The Arboretum Park Conservancy is a citizen voice for the Arnold Arboretum as a public park. It is independent of both Harvard and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.The APC’s goals are to promote public access to the Arboretum and to increase the variety of visitor experiences.
Bussey Brook Meadow
The central achievement of the Arboretum Park Conservancy is the incorporation of the Bussey Brook Meadow, a long under-appreciated segment of open space, into the Arnold Arboretum Indenture. This beautiful urban wild is home to many native species of plants, mammals and birds. Through the meadow the APC built the handicapped accessible Blackwell Path, which enables […]
Signs of Bussey Brook Meadow
Throughout the meadow the APC has placed beautiful information signs created by APC Board member Anne Schmalz. In March 2007, Anne’s illustrations were exhibited at Boston City Hall. Signs included are Welcome to Bussey Brook Meadow, Signs of Winter Wildlife, Dragonflies, Embankment Planting Project, The Grey Squirrel, How Do Birds Fly, Migration, Wild Turkey, Winter […]
Botanical Survey 2005
Feel free to use this document, but when you do so, please credit: The New England Wildflower Society Joy VanDervort-Sneed, Atkinson Conservation Fellow and Ailene Kane, Plant Conservation Volunteer Coordinator Prepared for the Arboretum Park Conservancy Funded by the Arnold Arboretum Committee
Volunteer
2019 October 5 Bussey Meadow Clean up Again this fall we had a great group of Volunteers from MIT and from our board. Group picture by Arkopal Dutt. Arkopal, David Stephenson, and Sara Freeman contributed images of the total freeing of a pathside tree from strangulation by invasive Oriental bittersweet. “Love your Block” Volunteer Event […]
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Fall 2020 Dear Friends, Have you been getting out to cherished places like the Bussey Brook Meadow? Our open, public spaces are more important now than ever. But since early spring, our APC activities have been very different, as we’re sure yours have been as well. No “Love Your Block” clean up in the spring, […]
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Please meet at Arboretum South Street gate.
Meet at the South Street gate of the Arnold Arboretum at 10 am. All ages welcome. Wear...
New Path Project update November 2019 The Arboretum Park Conservancy is thrilled with...
We have partnered with the Arboretum on hiring eight goats to clear the invasive poison ivy and bittersweet along the potential route.
The Arboretum Park Conservancy and the Brookline Bird Club invite you to a 90 minute...
On Sunday, October 30, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, the APC will hold its Annual Fall clean up and attack on invasive plants at the Bussey Brook Meadow. Meet at the South Street gate to the Arnold Arboretum. Wear long pants. We supply gloves and pruners.
Sunday, October 30, the APC Board was joined by Paul Sutton, the Parks...
April 19, 2015 “Representatives from Harvard, MIT, the Jamaica Hills Neighborhood...
Saturday, September 26th, we held our annual fall campaign against trash and invasives...
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