Bussey 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
Read MoreAnnual Fall Clean-up Recap
Saturday, September 26th, we held our annual fall campaign against trash and invasives at the Bussey Brook meadow. A great group of MIT and Harvard students and a wonderful 8th grader joined us on a beautiful morning in a highly effective onslaught. Please click images below for captions and credits Before grapevine clean-up Photographs by Alaina Schraufnage _blank During grapevine clean-up Photographs by Alaina Schraufnage _blank After grapevine clean-up Photographs by Alaina Schraufnage _blank Successful slaughter of monster vine by intrepid students! _blank More vine work... _blank...
Read MoreBird Walk with Bob Mayer
May 3, 2015 The Arboretum Park Conservancy and the Brookline Bird Club sponsored a walk led by Bob Mayer through the Bussey Brook meadow. The first siting by the group of 25 enthralled birders was a dead raccoon high in a tree by the entrance to the Blackwell Path. A list of the birds seen is posted on Bob Mayer’s bird blog: Bob also sponsors the Bird-a-thon...
Read MoreThe Ecology of an Urban Wild
Peter Del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist, summarizes current research conducted in the meadow in his article, “The Ecology of an Urban Wild: Monitoring Spontaneous Plants in Bussey Brook Meadow”, published in the Fall/Winter 2011-2012 issue of The Arnold Arboretum’s publication Silva. A walk down the Blackwell Footpath in the Arboretum’s Bussey Brook Meadow presents visitors with opportunities to observe a spontaneous wildflower meadow, a flourishing wetland, and a diversity of both native and introduced plants and animals. A report published by the City of Boston Environment Department...
Read MoreFall 2017 Letter from the President
Fall 2017
Dear Friends,
This year, we have worked with the Arboretum, the City of Boston,WalkUp Roslindale/Rozzie Bikes, the Livable Streets Alliance/Emerald Network, and the community on a broadened vision for advancing open space equity in the neighborhoods adjacent to the Arboretum…
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