Crowley Cottrell has worked with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department to design and administer habitat restoration and new trail work. The project aims to improve visitor experience through a completed loop trail and renovated entrances and to support native habitat through invasive species management and selective earthwork. Learn about partnering with municipalities on capital improvement projects to support the long-term investment and management of the land by the city and community members. $23 for NPT members, $27 for nonmembers. Instructors are Michelle Crowley and Anna Curtis-Heald. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/urban-wilds-roslindale/

  • Saturday, March 27, 9:00 am – Birding Belle Isle and Vicinity

    Belle Isle Marsh Reservation on Bennington Street in East Boston is known as one of Massachusetts’ birding hot spots.  Join DCR and Boston Natural Areas Network to look for snipe and waterfowl on Saturday, March 27, beginning at 9:00 am.  Binoculars will be available to borrow.  Boston Natural Areas Network, organized in 1977, works to preserve, expand and improve urban open space through community organizing, acquisition, ownership, programming, development and management of special kinds of urban land – Urban Wilds, Greenways and Community Gardens. In all of its endeavors, BNAN is guided by local citizens advocating for their open spaces and assisting them to preserve and shape their communities.  For more information, log on to www.bostonnatural.org.

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