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Press Releases

View latest and past Boston Natural Areas Network press releases and news coverage.

2012 Press Releases
Press Release Title Release Date
Why We Need Wild Spaces in Boston 1/9/2012
Help Promote Trees in Boston 1/9/2012
Funds Available for Planting Community Trees in Boston this Spring 1/30/2012
Community Garden Leadership 101 1/30/2012
Snowshoe Gladeside Urban Wild in Mattapan on February 11 1/30/2012
Boston Natural Areas Network & The Boston Urban Forest Council Present Free Tree Pruning Demonstration 2/15/2012
Building an Effective Community Garden Composting System 2/27/2012
Boston Natural Areas Network & The Boston Urban Forest Council Present a Free Workshop on the Routine Pruning & Care of Fruit Trees 2/27/2012
Boston Natural Areas Network & The Boston Urban Forest Council Offer a Winter Woods Walk 2/27/2012
Celebrate the Coming of Spring with Annual Neponset Greenway Bike Ride March 18th 3/5/2012
Deadline is March 19 for Funds To Plant Trees in Your Neighborhood 3/12/2012
Get a Head Start on Spring by Starting Your Own Plants 3/12/2012
37th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering March 31st 3/12/2012
Awards Honor Commitment to Community Gardening in Boston 4/2/2012
Glorious Greens- April 14th 4/5/2012
You Can Grow Habitat! 4/5/2012
Volunteers Needed to Plant Community Trees in Boston 4/9/2012
Earth Day Volunteer Project at Allandale Woods Urban Wild 4/11/2012
$40,000 awarded to Plant Community Trees in Boston 4/20/2012
$40,000 awarded to Plant Community Trees in Boston 4/20/2012
Community Gardeners Celebrate Arbor Day by Planting a New Orchard 4/20/2012
Lawyers Celebrate Arbor Day with Roxbury Tree Planting 4/20/2012
Creating the Pollinator’s Corridor 4/24/2012
Bountiful Blueberries: Planning, Planting and Care Saturday, May 5 4/24/2012
Building an Effective Urban Composting System Saturday--May 5 4/24/2012
Stroll through Historic Lower Mills/Milton Village along the Neponset River 4/23/2012
Spring Festival and Perennial Divide Celebrates the New Gardening Season 5/1/2012
Boston Natural Areas Network & The Boston Urban Forest Council Invite You to a Spring Blossom Ramble 5/8/2012
Explore East Boston Bike Connections Saturday May 19th 5/8/2012
Invasive Plant Management Strategies for Urban Wilds, Home Landscapes and Community Gardens 5/17/2012

2011 Press Releases
Press Release Title Release Date
Monday Movies Featuring Fun and Drama Surrounding Gardens and Healthy Food 1/3/2011
Discover Winter Wildlife in Hyde Park’s Stony Brook Reservation Sunday January 30 1/26/2011
Snowshoe Gladeside Urban Wild in Mattapan on February 23 2/8/2011
Tap into Boston’s Sugar Maples on March 5 2/22/2011
Boston Natural Areas Network to Create Largest Community Garden in Dorchester 2/24/2011
Boston Natural Areas Network Launches Boston Orchard Program 2/28/2011
Come Enjoy a “Fresh” Look at Sustainable Food Production 2/28/2011
36th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering March 26 3/11/2011
Learn How to Grow Your Own Seedlings April 23 4/11/2011
Earth Day Volunteer Project at Allandale Woods Urban Wild 4/13/2011
Bountiful Blueberries: Planning, Planting and Care- April 23 4/30/2011
Now’s the Time to Garden in Dorchester’s Community Gardens 5/1/2011
Spring Festival and Perennial Divide Celebrates the New Gardening Season 5/5/2011
Vegetable Garden Basics May 14 5/6/2011
Neponset Greenway Bike Ride Saturday May 21 5/10/2011
Nightingale Garden is Getting Ready to Open 5/10/2011
Explore Boston’s Urban Wilds on your Bike A Bike Ride on June 4 5/25/2011
Enjoy Trees Shrubs and Wild Edibles along the Neponset River 5/31/2011
Container Garden Program Offered Saturday June 11 5/31/2011
BNAN Presents -The Well Tended Garden -Saturday June 18 6/6/2011
Celebrate the Summer Solstice at East Boston’s Condor Street Urban Wild 6/13/2011
Everything You Wanted to Know About Gardens You Can Learn This Summer in Dorchester 6/13/2011
Take Beginners Paddle on Mother Brook Mill Pond June 26 6/13/2011
Enjoy Free Summer Fun on the Neponset 6/13/2011
Tour of Threatened Hellenic Hill Urban Wild in Jamaica Plain 7/8/2011
Boston Natural Areas Network Presents Free Concerts with “Sounds of the Garden” 7/14/2011
Mattapan Greenway Connections Walk, Thursday July 21 6:00 p.m. 7/15/2011
Programs Especially for Children at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground Thursdays July 21 and 28 7/18/2011
Enjoy a Morning Paddle Along the Neponset Estuary on July 30 7/21/2011
August Active Thursdays along the Neponset River 7/25/2011
Boston Natural Areas Network to Celebrate Opening of Dorchester’s Largest Community Garden 7/28/2011
BNAN “Sounds of the Garden” Concert Series Presents Valdisa Moura August 10th at Dorchester’s Nightingale Community Garden 8/1/2011
Enjoy Free Sketching Workshop on the Neponset 8/1/2011
All you need to know about making Pickles 8/1/2011
Explore Bussey Brook with Boston Natural Areas Network 8/1/2011
Enjoy a Morning Paddle on the Neponset River to the Falls at the Baker Chocolate Factory on August 14thth 8/1/2011
Free Star Party on the Neponset River 8/8/2011
Garden Workshops Continue August 20 & 27 at Nightingale Community Garden in Dorchester 8/8/2011
Boston Natural Areas Network presents a free concert at the Southwest Corridor Community Farm 8/10/2011
Nightingale Community Garden and BNAN host Fall Garden Workshop August 27 8/10/2011
Attracting Native Pollinators to Your Garden 8/22/2011
Fall Gardening Programs Continue at Nightingale Garden in Dorchester 8/29/2011
Explore South End Community Gardens with Boston Natural Areas Network 8/29/2011
Join Boston Natural Areas Network’s First Annual Compost Weekend 8/29/2011
12 Youth Spend Summer Enhancing East Boston’s Parks Teens Make a Difference in the Community with Summer Job 8/29/2011
Youth Spend Summer Enhancing Allandale Woods 11 Teens Make a Difference in the Community with Summer Jobs 8/29/2011
Explore South End Community Gardens with Boston Natural Areas Network 8/29/2011
Youth Spend Summer Enhancing Neponset Parks 20 Teens Make a Difference in the Community with Summer Job 9/1/2011
Youth Spend Summer Enhancing Allandale Woods 11 Teens Make a Difference in the Community with Summer Jobs 9/1/2011
Extend Your Growing Season 9/6/2011
BNAN Presents Watercolor Workshop at Nightingale Community Garden in Dorchester 9/12/2011
Enjoy the Free Fun at BNAN’s Harvest Festival & Perennial Divide 9/13/2011
Funds Available to Plant Community Trees in Boston 9/15/2011
Apple Cider Pressing Harvest Festival at Mission Hill’s McLaughlin Playground Sunday, October 2, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. 9/26/2011
Enjoy Fall Foliage Photo Workshop on the Neponset 9/29/2011
Annual Great Pumpkin Float Event Scheduled for October 22 10/14/2011
Save your Seeds for Next Year’s Garden Jamaica Plain Library October 20 10/15/2011
Bicycle Tour of Allston-Brighton Urban Wilds on Saturday October 22 10/15/2011
Free Gardening Course For Boston Gardeners 10/25/2011
Hyde Park’s Sherrin Woods Urban Wild Hosts Family Nature Education Walk and Volunteer Day 10/27/2011
Good Cooking Workshop Promotes Healthy Eating in Dorchester Saturday November 5 10/31/2011
BNAN Hosts the 1st Annual Garden Seed Swap 11/8/2011
Boston Natural Areas Network Hosts First Meeting of the Boston Urban Forest Council 11/9/2011
Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Natural Areas Network Announce 2011 Grow Boston Greener Grants 11/14/2011
Free Gardening Course For Boston Gardeners 11/17/2011

2010 Press Releases
Press Release Title Release Date
Winter Snowshoe Walk through Fowl Meadow January 1 1/21/2011
Discover Winter Wildlife in Hyde Park's Stony Brook Reservation February 6 1/21/2010
Film Screening of "The Garden" with Discussion 1/22/2010
Snowshoe the Neponset River in Mattapan on February 18 2/8/2010
35th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering March 20 3/3/2010
Free Gardening Course Targets Backyard Gardeners 3/3/2010
Celebrate Spring with Annual Neponset Greenway Bike Ride March 20 3/12/2010
Learn to Read Your Garden Soil Test Results on March 23 3/12/2010
Learn How to Plan an Urban Garden April 8 3/12/2010
Learn to Identify and Control Orchard Pests on March 27 3/12/2010
Explore Birding Hotspot Belle Isle Marsh March 27 3/12/2010
Earth Day Wildflower Walk and Volunteer Project at Allandale Woods Urban Wild 4/9/2010
Where’s the Love for Urban Invasive Species ? 4/21/2010
Spring Festival and Perennial Divide Celebrates the New Gardening Season 5/5/2010
Benefits of Companion Planting Explained Saturday May 29 5/5/2010
Two Vegetable Garden Programs Offered June 12 6/12/2010
Boston Natural Areas Network Presents Three Ways to Look at Gardens in the City 6/17/2010
Summer Solstice Picnic 6/17/2010
Take Beginners Paddle on Mother Brook Mill Pond June 27 6/17/2010
Rainforest Reptile Show at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground July 8 6/28/2010
Free Outdoor Movies at Hyde Park’s Martini Shell Tuesday’s in July & August 6/28/2010
Free Outdoor Movies at Dorchester’s Pope John Paul II Park Thursdays in July & August 6/28/2010
Enjoy Free Summer Fun on the Neponset 6/30/2010
Enjoy a Morning Paddle Along the Neponset Estuary on July 10 6/30/2010
BNAN “Sounds of the Gardens” Concert Series Presents Mohamed Manadile and Deborah & Giovani Rocha July 14th in Charlestown 6/30/2010
Celebrate the New Extension of the Neponset Greenway with a Bike Ride on July 14 6/30/2010
Bicycle Tour of Community Gardens in Boston on July 17 6/30/2010
Boston Natural Areas Network Presents a new way to look at the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway 7/1/2010
Enjoy Free Art Lessons on the Neponset 7/17/2010
Stories, Songs & Games at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground July 29th 7/19/2010
Boston Natural Areas Network presents three free concerts with “Sounds of the Garden” 7/26/2010
Know your Weeds and Wildflowers – August 14 7/26/2010
Boston Gardeners are Planting Rows for Haiti 7/27/2010
Work of Boston’s Youth Conservation Corps Celebrated 8/2/2010
Walk behind the scenes of the Neponset Greenway on August 11th 8/3/2010
Take Beginners Paddle on Mother Brook Mill Pond August 15 8/3/2010
Looking Out for Garden Pests & Disease 9/2/2010
Apple Cider Pressing Harvest Festival at Mission Hill’s McLaughlin Playground 9/19/2010
Enjoy the Free BNAN Harvest Festival & Perennial Divide 9/20/2010
Annual Great Pumpkin Float Event Scheduled for October 16th 10/4/2010
Fall Fun --Paddling and Biking along the Neponset River 10/25/2010
Luminarias to Light Up East Boston Greenway December 4 11/29/2010

2009 Press Releases
Press Release Title Release Date
East Boston and Dorchester Welcome Alaskan Sled Dogs February 1 1/14/2009
Free Gardening Course Targets Backyard Gardeners 1/28/2009
Benefit Showcases Local Bands to Support Community Garden Concert Series. 2/1/2009
JP Library Event Prepares Gardeners for Spring 2/12/2009
Birding at Belle Isle in East Boston March 28th 3/16/2009
Benefits of Companion Planting Explained May 23rd 3/16/2009
34th Annual Gardeners Gathering March 28th 3/16/2009
House Plant Propagation Explored June 20th 3/16/2009
Explore the Phragmites Reed Bed by Canoe April 11th 3/16/2009
Learn How to Plan an Urban Garden April 8th 3/18/2009
Learn Plant Propagation Techniques May 2nd 3/18/2009
Pedal the Neponset Greenway March 21st 3/18/2009
Tomatoes 101 Presented July 11th 3/18/2009
Two Vegetable Garden Programs Offered June 6th 3/18/2009
Is that a Weed or a Wildflower? Find Out August 8th 3/18/2009
Explore the Well-Tended Vegetable Garden July 25th 3/18/2009
House Plant Propagation Explored June 20th 3/19/2009
Water Smart Gardening Tips Offered April 23 4/10/2009
Enjoy "Lower Mills History Walk" Through Milton and Dorchester May 2 4/10/2009
Enjoy Free Summer Fun on the Neponset 6/17/2009
Take Beginners Paddle on Mother Brook Mill Pond June 28th 6/17/2009
Rainforest Reptile Show at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground July 2 6/18/2009
Free Outdoor Movies at Hyde Park’s Martini Shell Tuesday’s in July & August 6/23/2009
Stories, Songs & Games at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground July 6/25/2009
Free Outdoor Movies at Dorchester’s Pope John Paul II Park Thursday’s in July & August 6/25/2009
Afro-Latin Drumming and Dancing at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground July 16 7/2/2009
Discover the New Neponset River Greenway by Bike July 15th 7/2/2009
Find and Understand Wild Edibles at Allandale Woods July 15 7/2/2009
Enjoy an Evening Paddle Along the Neponset Estuary on July 17th 7/3/2009
Valdisa Moura Kicks-off Community Garden Concert Series at Greenwood Street Community Garden in Dorchester on July 22nd 7/8/2009
Bonaparte the Magician at Mattapan’s Ryan Playground July 23 7/9/2009
“Sounds of the Gardens” Concert Series Presents Lloyd Thayer July 29 in Jamaica Plain 7/15/2009
“Sounds of the Gardens” Concert Series Presents Deborah & Giovani Rocha August 5th in Jamaica Plain 7/22/2009
“Sounds of the Gardens” Concert Series Presents Dave Jackson & Marie Gabriel Gonzalez August 12 in the South End 7/29/2009
Paddle and Picnic Along Neponset September 19 9/8/2009
Enjoy Urban Wilds Paddle September 20 9/8/2009
Enjoy BNAN Fall Harvest and Mattapan Farmers Market September 26 9/10/2009