June 2012
19 posts
And the Winners Are...
Second Place Winner, “Vs for Victory” by Neighbors. Wednesday night the winners in this year’s Common Boston Common Build were announced at an awards ceremony at the Boston Society of Architects BSA Space. Organizers thanked the Fenway Garden Society for hosting the competition, and FGS President Mike Mennonno expressed his gratitude to participants: “You really brought...
FGS hosts Common Boston Common Build Competition:...
By FGS Roving Reporter Bruno Rubio The Fenway Garden Society was honored and excited to serve as the venue for the 2012 Common Boston Common Build Competition from Friday June 22 to Sunday June 24. The CBCB is a three-day design and construction competition that invites Boston designers to actively address social, economic, and environmental issues by taking part in rapid design-and-build...
FGS WELCOMES COMMON BOSTON COMMON BUILD
The Fenway Garden Society is excited to welcome the Boston design community to the Victory Gardens for the Common Boston Common Build Competition this weekend! Starting Friday, six teams will be scouting locations in our park for installations that speak to the unique nature of the Victory Gardens, which they will have 72 hours — until exactly noon this Sunday — to build. These...
Boylston Open Gardens a Hit Despite the Heat!
by FGS Roving Reporter Bruno Rubio
Gardeners in the Boylston section rolled out the welcome mat for the season’s first Open Gardens Night on the evening of June 20. The event offered a chance to visit ten gardens, to meet the participating gardeners, and to draw inspiration from their garden design. Kristen Mobilia and Susan Povak coordinated the team that made the occasion an entertaining and...
City Compost Update from BNAN:
Hello Garden Coordinators, We know many of you have requested free city compost this spring and have been patiently waiting for your delivery. Unfortunately, we are now uncertain as to whether or not compost will be available from the City of Boston this year. The city is looking for a source of compost that is suitable for growing edibles but have not yet determined a source. At this point we do...
"Greening the Greenway" with Toby Wolf
Landscape architect Toby Wolf talks about the Dewey raised beds and rain garden in parcel 22. A small group of hardy gardeners joined FGS President Mike Mennonno and Landscape Architect Toby Wolf, designer of Rose Kennedy Greenway parcels 18, 19, 21 and 22, for an insider’s tour of the Greenway yesterday afternoon, overcast and windy though the weather was. One of the challenges of a...
City of Boston Compost and Chips Update
Hi All,
The board puts a lot of work into our monthly e-letters, alerts, and keeping you informed through facebook. Help us out by checking your e-letters and alerts for the latest on issues like compost and chips.
In the June e-letter compost and chips were discussed under “2012 Boston Natural Areas Network Soil Delivery Update”:
BNAN has for many years been the sole source of...
FGS MEMBERS ACCEPT MHFNT GRANTS
by FGS Roving Reporter Bruno Rubio. The beauty of the Fenway Victory Garden proclaims the horticultural skill of our members. That nothing happens in the Victory Garden except through volunteer action testifies to our commitment to service. The generous spirit of our gardeners was recognized as several FGS members accepted grants from the Mission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust (MHFNT) at a...
The Season of Renegade Roses and Vigilante Pruners
The roses in the Fenway Victory Gardens started to pop just as sunshine gave way to rain last week, and many of those growing along the fenceline, weighed down by water, gorgeous as they are, are drooping into the aisles, making them, in some cases nearly impassable.
The board of FGS understands that this is a special time in the gardens, and wants all you rosarians out there to know that we...
FGS Receives $3200 Grant from MHFNT for History...
FGS President Mike Mennonno accepting the 2012 grant award from the Trust. FGS received a generous grant from the Mission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust Wednesday for its 70th Anniversary History Project. Fenway Garden Society President Mike Mennonno accepted the grant and thanked the Trust for its continued support of FGS. In past years the Trust has funded events like the Fourth of July...
The Fenway Victory Gardens: Finding History Inside...
We had a great turn-out for last night’s program “The Fenway Victory Gardens: Finding History Inside and Out” at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The event, a partnership between the MHS and FGS, was the perfect opportunity for FGS members to get a peek into the FGS archives at the MHS, and for members and friends to get a tour of the Victory Gardens based on Richard D....
Meet Up In the Meadow This Thursday from 5-7 pm!
It’s on! Looks like the clouds are parting, so join fellow FGS members and friends for bocce, croquet, and horseshoes, or bring your own lawn games or an appetizer or dessert to share. Contact Kristen Mobilia for more information.
The Fenway Gardens: A Unique Example of...
By Richard D. Parker, circa 1964 [The following is a brief history of the establishment and first roughly twenty years of the Fenway Victory Gardens by one of its founding members, Richard D. Parker.] The history of the Fenway Gardens dates back to the advent of World War II when it became evident that our national capacity for food production would be insufficient to supply both our armed...
DEPOT DEBUT
by FGS Roving Reporter Bruno Rubio. If you’re like me, a trip to the compost area or to get a wheelbarrow can seem like a trek to Outer Mongolia. Well, now I have one less thing to complain about! Thanks to Bruno, Ed, Ellen, Mike, and Nick, we have a second wheelbarrow depot located on the east side of the Accessible Garden. This will make carting away all those non-invasive weeds a lot...
FUN IN THE SUN AT THE CARTER SCHOOL
by FGS Roving Reporter Bruno Rubio Students, parents, faculty and staff of the William E. Carter School took advantage of a gloriously sunny afternoon to celebrate the arrival of Spring with a party at the School’s Sensory Garden on the first day of June. The Carter School, located on the border of Boston’s Lower Roxbury and South End neighborhoods, is dedicated to educating students with severe...
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