Workshops & Events
Plant Walk Workshop
Join local herbalist and lover of botany Alex Klein for a workshop focused on plant identification. We'll walk around the food forest at the Boston Nature Center identifying various plant species, their reproductive structures and modes of dispersal, as well as potential uses in the landscape, kitchen, and medicine cabinet.
This workshop will be a sort of Botany 101 from the perspective of an herbalist/avid forager/gardener. Bring a magnifying glass/loupe if you got one!
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Edgewater Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in learning more about the Edgewater Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the third Saturday of each month from May-October.
Each session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting, and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Ellington Street Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Ellington Street Community Food Forest? Join their monthly work day on the last Saturday of the month from 2-4pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering with the Boston Nature Center Food Forest team? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Egleston Community Orchard Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Egleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain?
Join the stewards and neighbors of this food forest garden on the first Wednesday evening of each month at 6pm for community work nights. Each week we’ll work on projects together ranging from tree care to weeding to harvesting and more.
No registration is necessary! Just show up ready to work and socialize.
Reach out to alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Edgewater Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in learning more about the Edgewater Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the third Saturday of each month from May-October.
Each session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting, and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Ellington Street Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Ellington Street Community Food Forest? Join their monthly work day on the last Saturday of the month from 2-4pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Egleston Community Orchard Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Egleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain?
Join the stewards and neighbors of this food forest garden on the first Wednesday evening of each month at 6pm for community work nights. Each week we’ll work on projects together ranging from tree care to weeding to harvesting and more.
No registration is necessary! Just show up ready to work and socialize.
Reach out to alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions.
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering at the Boston Nature Center Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Edgewater Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in learning more about the Edgewater Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the third Saturday of each month from May-October.
Each session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting, and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the Uphams Corner Food Forest stewards and neighbors for their weekly community work days, which will take place every Saturday throughout July and August this summer.
Weekly projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more.
No registration or experience required — just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends.
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org with any questions.
Ellington Street Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Ellington Street Community Food Forest? Join their monthly work day on the last Saturday of the month from 2-4pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Egleston Community Orchard Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Egleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain?
Join the stewards and neighbors of this food forest garden on the first Wednesday evening of each month at 6pm for community work nights. Each week we’ll work on projects together ranging from tree care to weeding to harvesting and more.
No registration is necessary! Just show up ready to work and socialize.
Reach out to alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions.
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering at the Boston Nature Center Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Edgewater Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in learning more about the Edgewater Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the third Saturday of each month from May-October.
Each session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting, and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Ellington Street Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Ellington Street Community Food Forest? Join their monthly work day on the last Saturday of the month from 2-4pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering at the Boston Nature Center Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Egleston Community Orchard Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Egleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain?
Join the stewards and neighbors of this food forest garden on the first Wednesday evening of each month at 6pm for community work nights. Each week we’ll work on projects together ranging from tree care to weeding to harvesting and more.
No registration is necessary! Just show up ready to work and socialize.
Reach out to alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Edgewater Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in learning more about the Edgewater Food Forest? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the third Saturday of each month from May-October.
Each session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting, and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Egleston Community Orchard Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Egleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain?
Join the stewards and neighbors of this food forest garden on the first Wednesday evening of each month at 6pm for community work nights. Each week we’ll work on projects together ranging from tree care to weeding to harvesting and more.
No registration is necessary! Just show up ready to work and socialize.
Reach out to alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions.
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering with the Boston Nature Center Food Forest team? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Ellington Street Food Forest Volunteer Day and Picnic
Interested in getting involved with the Ellington Street Community Food Forest? Join their volunteer day and picnic in May!
Projects may include planting, mulching, weeding or other garden projects/tasks as they arise. We will break around 12pm for a picnic. A light lunch will be provided and attendees are welcome to bring a dish.
Feel free to come to the picnic only, work only, or both for as little or as long as you can.
No experience required! Please RSVP to cassidy@bostonfoodforest.org
Plant Walk Workshop
Join local herbalist and lover of botany Alex Klein for a workshop focused on plant identification. We'll walk around the food forest at the Egleston Community Orchard identifying various plant species, their reproductive structures and modes of dispersal, as well as potential uses in the landscape, kitchen, and medicine cabinet.
This workshop will be a sort of Botany 101 from the perspective of an herbalist/avid forager/gardener. Bring a magnifying glass/loupe if you got one!
Edgewater Food Forest Monthly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Edgewater Food Forest? Join their monthly work day on the third Saturday of the month from 1:30-3pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more.
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Hope Garden Weekly Work Day
Interested in getting involved with the Hope Garden Food Forest? Join their weekly work days every Saturday from 11am-1pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Leland Cooperative Garden Work Party/Picnic
Join the Leland Garden stewardship team for their monthly work/picnic days on the third Saturday of each month throughout the growing season.
Work/picnic days 10:30AM-4:30PM with the potluck-style lunch around 1 or 1:30PM.
Projects for these work days may include planting, pruning, mulching, harvesting, and other garden projects/tasks as they arise. Feel free to come to the picnic only, work only, or both for as little or as long as you can.
No registration or experience required!
Email lelandgardeninfo@gmail.com to join their email list/newsletter audience.
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Uphams Corner Food Forest Spring Cleanup
Join the stewardship team at the Uphams Corner Food Forest in Dorchester for a celebratory spring cleanup session!
All are welcome, whether you’d like to pitch in on tidying the food forest, or if you’d prefer to sit in the shade of the trees and simply enjoy the neighborly camaraderie.
No registration necessary.
Spring Foraging Walk
Join us on a stroll where you’ll gain basic skills to identify some tasty wild edible plants common in urban settings within the Greater Boston Area. We’ll focus on ethical and safe foraging practices as well as culinary and medicinal applications.
This walk will be led by Maxwell Francke, the new Garden Programs Coordinator with The Trustees. Max has a background in sustainable agriculture and natural resources from UMass Amherst, and is a passionate nature explorer, hiker, and forager.
This program is available to all — no experience necessary — on a sliding scale fee.
This event is free for Leland gardeners and Boston Food Forest stewards, who can RSVP by emailing alice@bostonfoodforest.org.
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Plant Identification Workshop
Join local herbalist and lover of botany Alex Klein for a workshop focused on plant identification. We'll walk around Fairy Hollow, identifying various plant species, their reproductive structures and modes of dispersal, as well as potential uses in the landscape, kitchen, and medicine cabinet.
This workshop will be a sort of Botany 101 from the perspective of an herbalist/avid forager/gardener.
Bring a magnifying glass if you've got one! You might also want to bring a lightweight portable chair.
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering with the Boston Nature Center Food Forest team? Join the stewardship team for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Old West Church Food Forest Weekly Work Day
Join the stewardship team of the Old West Church Food Forest for their regular Saturday Volunteer Workdays, held each Saturday from 10-12 pm (except for holiday weekends).
Projects may include tending to the annual crop beds, maintaining the pollinator garden, pruning fruits trees, planting, harvesting, and more.
All are welcome!
Email Alice at alice@bostonfoodforest.org to RSVP.
Email kspiller4@gmail.com to be added to the OWC email list.
Savin Hill Wildlife Garden Spring Cleanup
Spring is on its way to the Savin Hill Wildlife Garden! The daffodils are in bloom, other plants are starting to wake up from winter, and there is even a shed on the site now!
Join the stewardship team of this park for their Spring Cleanup Day on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30pm. Gloves, rakes, and trash bags will be provided. We’ll be picking up deadwood and large branches that have come down in our winter storms and moving them up to the top level to build up our barrier wall, as well as any rubbish/trash that may have blown onto the site.
Even if you can't stay for long or can't clean up, feel free to drop by and say hello. We look forward to seeing you!
No registration required.
Egleston Community Orchard Season Opener
Interested in getting involved with the Egleston Community Orchard in Jamaica Plain?
Join the stewardship team, volunteers, and neighbors of this food forest garden on April 16th at 6pm for the kick-off meeting of this season! You can expect to meet other folks engaged in this space, learn about and contribute to ambitions/plans for the year, and get started on a few projects in the space.
No registration is necessary!
Reach out to alice@bostonfoodforest.org with questions.
Edgewater Food Forest Season Opener!
Interested in getting involved with the Edgewater Food Forest? Join the Edgewater stewardship team for the first monthly work day of the season on May 3rd from 2-4pm!
No registration or experience is required. Just show up ready to work on a variety of tasks like weeding, harvesting, tree care, and more!
Email alice@bostonfoodforest.org if you have any questions.
Leland Cooperative Garden Work Party/Picnic
Join the Leland Garden stewardship team for their monthly work/picnic days on the third Saturday of each month throughout the growing season.
Work/picnic days 10:30AM-4:30PM with the potluck-style lunch around 1 or 1:30PM.
Projects for these work days may include planting, pruning, mulching, harvesting, and other garden projects/tasks as they arise. Feel free to come to the picnic only, work only, or both for as little or as long as you can.
No registration or experience required!
Email lelandgardeninfo@gmail.com to join their email list/newsletter audience.
Hope Garden Work Day & Herbal Tea Station
Join the Hope Garden stewardship team for their first Saturday work day of 2025! This workday will help get the garden ready for the spring season. Prepare to get your hands in the dirt and plant, weed, and help us clean up the garden!
Lauren Almquist from Heartspace Herbals will be running an herbal tea station with a variety of refreshing, healthy teas. Stop by to taste chamomile, bee balm, nettle teas, and more delicious spring flavors.
Spanish interpretation will be provided.
POSTONED: Fairy Hollow 'Love Your Block' Gathering
This event is being postponed due to inclement weather. Stay tuned for a new date!
Join the stewards and neighbors of the Sherman Street Green Space Conservancy (aka Fairy Hollow) for a community gathering. The day will consist of conversation, mulching, snacks, and general clean-up.
This event is part of LOVE YOUR BLOCK, a citywide beautification effort designed to encourage residents to engage in community service by volunteering in their neighborhoods, sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Civic Organizing.
No registration necessary — just show up!
BNC Food Forest: New Volunteer Orientation Day
Interested in volunteering with the Boston Nature Center Food Forest team? Join them for a new volunteer orientation session on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to sundown at the food forest.
The first 30 minutes of this session will include a tour of the site, introduction to how the stewardship team is organized, and ways to get involved. After that, we’ll get our hands dirty with some projects in the food forest. Projects may include wedding, watering, planting... and eating plants!
All supplies including gloves will be provided. Please bring water and some clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
All skill levels are welcome. No registration necessary!
Leland Cooperative Garden Work Party/Picnic
The ice has melted and the snowdrops — the first spring flowers — are blooming in the Leland Garden! The stewardship team there will welcome spring's arrival by gathering for their first 2025 work/picnic day on Saturday March 15 10:30AM-4:30PM with the potluck style lunch around 1 or 1:30PM.
These work/picnic days will continue every third Saturday of the month throughout the growing season. Feel free to come to the picnic only, work only, or both for as little or as long as you can.
No registration or experience required!
Email lelandgardeninfo@gmail.com to join their email list/newsletter audience.
BNC Food Forest: First Wednesday Workday of 2025!
Join the stewardship team at the Boston Nature Center Food Forest for the first Wednesday Workday of 2025! This first meeting will be an opportunity for volunteers new and old to get together on the land, meet each other, discuss plans and rhythms for the year ahead, and get their hands dirty.
All are welcome — no experience is required. Also no RSVP is required — just show up at the food forest at the Boston Nature Center on Walk Hill Street. (Meet near Clark Cooper Community Garden. If you hit the yellow Nature Center building, you’ve gone too far!)
(3/8) Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Learn the why behind winter fruit tree pruning, as well as the methods, approaches, considerations, and tools needed. This three-hour workshop will be a mix of explanation, demonstration, and hands-on practice. No experience is necessary. Just bring your pruning questions, and a pair of garden gloves if you have them!
This workshop will be led by Ben Crouch of Land of Plenty Organics. Ben has been teaching tree pruning with BFFC for years, and is an expert in fruit tree care and maintenance.
Rain date: Sunday, March 9th at 10-1pm, same location.
Tool Care & Sharpening Workshop
Sharp tools make caring for a food forest much easier! Join BFFC Maintenance Coordinator Emily Carvalho and the Boston Nature Center stewardship team in a hands-on workshop about the care and maintenance of tools. The first half of the workshop will be instructional and the second half will be a group effort to sharpen the site's tools ahead of the 2025 growing season.
(2/22) Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Learn the why behind winter fruit tree pruning, as well as the methods, approaches, considerations, and tools needed. This three-hour workshop will be a mix of explanation, demonstration, and hands-on practice. No experience is necessary. Just bring your pruning questions, and a pair of garden gloves if you have them!
This workshop will be led by Ben Crouch of Land of Plenty Organics. Ben has been teaching tree pruning with BFFC for years, and is an expert in fruit tree care and maintenance.
Rain date: Sunday, February 23rd at 10-1pm, same location.
(2/15) Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Learn the why behind winter fruit tree pruning, as well as the methods, approaches, considerations, and tools needed. This three-hour workshop will be a mix of explanation, demonstration, and hands-on practice. No experience is necessary. Just bring your pruning questions, and a pair of garden gloves if you have them!
This workshop will be led by Ben Crouch of Land of Plenty Organics. Ben has been teaching tree pruning with BFFC for years, and is an expert in fruit tree care and maintenance.
Rain date: Sunday, February 16th at 10-1pm, same location.