Volunteer Opportunities

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The Conservancy's "Volunteers for the Necklace" program is supported by a generous grant from the Cabot Family Charitable Trust. Our program organizes area residents and visitors to participate directly in clean-ups, landscape improvement and community plantings within the 1,000 acres of the historic Emerald Necklace park system. We offer a variety of opportunities for volunteers to come help us restore and maintain the parks:

Sign up here today!

Tuesdays with Roses:

Spring - Fall, Tuesday evenings from 5:30pm - 7:30pm.

Volunteers work in the Kelleher Rose Garden (Back Bay Fens) on on-going maintenance such as weeding, deadheading and pruning. Click here to sign up.

View more photos of Tuesdays with Roses here.

Woodlands Volunteer Corps:

Spring - Fall, Second Saturday of each month from 10:00am - 1:00pm

A hands-on monthly volunteer to protect and preserve the Olmsted Park woodlands:

fighting back the invasive plants that are threatening to take over
adding soil nutrients, and limestone to raise the soil pH to the range preferred by mixed oak forests
starting to plant asters and ferns on the forest floor

Learn more about invasive plant species threatening the Woodlands here. Rain dates for all events are the following Saturday, unless otherwise noted. All tasks are tentative and may change depending on restoration needs. Click here to sign up.

View more photos of Woodland Volunteer events here.

Emerald Necklace Conservancy Clean-ups and Plantings:

Various Dates from Spring - Fall

Activities will range from invasive removal and trail maintenance to storm drain stenciling and general clean-up activities. Sign up here.

Click here to read about the 2011 Muddy River Cleanup!

See our calendar for future dates.

Contact Info:

If you would like to volunteer or create your own volunteer event, please contact the Conservancy at projectassistant@emeraldnecklace.org, (617) 522-2700, or fill out our Volunteer Sign-up Form.

We would like to thank the Cabot Family Charitable Trust for their generous support of our volunteer program.