ARBORETUM   PARK   CONSERVANCY

          a non-profit corporation to benefit the Arnold Arboretum as a public park
3 Post Office Square  3rd Floor  Boston, Massachusetts  02110
tel.  617.542.8552      fax. 617.542.8517


N E W S      A N D      E V E N T S:

The Arboretum Park Conservancy  

bird walk

led by Robert Mayer, 
docent at the Arnold Arboretum was a great success and included some Dramatic Moments as the attendees watched a red tailed hawk stalk a family of geese!  

Click here to find out what happened!


Red Tailed Hawk
photo by Robert Mayer



Boston Shines!   -   Three  cheers ...
for the Volunteers from the Mayor's Youth Council who worked hard to clean up the Bussey Brook Meadow, and
Many Thanks to Roche Brothers grocery stores for sponsoring the day and for their committment to our community.
As part of Boston Shines, the APC hosted a very effective clean up of the Bussey Brook Meadow.  
One APC member not only led the trash removal brigade, but took the volunteers on a deer footprint expedition. Others tackled invasives (much more fun than old gutters and aerosol cans!)  




News Flash...News Flash...News Flash...News Flash...News Flash...
The APC is proud to announce that we have been awarded a grant from Grow Boston Greener to remove the ailanthus on the stretch of the Blackwell Path next to the wetland to restore the view into the meadow, and stabilize the bank with indigenous tree and shrub species, many of which will attract birds.

Another News Flash...Another News Flash...Another News Flash...
This winter, the Arboretum Park Conservancy (APC) worked with Julie Warsowe, Manager of Visitor Education on the installation of five new signs along the Blackwell Footpath in the Bussey Brook Meadow. The APC applied to the
Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund of the City of Boston and received a generous grant that paid for the fabrication and installation of these handsome black signs.  

The Bussey Brook Botanical Inventory is now online!!!
Click here for a link to the inventory download page.

What we would like you to know about the Arboretum Park Conservancy (APC):

The APC is a citizen voice for the Arnold Arboretum as a public park.

The APC is independent of both Harvard and the Boston Parks Department.

The APC's goals are  to promote public access to the Arboretum generally and to increase the variety of visitor experiences. 

The Blackwell Footpath enables MBTA travelers to walk from Forest Hills Station through a beautiful urban wild to the South Street Gate of the Arnold Arboretum.  In the photo above, John Blackwell's wife, Eugenie Beal, is seated on the rock which honors him.   Genie Beal and John Blackwell are APC co-founders, open space advocates, and Genie is chair of the board of the Boston Natural Areas Network.  Click here for a link to BNAN.

Photo by Peter Vanderwarker

Well, we don't like to brag, so please click here only if you would like to see more of the many accomplishments of the Arboretum Park Conservancy.


...And please click here, to send us an email, if you would like to help us achieve our mission.
The Arnold Arboretum has been called the jewel in the historic Olmsted Emerald Necklace of Boston Parks.  
Please help us continue to enhance the visitor experience by contributing or volunteering today.
 2008 letter from the president