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Boston Blooms with Daffodils Looking for Volunteers

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The City of Boston will be planting 40,000 daffodil bulbs in late October all around the city. The Parks Department is looking for volunteers to assist with the plantings and for suggestions on locations to be beautified. Get more information at this website.

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Friends of the North End Parks Present a Plan for New Plantings on the Greenway [Video]

Posted on Author Matt Conti

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1C_vIju7s] The Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) presented this week to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors in support of their plan to enhance the plantings on the Greenway. FOTNEP President Nathan Swain described the group’s efforts in coordination with the Conservancy to plant 13,000 daffodils last fall. A Read More…
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Greenway Re-Planting: Conservancy Wants to Slow Down; Friends Group Wants to Speed Up

Posted on Author Matt Conti

Nothing on the Greenway is easy. Just ask the Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) as they push for a new horticultural plan on the Greenway parks in the North End. FOTNEP says it is ready to get going right now, while the Conservancy wants more time to consider the impacts of the new Read More…
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Downtown View: Daffodils for the Marathon

Posted on Author Karen Cord Taylor

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