The triangle garden at the intersection of Commercial and Fleet Streets, is enjoying its fifth year of new plantings and maintenance. The previously neglected city-owned area is now beautifully landscaped with funds once again donated by Earl and Joanne Cate, the property owners at 240 Commercial Street. Earl Cate is President of Kilem Management Corp. and also Read More…
Tag: Horticulture
North End Daisy Troop Gets Horticulture Lesson at Christopher Columbus Park
The North End Daisy Troop spent a fun afternoon at Christopher Columbus Park learning about the park and its plants from Meredith Piscitelli of the Horticulture Committee at Friends of Christopher Columbus Park. Mrs. P. met the girls at the tot lot tables in the park after school for a snack. After the Girl Scout oath, Mrs. P. gave Read More…
Neighborhood Photo: Beautification Committee Spruces Up Cross Street Plaza
The North End Beautification Committee has recently spruced up the Cross Street plaza with new plantings. NEBC chairs are Patricia Thibotout, Allison Seavey and Dana Michalowski. Donations are always welcome and can be sent to the North End Beautification Committee, 100 Fulton St., 4v, Boston, MA 02109. Photos by Matt Conti.
North End Park Improvements Begin on Greenway; New Swings and Funding
This week started the groundbreaking for the North End Park improvement project [See Big Improvements Coming This Spring to the North End Parks on the Greenway]. From the news release included below, the 8 new porch swings are now officially part of the project and there is a new donor, Normandy Real Estate Partners & Read More…
Big Improvements Coming This Spring to the North End Parks on the Greenway [Video]
The North End Parks on the Greenway will be the beneficiary of $400,000 in dedicated 2015 grant funding from the Mass. Cultural Council to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. At a community meeting this week, the Conservancy presented plans for a broad range of fixes and improvements for the North End Parks including the renovation of the Parcel Read More…
Apply Now for 2014 Boston Blooms With Daffodils
News from Boston Parks and Recreation: The application process is now open for the 2014 Boston Blooms with Daffodils program. For more than a decade, Parks Partners have helped to plant hundreds of thousands of daffodil bulbs in public spaces throughout our wonderful city. We wish to continue to beautify our city. Attached, please find a Read More…
City Spruces Up North End Sites in Response to Resident Requests
Here is a before and after photo update from City Hall on work recently completed in the North End by Public Works and the Parks Department. The images are courtesy of Stephen Passacantilli, Special Assistant to Mayor Martin Walsh. City Hall reminds residents to please make requests through the Mayor’s 24-hour hotline, 617-635-4500 or use Read More…
Marathon Daffodils Project Taking Shape and Boston Strong
The daffodil days are coming back, bigger than ever and with an ambitious focus to line the entire Boston Marathon route. The project is called Marathon Daffodils. Inspired by last Spring’s Daffodil Day on the North End Parks, Marathon Daffodils is a collaboration of nonprofit organizations, gardeners, cities and towns, organizations, businesses, and citizens interested Read More…
Harbor Link Gardens on Old Northern Avenue Bridge Brings Private, Public and Non-Profit Groups Together
The Harbor Link Gardens were officially opened this week with a ribbon cutting ceremony on the Old Northern Avenue Bridge. The project, once dubbed the Bridge of Flowers, installed 12 giant planters filled with horticultural masterpieces selected to absorb the harsh salt, sun and wind conditions on the popular pedestrian walkway. The public / private Read More…
Downtown View: Daffodils for the Marathon
Memorials are tricky. You’ve probably heard of the troubles with the proposed memorial for Eisenhower. The most successful examples are, of course, Lincoln’s, Washington’s and the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Finding a name on that wall—hard to do when the 58,000 of them are not arranged alphabetically—brings that fallen soldier to life for Read More…
Volunteers Beautify Cross Street Plaza with New Plantings [Photos]
An early morning crew of volunteers came out on Saturday to fill the new, large planters as part of the beautification of the Cross Street Plaza. Coordinating on the project were members from the North End Beautification Committee and the Friends of the North End Parks. FOTNEP previously added a thousand pansies in the tree Read More…
Saint John School Students Plant Flowers at North End Library
Students from Saint John School joined in helping beautify the neighborhood by planting flowers on Wednesday at the North End Library. The gardens outside the library on Parmenter Street are looking great! Photos by Paula Luccio, Friends of the North End Branch Library.