A Living Landscape: Embracing Change on The Greenway
If you’ve walked through the Fort Point area of The Greenway recently, you may have noticed something different: the Taxodium trees that once defined the space just north of Oliver Street are no longer here. For many of us—including our Horticulture Team—these trees were cherished companions. They offered shade on sunny days, color with the […]
Even Lawns Need Rest: How We Care for Greenway Grass
If you’ve walked along The Greenway lately and noticed a lawn section marked “This Lawn is Resting”, you might be wondering what’s going on. After all, these open green spaces are usually the perfect spot for a picnic, a play break, or simply stretching out with a good book during lunch. So why the closure? […]
How to Create a Pollinator Garden at Home: A Step-by-Step Guide from The Greenway
Here at The Greenway, we’re proud to curate vibrant, climate-resilient landscapes that support native pollinators in the heart of downtown Boston—from Chinatown to the North End. Our public gardens are more than beautiful—they’re living ecosystems built to thrive in tricky urban conditions while providing food, shelter, and habitat for bees, butterflies, birds, and more. Now, […]
What’s In Bloom
As an unusually warm winter persists, we are beginning to see some of the shorter-term effects that the balmy weather is taking on our plants along the Greenway. We have noticed very early flowering times, bulb emergence, and bud swelling.
Growing Greener with Green & Grow
Green & Grow participants learn an eco-friendly alternative to discarding our organic waste in landfills by taking part in a hands-on workshop, where they brewed their own compost tea with the help of Greenway Horticulture staff.
Preparing for Winter
There is a large amount of behind the scenes planning and work that goes into putting the Greenway’s lawns and garden beds to rest for the winter and the Green & Grow Apprentices are learning all about it.
Cold Weather Park Work, Planning for 2010, and Preserving and Improving Greenspace
COLD WEATHER PARK WORK The Greenway fountains are off and much of the perennials have been cut back. The horticultural team has put the parks to bed for the season and we now turn our attention to lessons learned from our first year in operation, and plan for 2010. PLANNING FOR 2010 Planning for a […]