Tag: gardening

Your Seasonal Planting Guide: What to Grow at Home Each Season (and What’s Blooming on The Greenway)

You don’t need a big backyard or a fancy greenhouse to start gardening! Whether you’re working with a garden bed,...

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Using Winter to Prep for Spring: Garden Tips from The Greenway

When the winter season arrives in Boston, it might feel like gardening activities are paused—but at The Greenway, we know...

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A Great Year for Greenway Volunteers!

The Greenway Conservancy has a robust volunteer program that is crucial in supporting a variety of our operations. Each January...

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Spuds on the Greenway

  We did a very cool thing – we turned 1 pound of potatoes into 17 pounds of potatoes–all we...

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Green & Grow Summer Interns are Back!

The Conservancy is so excited to have our summer interns again! Joining us this year (from the left of Darrah,...

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It Pays to Volunteer!

There are lots of ways in which volunteering for the Greenway Conservancy can benefit you! Here are just a few...

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Growing Greener: Fall Harvest

The first year in any garden can be tricky. The Green & Grow Apprentices had many challenges (trampled cucumbers, high...

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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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What’s in Bloom

Our organically maintained landscape provides shelter and food for many organisms. We have observed a plethora of pollinators enjoying our...

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What’s in Bloom

Of our most perennially popular plants, the genus Allium stands out as a public favorite in the Fort Point Channel...

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What’s in Bloom

The next few weeks of spring will bring a burst of brightly colored blooms to the parks. Our daffodils are...

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What’s in Bloom

Our spring cleanups have begun and we already have to tread lightly over the fragile bulb foliage coming up under...

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What’s in Bloom

We have enjoyed an unseasonably warm fall as we continue our work out in the parks, but the winter chill...

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What’s in Bloom

As the last full month of fall draws to a close, our deciduous trees are almost completely bare and we...

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What’s in Bloom

The Greenway is still ablaze with vibrant fall colors, so don't delay in coming to take an autumn stroll through...

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Preparing for Winter

There is a large amount of behind the scenes planning and work that goes into putting the Greenway’s lawns and...

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What’s in Bloom

As winter approaches many people dreading the dreary upcoming months may dismiss the idea of a beautiful winter landscape. We...

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What’s in Bloom

Learn more about fall blooms on the Greenway. This week our blog features the lovely, Lady in Black Aster, Cockspur...

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What’s in Bloom

As the mercury drops the Greenway continues to bloom. Bundle up and take a stroll to check out these fall...

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What’s in Bloom

Autumn lends itself to beautiful blooms attracting curious insects to the Greenway....

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What’s in Bloom

Blooms persist as fall approaches - Clara Curtis Daisies, Wild Senna and Double Knock-out Roses are blooming on the Greenway....

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What’s in Bloom

As we savor the last days of summer and enter into the fall, we will begin to see fruit on...

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