a non-profit corporation to benefit the Arnold Arboretum as a public park

Together, we have:

• Commissioned a botanical inventory of Bussey Brook Meadow,
• Created wildflower identification signs  in the Meadow, 
• Hosted numerous nature walks and bird walks,
• Hosted clean-ups with Plant Yourself in the Park and with the Neighborhood Youth Corps,
• Hosted educational programs with the MIT Freshman Students Community Service Program and the High Achievers School on Walk Hill Street'
• Also, we have helped the MBTA with their update of the directional signage in and close to the MBTA station to direct travelers to the Blackwell Footpath and Arboretum.

• Hosted a very successful clean-up day
• Received a Grow Boston Greener grant.

• Hosted a wonderful spring bird identification walk.
• Sponsored a clean-up of Bussey Brook Meadow as part of Boston Shines.
• With the Arnold Arboretum sponsored Interpreting an Urban Wild, Illustrations an exhibit of illustrations by APC Board Member Anne Parker Schmalz.  For future events at the Hunnewell building see the Arboretum Arboretum Art Exhibit Calendar by clicking here.

• Hosted a successful autumn bird identification walk at which 14 species were seen.
• Completed the first phase of construction of the repair of the historic puddingstone wall along seventeenth century South Street.  This work is being done with the generous support of the Small Changes Grant, from the City of Boston, our friend and partner, The Arnold Arboretum Committee, and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University..
• Got our web page into cyberspace!

• Sponsored the March exhibition of Anne Schmalz’s beautiful watercolors of wildflowers at City Hall
• Presented the Bussey Brook Meadow Botanical Survey   to Mayor Menino.
• Planted a grove of Nyssa sylvatica near the brook to honor retiring directors, Genie Beal, John Blackwell, Matt Kiefer and Westy Lovejoy
• Hosted participants in the Trustees of Reservations Fall Field Trip, who enjoyed their tour of the innovative urban wild that is Bussey  Brook Meadow.
• Designed and bid the phased repair of over 600 feet of the historic puddingstone wall along seventeenth century South Street,
• Sponsored Second and fifth graders from the High Achievers School on Walk Hill Street who studied the accumulation of detritus in Bussey Brook and illustrated their findings as part of their environmental educatoin.

• Sponsored a spring bird walk  in the Bussey Brook Meadow, led by Andrew Birch and Jake Miller of the Boston Nature Center
• Collaborated with Paul Sutton of the Urban Wilds Initiative to bring students from the MIT Freshman Students Community Service Program to the meadow.  This project was helped by generous support from a City of Boston Park Partners grant.
• Created informational signs along the Blackwell Footpath identifying the flora and fauna of the meadow.  One of our members, Anne Schmalz, creates these eye-catching drawings. 
• Enhanced the entrances and edges along Washington Street and South Street so that they welcome the public to the Bussey Brook Meadow
• Added stone benches to the Blackwell Path
• Commissioned a Botanical Inventory of the Bussey Brook Meadow with the New England Wildflower Society.  This is the first inventory in 60 years and will allow arborists, horticulturalists and environmentalists to track changes in the meadow.  With thanks to our  friend and partner, The Arnold Arboretum Committee.