Commandants House Garden Maintenance
One of the first projects we worked on was doing some maintenance on the commandant house garden in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Navy Yard was where naval ships were […]
Speaking for the Trees
On the weekend of October 27 we started speaking for the trees! How do you speak for trees you may be asking. Well, we did it using this app called […]
Teambuilding
Ponkapoag or Punkapaug is the Native American “praying town” settled in the western Blue Hills area of Eastern Massachusetts during the colonization by settled Britain in the 17th century. Ponkapoag […]
Falling!
Greetings everyone, During our second week of the program, we had the opportunity to go to Medicine Wheel/No Man’s Land which is connected to Dorchester Heights. We met Michael, […]
Welcome 2018-2019 Ambassadors!
Hello! We are the Branching Out School year ambassadors of 2018-19. We are excited to be working with Branching Out Program and to experience new things that we can share […]
Summer Growth: A Reflection on the Summer 2018 Branching Out Boston Program
New buds have been grown, new leaves unfurled, new tree rings added… the Boston Field Team certainly has “branched out”! First and foremost, we want to thank everyone who helped the […]
How do you like them apples?
Greetings from Minute Man National Historical Park, where the Branching Out Field Team has been working on both young and mature apple orchards. How many apple varieties can you name? […]
Olm-Steady!
Olmsted National Historic Site This week, the field team visited Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, MA. The Olmsted house was built in 1810 and acquired by Frederick Law Olmsted […]
Vista Clearing on Peddocks Island
July 30 through August 2nd, Branching Out Boston Field Team worked to establish a continuous vista along a new yurt camping site on Peddocks Island. Work involved raising the canopy of […]
Photo Collage
The saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Here are some photos of the the days and projects I have had on the Boston Harbor Islands these past […]
