Category: Park Care

One Good Elm Deserves Another

A Valley Forge Elm Tree was installed in the southern North End Park this week. This is meant as a...

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North End in Bloom

An amazing display of roses and hydrangea in bloom in the North End planting bed on the north side of...

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Wharf District Council Community Workshop Breakout Recap

This post highlights the input and feedback that we received from attendees at our Wharf District Council Community Workshop on...

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Rings Fountain Work Completed

On Monday, April 29th, our maintenance team of Bob, Nick, Tom and Ray, with help from a few others, completed...

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Working with Volunteers on the Greenway This Week

We have a number of volunteer workdays scheduled during this week bookmarked by Earth Day (on Monday, April 22nd) and...

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4/2/13 North End Community Meeting Summary

Our thanks to more than 30 people who attended our North End Community Meeting on April 2nd at Fairmont Hotel...

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Rings Fountain Repair & Cleaning Project Update

Our maintenance team just began the fifth week of our two month project to repair and clean the most popular...

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Rings Fountain: Cleaning & Repairs

If you're in the Wharf District Parks over the next two months, you may notice a construction around the Rings...

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Oh! That Exfoliating Bark!

Oh that exfoliating bark! Winter interest continued. Whether it is dry, cold, bright and sunny or gray, muted, frosty and...

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Spring Planning for North End Parks

The parks may be sleeping for the winter, but our Horticulture staff is busy planning for the vibrant spring that...

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Growing Greener: Fall Recap

The Green & Grow folks have been busy this fall, see what they've been up to in our latest blog!...

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An Abundance of Daffodils for the North End Parks

Thanks to generous donations from the all volunteer Friends of the North End Parks, both North End Parks will see...

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Hurricane Sandy

The Rose Kennedy Greenway, like all other New England parks, experienced the force of Hurricane Sandy Monday and into Tuesday....

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Transplanting

  There’s been a flurry of fall projects continuing on portions of the greenway these past few weeks focusing on...

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What’s In Bloom

Late fall blooms and ornamental grasses liven up the Greenway....

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Growing Greener: a New Class of Apprentices!

In early September, we welcomed a new class of Green & Grow Apprentices and they've taken off running!...

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National Public Lands Volunteer Day

Our first National Public Lands volunteer day on Saturday, September 29th on the Greenway had a rainy start, but by...

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What’s in Bloom

Fall blooms are unique and can be subtle....

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The Grass is Greener

During the past week, several sections of turf that had experienced compaction due to rain and then heavy foot traffic...

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What’s In Bloom

August is always one of our showiest months of flowers on the Greenway. From dinner plate-sized Hibiscus to aromatic Mountain...

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First Dewey Harvest Donated

We have donated our first batch of home grown veggies to Lovin’ Spoonfuls—a local nonprofit that collects and distributes food...

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What’s In Bloom

In late June we observed a very exciting and unique horticultural event: the first flowering of our Eastern Prickly Pear!...

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Growing Greener

“All those learning sessions in the classroom, how to do this and how to do that, and where to put...

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Growing Greener

In the words of Green & Grow Apprentice Randi “I feel really good about being involved in the Dewey project....

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Life on the Greenway

To understand why we’re installing composting bins in the Dewey Demonstration Gardens, we spoke with Jessica, one of our Green...

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