May 2012
7 posts
Join Us for These New FGS Events!
Central Meadow Night (Thursday, June 7th) Join us for the first monthly Central Meadow evening of lawn games and light refreshments on June 7th. The official time is from 5 to 7pm, but please feel free to stay longer! We’ll have bocce, croquet, and horseshoes available - be ready to play or just bring a chair and watch the activity. You are welcome to bring your own lawn games or add to...
Summer Safety in the Park: Let's ALL Do Our Part!
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer in the city, and activity of all sorts in our park inevitably picks up. Because the seven acres on which the Fenway Victory Gardens are situated are accessible 24-7, and because the FGS is largely responsible for stewardship of this seven-acre park, Fenway gardeners have some unique challenges to deal with. The board of the Fenway Garden Society...
2012 Seed Grants Sprouting!
This is one of my favorite times of the year. Not only are peonies in bloom, and the gardens looking lush and buzzing with activity, but the grants I was working on back in March are coming back. And that means full steam ahead on projects and programming! Last week word came down from Parks & Rec that we’d won a handy little grant to help master gardener Bonnie Thryselius maintain...
FGS Wins Seed Grant Award
Boston Parks & Rec has announced recipients of its 2012 Seed Grant Award, and the Fenway Garden Society is a winner!
The $250 award will be used to beautify and maintain our public herb garden, which is tended by master gardener Bonnie Thryselius.
Thank you to the City of Boston and Parks Commissioner Toni Pollak for helping us maintain this wonderful resource for the whole community!
Join the board (for a coffee)!
I have been a gardener in the Fenway Victory Gardens for almost a decade, nearly as long as I have called Boston home. I started out like most members, transforming a derelict plot into my little oasis, volunteering for the odd Community Participation Day (we only had three a season back then), getting to know my neighbors, learning, growing (and sometimes blogging about it all). Then I joined...
