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Tag: Volunteer

  • Saturday, June 10, 9:00 am -12:00 pm – Community Bittersweet Removal

    Help the Charles River Watershed Association free our trees! Join us on Saturday, June 10th to remove dangerous invasive bittersweet vines! 🌿 These fast-growing, tenacious vines threaten native species & mature trees. But with your help, we can remove them & restore the river ecosystem.

    You don’t want to miss this fun, family-friendly event. It is a great way to explore our watershed, meet new friends, and make a difference for our river. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Location to be announced upon registration.

    REGISTER HERE

  • Saturdays, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 8, and November 13, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Emerald Necklace Volunteer Mornings

    Assist Emerald Necklace staff and volunteer leaders with park maintenance, ecological restoration and invasive species management work! Tasks can range from trash cleanups to invasive plant species removal to plantings. We will work throughout the Emerald Necklace (from Charlesgate to Franklin Park) on various restoration and maintenance projects throughout the year. Bring long pants, closed toe shoes, hat, all weather clothing, snack, sunscreen and a water bottle. All necessary tools, gloves, and instruction will be provided. Projects are weather dependent. Questions – Contact us at volunteer@emeraldnecklace.org for more information.

  • TreeVersity

    Warm weather and sun are in the forecast, and after a long and dreary winter here in Boston, we’re finally seeing hints of green in the landscape. For researches at the Arnold Arboretum, this means fieldwork! As buds swell, cones open, and flowers bloom, a flurry of biological activity returns to the grounds–and our team of photographers are working tirelessly to document the action and share it with the public. Using ArbPIX, the Arboretum’s plant image search tool, researchers, educators, students and plant lovers worldwide can explore the Arboretum’s living collection and discover a stunning range of plant diversity from their own devices!

    To improve the search function of this ever-growing database, we’re asking for your help! As a TreeVersity volunteer, your contributions will add valuable metadata to this database as you identify morphological and phenological features in plant images. Along the way, you’ll learn about plant biology and have a chance to interact with researchers and fellow volunteers on the project’s discussion forum. You can check out the TreeVersity Twitter feed, Facebook page and blog (https://treeversity.wordpress.com/), where the project team frequently posts updates, articles and fun plant facts.

    We’ve had some terrific participation so far, but we need your help to finish classifying our current batch of nearly 10,000 images! We’ve just reached 50% of the required classifications thanks to the hard work of over 1,700 TreeVersity volunteers. We still have a ways to go, and every classification counts. If everyone reading this post classified 150 photos, we’d be done before lunch!

    TreeVersity newcomers: if you’d love to see a magnolia flower up close, learn how plants attract insect defenders, or find out what a “pneumatophore” might be (hint, it’s a cypress tree’s “knee”), then join the TreeVersity community and help us fight plant blindness around the globe! To sign up, visit https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/friedmaw/treeversity

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  • Saturday, April 23, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Earth Day Volunteer Morning

    Celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 23 with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

    Join them for a morning of community and help prepare the gardens and landscapes for spring. Bring your family and friends, garden tools to help kick off their garden season. Check in at the Hunnewell Carriage House. Rain Date April 26, 9am – noon.  Image from www.anacostiaws.org

    Free, but PLEASE PRE-REGISTER at www.masshort.org.

  • Thursdays, April 4 – October 3, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Thorny Thursdays

    For those of you who like to help, join Historic New England volunteers and staff at the Codman Estate in Lincoln, Massachusetts every Thursday from April 4 – October 3, 9 – 12, to care for and learn about historic gardens and landscapes.  As with the program called Weeding Wednesdays at the Lyman Estate, wear comfortable clothes and bring hand tools.  Call 617-994-5900, x. 6321 for more information.

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  • Wednesday, April 3 – Wednesday, October 2, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Weeding Wednesdays

    Volunteer along side Historic New England staff and members to care for and learn about historic gardens and landscapes.  Weeding Wednesdays take place at the Lyman Estate in Waltham from April 3 – October 2, 9 – 12.  Call 617-994-5900 x 6321 for more information.  Dress comfortably, bring hand tools.

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  • Saturday, April 28, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Invasive Species Pull

    Join Historic New England at the Lyman Estate in Waltham on Saturday, April 28 from 9 – 1 for a morning of removing invasive species – garlic mustard, celandine, dame’s rocket, and bishop’s gout weed – that are crowding out the native plants and are not supportive of wildlife.  Enjoy guided tours of the landscape and greenhouses in appreciation of your generous service.  Obviously free (you can’t charge people to pull weeds, after all!) but registration is requested by calling 617-227-3956, or at www.historicnewengland.org.

  • April 17 – April 18 – Global Days of Service, Earth Day 2010

    The Global Days of Service will feature Volunteer Actions by tens of thousands of global participants, from April 17 – 18, 2010. These projects in parks, beaches, schools and forests will focus on climate change solutions like tree planting, energy efficiency retrofits, water protection, urban gardens and forest restoration. Produced with the help of Earth Day Network, along with local community organizations and governments, the activities will address current challenges and will help cities and organizations streamline their energy needs, and ‘green up’ their communities. Suitable for individuals of all ages, including children and families, these activities encourage active lifestyles and healthful living, while also connecting volunteers with the green solutions.  This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, and you may find more information about local events at www.earthday.net/earthday2010.

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  • Volunteer Opportunity at the Rose Kennedy Greenway

    Volunteer Horticulture Opportunities occur at the Rose Kennedy Greenway about once a month. The Greenway Horticultural staff is seeking daytime volunteers for various projects, ranging from deadheading to other horticultural activities.  Please contact Jennifer Potter at jpotter@rosekennedygreenway.org or (617) 292-0020 for more information.  For more volunteer opportunities, click on to “Volunteer Opportunity” on the left hand side of the Garden Club of the Back Bay home page to access all posts relating to hands on projects.

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  • Saturday, October 24, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Greater Boston Food Bank Open House Celebration

    Do you know the  Food Bank feeds 83,000 people each week? Come to the open house on Saturday, October 24, from 10 – 2, and learn, get involved, and get inspired.  The event will take place at the Yawkey Distribution Center of the Greater Boston Food Bank, 70 South Bay Avenue in Boston.

    To achieve its mission, The Food Bank feeds more than 320,000 people annually in nine counties in eastern Massachusetts. They’re poor to middle-class people who can’t make ends meet. They’re our friends, neighbors, and colleagues. The Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and one of the largest food banks in the country. It distributes more than 30 million pounds of food and grocery products annually to a network of nearly 600 member hunger-relief agencies. It is a trusted and efficient resource for these local food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless and residential shelters, youth programs, senior centers, and day-care centers, providing the food they need to feed the hungry.

    Bring a non-perishable item to participate in their food drive.  There will be limited complimentary parking on site.  For directions, and to let the good folks who work there know you’re coming, log on to www.gbfb.org/openhouse/.

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