A Great Year for Greenway Volunteers!
The Greenway Conservancy has a robust volunteer program that is crucial in supporting a variety of our operations. Each January we take a look back at how our volunteers have helped us and how to improve for the coming year. Here’s a peek at some of our metrics and data, and plans for the future! […]
Volunteering in Spring
April is a time when everyone’s thoughts turn to spring. Here at the Greenway Conservancy, it is also a time when we get a lot of eager volunteers ready to get outside and lend their hands! Not only is April National Garden Month, it is also contains National Volunteer Week, National Environmental Education Week, Earth […]
Organic Turf Maintenance on the Greenway
Note: This article appeared in a recent issue of the Ecological Landscape Association newsletter and was written by Anthony Ruggiero, our Horticulture Foreman. The Greenway is a mile-and-a-half-long public park that stretches from Chinatown to the North End in downtown Boston. It is a linear series of small parks that sit above the I-93 tunnel […]
National Public Lands Day on the Greenway
Our thanks to the seventy volunteers who came out and worked with us on Saturday, September 28th as part of the annual National Public Lands Day, which draws hundreds of thousands of volunteers to parks nationwide on the fourth Saturday in September each year.
It Pays to Volunteer!
There are lots of ways in which volunteering for the Greenway Conservancy can benefit you! Here are just a few reasons to come out and join our staff in caring for the parks: Kelly, our Seasonal Horticulturist, trained our volunteers how to prune roses two weeks ago in the Fort Point Channel Parks. If you have […]
Working with Volunteers on the Greenway This Week
We have a number of volunteer workdays scheduled during this week bookmarked by Earth Day (on Monday, April 22nd) and Arbor Day (on Friday, April 26th). It’s a busy time on the Greenway, with daffodils in full flower, trees and plants budding or showing great spring color and lots of work to complete. Before we […]
An Abundance of Daffodils for the North End Parks
Thanks to generous donations from the all volunteer Friends of the North End Parks, both North End Parks will see an abundance of beautiful flowering daffodils in the Spring. Over the course of several volunteer days in November, nearly 10,000 bulbs were planted by volunteers organized by the Friends of the North End Parks, including […]
Growing Greener: a New Class of Apprentices!
In early September, we welcomed a new class of Green & Grow Apprentices and they’ve taken off running!
National Public Lands Volunteer Day
Our first National Public Lands volunteer day on Saturday, September 29th on the Greenway had a rainy start, but by the time volunteers began to arrive at six different locations to dig into their tasks for the morning, the rain had departed and we had a cool, overcast day to tackle the mountain of work laid out by our horticulture and maintenance staff.
Volunteer Appreciation
181 individuals devoted over 500 hours of service to the Greenway over the past year. Through 38 separate events, volunteers assisted with horticulture, programs and general office needs. The Greenway drew a diverse group of committed individuals that included young and old, students and corporate teams, residents and commuters.
