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Holiday Houseplant Hangover

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

Sean Halloran, Plant Propagator, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Thursday, March 12, 6:30–8:00pm Did you receive plants as gifts over the holidays? Are they looking a bit sad at this point and are you wondering whatever to do with them? Or are you simply a houseplant hoarder whose enthusiasm has waned with the winter months? If yes, let plant propagator and horticulturist Sean Halloran raise your plants—and your hopes—up a notch. Sean will share tips…

$15

Postponed: Tastings & Tales – Remarkable Women of JP

Samuel Adams Brewery 30 Germania Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

This event has been postponed. Boston By Foot cancelled everything through March and the JP Historical Society is working on a new date.  Just in time for Women’s History Month, we’ve got stories of local women who’ve stood by their ideals, fought for change and overcame societal boundaries to achieve and exceed in outstanding ways. Jamaica Plain has been home to a wealth of women who have achieved remarkable heights throughout Boston’s history. Socialists, abolitionists,…

$20

Postponed: The Remarkable Photos of Leon Abdalian

Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library: 30 South Street 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain

This event has been postponed. Boston Public Library has cancelled all events through April. This event will be rescheduled for the fall. The photographer Leon Hampartzoum Abdalian was born in 1884 in what was Cilician Armenia, then located in the Ottoman Empire (now modern Turkey). He migrated with his family to the United States in April of 1896 and they eventually settled in Jamaica Plain.  It is believed that he was largely self-taught as a…

Free
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Botany Club | April vacation drop-off program for teens

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

Botany Club is an April school vacation program for teens ages 12-15 that encourages the scientific study of plants. Youth will study plant parts and functions, make models of plant structures, perform flower dissections, experiment with photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration, and learn a bit about plant classification. Have fun with outdoor and indoor sessions while learning more about the world of plants! For teens ages 12-15 Tues – Fri, April 21-24; 12:30 – 4:30pm Meet…

$50,

Postponed: The China Trade

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

This event has been postponed. The Arnold Arboretum has cancelled all events through April. A new date for this event is being rescheduled for the fall. At a moment when our country seems especially divided, Prof. Dane Morrison of Salem State University will discuss how Americans forged a national identity after the War of Independence. After breaking free from British rule, American identity had more to do with sailing to the East than trekking into the…

Free

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Walking Tour of Hyde Square

Brendan Behan Pub 378 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join the JP Historical Society to learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican immigrants transformed it into Boston’s first predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. This tour also takes us to the home of Maud Cuney Hare, a prominent music historian and one of only two black women students at…

Free

Olmsted Now: Greater Boston’s Olmsted Bicentennial Community Open

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April 26 will be the 199th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, whose Brookline firm designed parks in Boston and beyond for our shared use, shared health and shared power. Olmsted's vision — to make public open space better for all — grows more historically significant and more urgent every day. 2022 will not only bring Olmsted's bicentennial, but also OUR opportunity to actively shape a shared vision for a more equitable, verdant and vibrant city.…

Free

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Walking Tour of Monument Square

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District. View architecture that spans three centuries; the oldest community theater company in the United States; and an elegant 18th-century mansion that once served as the country’s first military hospital. Learn about the monument that commemorates fallen Civil War soldiers from West Roxbury and about Pauline Agassiz Shaw who established the class that became the model for free, public…

Free

Forest Bathing Walk

Franklin Park 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121, Boston, MA, United States

Experience the healing benefits of The Emerald Necklace on a “Forest Bathing Walk” through Franklin Park. Immerse yourself in the “Wilderness” of Franklin Park with Tam Willey, a forest therapy guide. Listen to the migrating birds and explore the textures of the puddingstone in this urban woodland as we slow down and awaken our senses. Forest Bathing, inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, is a restorative sensory exploration that supports health and healing for…

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Walking Tour of Sumner Hill

Loring Greenough House 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society on a tour of this lovely area of JP. Developed as a suburb by General William Hyslop Sumner in the mid-nineteenth century, this National Historic District includes one of the finest collections of Victorian houses in the area. The tour includes the ancestral home of the Dole Pineapple Company founder as well as the homes of progressives who were active as abolitionists and women suffragists. Please note: tours will…

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