The Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) issued the following news release today citing a potential cost savings opportunity for the State’s transportation department, MassDOT, by volunteering to partner with the largely taxpayer funded Greenway Conservancy to support and improve the horticulture on the North End Parks. Community Friends Group Seeks Greenway Approval on Read More…
At a time of year when nearly every park and public place is bursting with decorative cheer, only a scrooge’s spirit would be lifted with the desolate bareness of the Greenway parks. In the North End, the “Winter Lights” program sponsored by the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy (RFKGC) has seemingly been abandoned. A last-minute Read More…
It is but one opinion, that of René Loth’s mid-summer Boston Globe article, “Public space, public cash” (Opinion Page, Globe, Saturday, August 4, 2012), regarding the topical state of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Some blooms did appear back then; but Loth must have been smitten with a whiff of some obscure fragrance, notwithstanding the Greenway’s Read More…
The Friends of The North End Parks collaborated with The Nazzaro Center Program Director Laurie D’Elia and elementary students in The Nazzaro Center After School Program to plant hundreds of crocus and daffodils. The children learned about the bulbs from FOTNEP President Nate Swain and member Diane Valle, as the children dug in the earth. Read More…
Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) will join the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in planting the remaining spring bulbs purchased by FOTNEP, including 800 daffodils and 500 crocus, within Parcels 5 and 6S, located adjacent to the Central Artery ramps at Haymarket Square. Join with us and staff members of the Conservancy on Read More…
The daffodil bulbs are planted, approximately 10,000 in total! Whew, I feel tired just writing that. So, imagine how tired all the volunteers are that put in the hard work to create an amazing display come Spring 2013. It was truly a group effort with the Friends of the North End Parks and the Rose F. Read More…
Volunteer Gardeners* Needed!! *No experience necessary Join your neighbors in beautifying the North End Parks along the Greenway. Friends of the North End Parks and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy need your help planting daffodil and crocus bulbs for a splendor of color next spring. Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov 3 9:00 AM Read More…
Boston will bloom, this next early Spring along its Greenway resplendent in Daffodils and Crocuses, later a cornucopia of perennials and their colors thanks to the efforts of Mayor Thomas Menino, his “Boston Blooms” program and hundreds of volunteers and funding from the North End “Friends of North End Parks” (FOTNEP). City Parks throughout Boston Read More…
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…
Video: North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council October 9, 2012 Meeting 00:00 Welcome and Roll Coll – NEWNC President Stephen Passacantilli 03:41 Greenway Committee Report – Bill Lane 04:40 Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Executive Director, Nancy Brennan Serving on the Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors 13:40 Eliot School Fundraiser at Vinoteca di Monica’s – Read More…
Planting 10,000 FREE Daffodils on the North End Parks of the Rose Kennedy Greenway shouldn’t come encumbered with much controversy. Done correctly it would make for a very friendly and colorful Spring ’13, unless this particular “Friends” group runs into the bureaucratic obfuscation of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and their newly, self-appointed State Lobbyist Read More…
Despite the soggy conditions, the Friends of the North End Parks braved the weather today for a volunteer Greenway cleanup on Parcels 8, 10 and 12. The burgeoning FOTNEP group appears to be gaining momentum as they were reported to have the most volunteers participating in the clean-up effort, sponsored by the Greenway Conservancy as Read More…