Sunday, March 19, 1:00-2:00pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=65519 Stay connected to nature and enjoy the health benefits of a winter walk at the Arnold Arboretum. Docents will cover seasonal interest, Arboretum history, and our plant collections. Please dress for the weather, including footwear. Roads are plowed but not salted and walks may venture onto woodland paths. After your tour, warm up with a hot drink and further conversation with your docent and Arboretum Visitor Staff. Please register here.

Thursday, March 23, 6:30-8pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/#then-and-now On-site location: Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre Street, Boston, 02131 The Arnold Arboretum has been collecting plants from around the world for 150 years, but plant exploration today looks very different than it did in the 1800s. From changes in collecting practices to an evolving relationship between the Arboretum and its international partners, a lot has changed in the last century. Join Head of the Library and Archives Lisa…

The April Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter will be held Thursday, April 6, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm on the lawn of the First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, 633 Centre Street, JP. Please join us in welcoming to the Vigil Alethea Pratt and Taylor Lee of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, who will update us on the work of the Institute and the new route for this year’s Mother’s Day Walk…

Dana Pilson curatorial researcher and collections coordinator at Chesterwood, the historical home, studio, and gardens of sculptor Daniel Chester French in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, will present an illustrated talk focusing on French’s works in Jamaica Plain’s Forest Hills Cemetery. While most well-known for his statue of the Minute Man for Concord and the colossal seated Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, French sculpted almost one hundred other monuments and memorials throughout the country.…

The Massachusetts Historical Society, the Jamaica Plain Historical Society and the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library are teaming up to help you learn more about ways to research the rich and vibrant history of JP.  Each organization will explain how to use the items in their collections to find out more about local history. This event is free and open to the public, light refreshments will be served. The event will be…

PoeTREE: An Afternoon of Tree-themed Poetry Readings April 23, 1:00-2:00pm https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=69222 Explore the lyricism of nature. Join poets Jennifer Barber, Deborah Leipziger, and Charles Coe for an afternoon of tree-themed poetry readings and interactive dialogue. At the end of the event, audience members will be given prompts and encouraged to try their own hand at writing tree-inspired poetry.

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy will hold its Annual Meeting with the topic “Demystifying the Muddy,” hosting a conversation between Kate England, Director of Green Infrastructure at the City of Boston, Bob Delhome, Founder and President of the Charter Companies, and Karen Mauney-Brodek, President of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. What: Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek will share highlights of the Conservancy’s accomplishments in 2022, before being joined by guest speakers Kate England and Bob Delhome—currently at work…

Franklin Park Coalition Annual Meeting Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 10am - 12noon Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, One Circuit Drive, Dorchester, MA 02121 Join us for the FPC Annual Meeting held during the birthday month of park designer, Frederick Law Olmsted. Enjoy light breakfast refreshments, mingle with neighbors, and catch up on park news – improvements, challenges, and plans for the coming year. Invited: Mayor Michelle Wu, Environment Chief Mariama White Hammond, and State Senator…

The JP Jubilee Elders'’ Chorus will be presenting a free Community Concert on Saturday, April 29, at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Church, One Roanoke Avenue, JP. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy a program that includes a variety of musical genres, from Dvorak to the Temptations to Paul Simon. For the safety of all, masks and vaccination are required. Date: April 29 Time: 3 pm Venue: St. John’s Church, One Roanoke Avenue, JP

Please join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society for this presentation about Reverend Charles F. Dole by Paul T. Burlin who has recently completed a new book Charles F. Dole, Liberal Theology and Reform: A Life Well-Lived.   Charles Fletcher Dole was a long-time Jamaica Plain resident (he lived at 14 Roanoke Street on Sumner Hill) and minister of the First Church in Jamaica Plain  Dole was born in 1845 and died in 1927. Dole was raised…