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  • Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Why Green Roofs?

    Green roofs have a wide array of benefits ranging from environmental to social to economic. Learn from Mark Winterer of Recover Green Roofs how to make buildings last longer and reduce long-term costs through green roofs. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden lecture will take place Wednesday, May 13 from 7 – 8, and is free with admission to the garden.

    Recover Green Roofs, LLC is a Design/Build/Maintenance firm specializing in vegetated roofs, rooftop farms, and living walls. Recover designed and installed a practical and efficient rooftop farm for the Whole Foods Market in Lynnfield, which supplies the market with thousands of pounds of hyper-local produce each year. Mark is an accredited Green Roof Professional (GRP), a licensed General Contractor, and Recover’s co-owner and Director of Operations.

  • Sunday, September 14, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Whole Foods 5K for Project Bread

    Calling all runners! Project Bread wants you to join them at the Whole Foods Market 5K Road Race and Kids Fun Run on September 14, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at Danehy Park in Cambridge (across from 87 New Street, parking available at the Fresh Pond Mall.)

    This year, Project Bread is thrilled to be a race beneficiary with CitySprouts! Register today, at www.wholefoodsmarket5k.com and help make a difference in your community.

    Not interested in running? No problem. You can volunteer! Shifts are available 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. For more information or to sign up, email volunteer@projectbread.org or call 617-723-5000.

  • Tuesday, May 24 – Bounty Bucks 5% Day at Whole Foods

    On Tuesday, May 24, Whole Foods Market’s three Boston stores are holding a 5% Day for the benefit of The Food Project’s Boston Bounty Bucks program.  Five percent of the day’s net sales from each store will be donated to support low-income people’s ability to buy fresh, locally grown produce at participating farmers’ markets throughout Boston.  The Food Project has been a past recipient of grants from The Garden Club of the Back Bay as well. For more information, visit www.thefoodproject.org.

  • Monday, June 7, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Making History on the Common

    The Friends of the Public Garden host a day to celebrate the importance and enduring story of the Boston Common, on Monday, June 7, from 11 – 2, at The Boston Common, 147 Tremont Street in Boston.

    Children will experience 7500 years of history through Native American Fishweirs, grazing livestock, colonial games, stocks, Freedom Trail interpreters, Civil War re-enactors, and a Victorian carousel. The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers perform from 12:30-1:30 p.m.  This event is on the same day the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company holds its drumhead election.

    Co-sponsoring this free event are The Freedom Trail Foundation, Frog Pond Foundation, Hammond Residential Real Estate, The Massachusetts Historical Society, and Whole Foods Market.  For more information, log on to www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org, or email marjorie@harronandassociates.com.

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