Nov. 3rd South Street Connector public meeting
When: Nov 3, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this Zoom meeting: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpfuuuqTwpGdMxwLkkJE4f98LdzobnwBR4 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the...
Read MoreWinter 2023 Letter from the President
Winter 2023
Dear Friends,
In 2015, the Arboretum Park Conservancy paid the Horsley Witten Group to develop a detailed concept plan and a cost estimate for extending the Blackwell Path to a new entrance at the end of Arboretum Road. The Arnold Arboretum and the Boston Transportation Department embraced this plan and secured additional funding for design and permitting. The path and entrance are now under construction and will be completed by the end of the year.
Read MoreFall 2021-2022 Letter from the President
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, no bird walk. In spite of Covid 19, our work continues….
Read MoreSpring Clean Up May 2022
The Spring Clean-up of May 15 will be limited to those contacted and signed up by May 1. Hope to see other enthusiasts this fall!
Read MoreOctober 2016 Clean-up
Sunday, October 30, the APC Board was joined by Paul Sutton, the Parks Department’s Director of Urban Wilds, and a group of enthusiastic members of Brookline, Jamaica Plain, MIT and Harvard communities. This year we continued the trash pick up. The attack on invasive vines, shrubs and trees was continued along the edge of South Street, the route of the projected continuation of the Blackwell...
Read MoreBussey Brook Meadow Volunteer Clean up Day – April 19, 2015
April 19, 2015 “Representatives from Harvard, MIT, the Jamaica Hills Neighborhood Association and the APC raked leaves, cleared trash and liberated many valuable trees and shrubs in the Bussey Brook Meadow from strangling bittersweet, wild grapevines, and multiflora roses during our annual spring volunteer event April 19, 2015
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