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



The APC is very sad to note the passing of our founder, mentor and friend
John Blackwell.

 Please click here to read John's Obituary
 
The APC has lots happening

The APC is hosting a Bird Walk on
Sunday, May 15, 2011, @ 8:00 a.m.  
Bussey Brook Meadow, Arnold Arboretum
Boston, MA
Meeting at the South Street Gate.  

The Arboretum Park Conservancy and the Brookline Bird Club are sponsoring a 90 minute walk in the Bussey Brook area of the Arboretum.  The walk is suitable for beginning birders as well as those more experienced.

Meeting Place: 
8:00 a.m. at South Street gate to the Arboretum, on South Street, where there is limited parking.  Also, accessible from Forest Hills T Station, taking path from Washington Street.

 Bird Walk will be lead by Bob Mayer
 rgmayer@comcast.net
 

Throughout the meadow the APC has placed
beautiful information signs created
by APC Board member Anne Schmalz

Click here to see these signs


Presidents letter to our Supporters and Friends
 Click here to read the letter

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.
 2010 letter from the president