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Painting Edo at the Arnold Arboretum: Japanese Black Pine

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

"Painting Edo" at the Arnold Arboretum is a collaboration between the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and the Harvard Art Museums, inspired by the exhibition "Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection." Observing artworks from the exhibition alongside the living collections of the Arnold Arboretum, we invite you to marvel at the remarkable accuracy […]

Free

Racial Equity in Urban Climate Action

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Cities are rethinking their approach to climate action by placing racial justice at the forefront. Joan Fitzgerald, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at Northeastern University, will draw from experiences with Providence, Austin, and Oakland in creating participatory planning processes and new priorities for a just transition to a carbon-free society. This event is free. […]

SOLD OUT: Bark: Get to Know Your Trees | Free Zoom Webinar

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

This event is sold out. For more info on arboretum events click here: https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/ February 28, 2021 @ 1:00PM EST Learn to identify trees by their bark in this online class with Michael Wojtech, naturalist, educator, and author of Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast. This free webinar is co-hosted by Bartlett […]

Film Screening: Borderland The Life & Times of Blanche Ames Ames

Jamaica Plain Branch Library 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Blanche Ames Ames (1878-1969) was an artist, activist, builder, inventor, a birth control maverick and a leader within the woman suffrage movement in Massachusetts. She also has an intriguing and rather unique connection to Jamaica Plain. Please join us for a screening of a film about the life of this trailblazing woman, followed by a […]

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Winter Wellness Walk

Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building 125 The Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

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 […]

Lecture: Bird Bills

Weld Hill Research Building 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA, United States

Bird bills come in all sorts of sizes and shapes, from the needle-like bills of swallows for picking insects out of the air, to hummingbirds' long and curved bills for probing into the base of a flower, to the robust bill of the evening grosbeak for cracking into seeds. Some even have special features, like […]

Tree Mob: Sweet Birch

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

It looks like a cherry tree, it smells like root beer, but it is, in fact, the beautiful and aromatic sweet birch. Join Horticulturist Brendan Keegan to learn about this fascinating tree and its role in ecological succession, its use by wildlife, and its importance to indigenous communities. You may even get a chance to […]

Barking Up the Right Tree: A Tour of Bark Diversity at the Arboretum

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

What is there to see at the Arboretum after all of the leaves have fallen and before spring flowers start to bloom? Bark! Shaggy bark, mottled bark, striped bark: the Arboretum has it all. Join Horticulturist Rachel Lawlor to see some beautiful bark highlights, learn how to identify some trees by their bark alone, and […]

Book Talk: Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

In her New York Times bestseller Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, Amy Stewart takes on Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, Stewart presents tales of bloodcurdling botany that […]

The Overstory: A Participatory Read Aloud

Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join a participatory, in-person read-aloud of excerpts from Richard Powers’ tree-inspired novel The Overstory hosted by the Arnold Arboretum. The read-aloud will take place on Saturday, January 28, between 1pm and 4pm, within the exhibition of artist Diane Samuels' 160-foot scroll, The Overstory by Richard Powers, which was inspired by and celebrates the Pulitzer-prize winning novel. This is the last chance to see […]

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