Wainwright Park to be improved

March 10th at 6:30pm, there will be a third and final community meeting sponsored by the City of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation about improvements to Wainwright Park (also known as Cronin Park). The meeting will be held in the Assembly Hall of the Epiphany School (154 Centre Street, right next to the Shawmut T station). At this meeting, the community will be presented with the final design plans for the park.
Residents are encouraged to attend and share in the community decision-making about the improvement and design process for Wainwright Park.
For more information, contact Andrea Sheppard Lomba, Parish-Community Organizer, St. Mark, Dorchester, 617-825-2852, ext. 19

fruit tree pruning workshops

As part of the new Boston Orchard Program, Boston Natural Areas Network is partnering with the Food Project, the Boston Tree Party, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation on two free pruning workshops:


On Saturday March 5, 2011 as part of the Food Project’s Winter Workshop Series, John Bunker, Pomologist from Super Chilly Farm in Maine will provide pruning tips at the Shirley-Eustis House Orchard located at 33 Shirley Street in Roxbury.

On Saturday March 12, 2011 Ben Crouch, sole proprietor of Jamaica Plain’s Land of Plenty Gardens will provide more information about pruning at the Blake House Orchard located at 735 Columbia Road in Dorchester.

The free programs, for everyone interested in learning more about pruning fruit trees, begin at 10 a.m. Reservations are required. Contact BNAN at 617-542-7696 or info@bostonnatural.org.

DotBike's Shiny Green Dot Ride after Boston Shines this Saturday 4/24

Starts at 1 p.m. from the Hallet Street parking area at Pope John Paul II Park. DotBike has added bike borrowing to their ride this year - reserve by noon Thursday April 22!
For more about Saturday's ride, click here.

Meeting about the Fairmount Greenway

Tues. April 13
COMMUNITY MEETING: FAIRMOUNT CORRIDOR GREENWAY PLAN
(open space usage and development to be discussed)
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
230 Bowdoin Street (Bowdoin Street Health Center, 1st Floor Conference room)
Please feel free to contact Philly at (617) 754-0041 if you have questions about this meeting.
The Fairmount Corridor Collaborative is working for transit equity including smart growth and a walk/bike trail along this 9-mile commuter rail line through Dorchester.