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.
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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, […]