Emerald necklace annual report 2016

Emerald Necklace Conservancy

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

CONNECTING PEOPLE AND PARKS

Our mission: To restore and improve the Emerald Necklace for all.

Dear Friends, The impact of your support has never been greater.

The daylighting of the Muddy River, the care and maintenance of hundreds of trees in the Emerald Necklace and an expanded stewardship and education program are just a few examples of what we accomplished together in 2016.

In late summer, for the first time in 60 years, the Muddy River once again flowed freely above ground along parts of the Back Bay Fens and new parkland was created on the site of a former parking lot, signaling the completion of Phase I of the Muddy River restoration project. This milestone was spurred on by the early advocacy efforts of our then-nascent Emerald Necklace Conservancy as we embarked on the mission in 1998 to restore the Muddy River and improve the Emerald Necklace parks. The new parkland will make its debut in spring 2017 as the Justine Mee Liff Park, named in honor of the late Boston Parks Commissioner who championed the renewal of Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. There is much more to do and we are committed to working with stakeholders and partners to advocate for full bank-to-bank restoration.

Collaborating with our partners, Boston Parks and Recreation, the Town of Brookline and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, we planted 174 trees in the parks and along the parkways, completed a river bank stabilization project in the Riverway, and pruned and cared for hundreds of trees throughout the Necklace using the Conservancy’s Tree Management Plan to inform our work. Find out more about projects that your support made possible beginning on P.2.

Our education programs, central to our mission, expanded in 2016. Recognizing the Emerald Necklace as an outdoor classroom, we introduced “Canopy Classroom” a place-based, environmental education program—consistent with Boston Public School science curriculum standards as well as the state standards—to connect Boston youth to the relevance and importance of science in the real world and in their daily lives. Field trips brought students into Franklin Park where they took part in hands-on activities to learn about trees. On Pages 4 and 5, you’ll read more about how our educational programs that engage young people from toddlers to teens are making an impact.

Thank you for your support.

Karen Mauney-Brodek President

Ben Taylor Chair

Karen Mauney-Brodek was hired as Conservancy president in late spring 2016 and began on August 15th. A native of Atlanta where she grew up near an Olmsted park, Karen succeeded long-time president Julie Crockford. Karen came to the Conservancy from San Francisco where she served as a program and project manager for the San Francisco Parks Department. Before that she was chief of the Design Build Program in the Design & Construction Division of the New York Department of Parks and Recreation.

She holds a BA from Columbia University and a Masters of Architecture and a Masters of City and Regional Planning in Urban Design from the University of California, Berkeley.

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THANK YOU

$25,000+ Barbara and Amos Hostetter A L Lisa and James Mooney A L Caterina Papoulias Sakellaris and George Sakellaris L Wendy Shattuck and Samuel Plimpton A L Kate and Ben Taylor A L

Restoring and Improving the Emerald Necklace The Conservancy works in partnership with the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Brookline Parks and Open Space and the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation to care for the trees of the Emerald Necklace and undertake restoration projects throughout the parks.

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Accomplishments for 2016 include the planting of 174 trees in the parks and along the parkways, improving soil through decompaction and enhancement, stabilizing an area of river bank in the

$15,000+ Brooke C. and John R. Cook

Riverway and completing safety pruning along pathways in Franklin Park.

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Managing the tree canopy includes analyzing the soil around the trees and making amendments when necessary to improve soil quality and counter the effects of salt, compaction and the depletion of essential nutrients. What determines the overall appearance and health of the canopy is not always visible, such as the condition of the soil and paying close attention to these factors is one of our foremost

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priorities. Healthy trees mean safer and greener parks.”

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–Ray Oladapo-Johnson, Director of Park Operations

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Then & Now: Welcome Back, Muddy! The Conservancy’s early and ongoing advocacy efforts to restore the Muddy River were the driving force behind the Muddy River Restoration Project. Above left, circa 1920’s view of the Muddy River and original Olmsted-designed wooded island before this section of the river was put underground. Above right, current view showing the rebuilt island after completion of Phase 1 of the project which included daylighting of the river. Historic image courtesy of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.

150 Red Oaks were planted along the Emerald Necklace Parkways in partnership with DCR thanks to a donation from the firm of Ropes & Gray. It was the Conservancy’s largest planting project to date.

The Conservancy funded a bank stabilization project in the Riverway in partnership with the Town of Brookline to prevent erosion along the Muddy River between Longwood Avenue and the Bridle Bridge.

Coir logs, loam and seed were used to stabilize the banks.

Members of the Massachusetts Arborists Association, in cooperation with the Conservancy, Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Town of Brookline, donated their time, expertise and equipment for a day of tree pruning in the Riverway.

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Isabelle and Scott Black L Lisa A. and Thomas W. Blumenthal A Betsy Cabot A L Christine Carona and Joe Malarney L Susan Esco Chandler L RoAnn Costin L

Nurturing the park stewards of today and tomorrow The Conservancy’s volunteer and educational programs engage learners at all levels through activities

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that promote an awareness and appreciation of environmental stewardship. Volunteers who help

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maintain the parks by removing invasive plants and clearing debris are introduced to the Conservancy’s

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Tree Management plan and learn about what it takes to sustain healthy urban woodlands.

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Interpretive tours, led by Conservancy docents, bring adults into the landscape for a cultural and historical perspective. The Explorers Club hosts nature-themed activities for youngsters and their

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families while the Summer Green Team and Youth Leadership programs provide employment for teens

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and young adults who learn about stewardship through on-the-job park maintenance and restoration

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work. Canopy Classroom, launched in 2016, connects second graders to Franklin Park for outdoor hands-on lessons about trees.

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I think volunteers like to learn the greater impact of their work. For example, after I explain that black

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swallow-wort crowds out other milkweed species that

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are food sources and egg-laying sites for monarch

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butterflies, they work with more enthusiasm to remove

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these invasive plants.”

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–Ellen Arnstein, Volunteer Coordinator

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BY THE NUMBERS

Volunteers are helping monarch butterflies by removing the invasive swallow-wort in Franklin Park. Above right: “Tuesdays with Roses” volunteers learn about pruning roses from Boston Park’s Paul Keane in the Kelleher Rose Garden.

Green Teamers participate in an activity that builds trust and fosters teamwork as they prepare for a summer in the parks.

At right, Rory, a member of the Conservancy’s youth Green Team, works to remove invasive buckthorn in the woodlands.

Our youngest park stewards explore Franklin Park and the Zoo while on an outing with the Explorers Club for families. What makes a tree grow tall? Students explore the answer to this and other questions on a field trip hosted by the Conservancy’s new educational initiative, Canopy Classroom.

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Connecting and Protecting the Parks

Joyce and William C. Fletcher A L Valerie Jo Friedman O Kimberly A. and Clinton Furnald L Corinne B. and Wycliffe K. Grousbeck A L Elizabeth and Whitney Hatch A Julie and Bayard Henry A L

The Conservancy’s mission to restore and improve the Emerald Necklace includes advocating for safe

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access to and between the parks and reviewing development proposals along its borders that may

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affect parkland. Mary Hickie, Conservancy special projects manager and member of the Project Review Committee explains, “We have to be attentive to a broad array of potential impacts on the parks with

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each new development that is proposed along the Emerald Necklace.”

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The Town of Brookline’s redesigned crossing between Olmsted Park and the Riverway already has its

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fans, including Conservancy staffer and bicyclist Jessica Welch. “As someone who commutes daily

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by bike through the Emerald Necklace I am well aware of the hazards in navigating broken links. The

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improved crossing at Rt. 9 has made a huge difference—my ride is much safer and smoother.”

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In the footsteps of Olmsted “Gerry is a force of nature, and as somebody who loves history and the lessons it teaches us, he helps all of us to understand the rich history that underlies the Necklace and what it brings to us and the city.”

—Northeastern University professor and former Governor Michael Dukakis

On a warm summer day in September, Gerry Wright found his way, via a flock of seagulls, to Jamaica

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Pond and stood on its banks admiring the beauty of the water, mesmerized by flickering half-lights

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and the deep wooded hill beyond. “I was looking out my dorm room window and wondered what was

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attracting seagulls away from the ocean and Charles River. I had a hunch it might be water and headed out to see for myself,” he explains.

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Gerry’s one-man show as Frederick Law Olmsted inspires audiences of all ages. Watching the faces of people in the audience who love the parks but may know little of the genius of their 19th century designer is a touching and humbling experience. Few will have read “The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted” but Gerry will be certain [to share] the most significant quotations relevant to the creation of our Emerald Necklace.”

—Betsy Shure Gross, Co-founder, National Association for Olmsted Parks

In the footsteps of Olmsted, continued.

What he found that day in 1958 would spark a lifelong passion

To learn more about the man behind the parks, Gerry began

to preserve and protect the pond, the pristine view of the hill

to dig deeply into the writings of Frederick Law Olmsted and

and the surrounding Emerald Necklace parks. “It’s safe to say,”

discovered an individual who shared not only a passion for

asserts Ben Taylor, chair of the Conservancy’s board of directors,

nature but for social justice and democracy as well. “Olmsted’s

“that Jamaica Pond would not be the wonderful place that tens

ideals are in the parks he designed—they are open and welcoming

of thousands of park lovers enjoy each year were it not for

to everyone,” he offers.

Gerry’s activism.”

Determined to share Olmsted’s message, Gerry wrote “Passages

“The pond is my centering point,” Gerry says with such conviction

in the Life of an Unpractical Man,” a play based on Olmsted’s

that one immediately senses that this body of water is as vital to

journals. His local performances in 2003 soon attracted

his being as the air he breathes. His effective advocacy and steely

attention—in costume, a bearded Gerry is a dead-ringer for

determination helped to defeat several attempts over the years

Olmsted. He was encouraged to reach an even wider audience

to build any structure that would mar the pond’s surrounding

when the late Sam Sherwood, fellow Jamaica Plain resident and

panorama of trees and woodlands. “We must preserve Olmsted’s

community activist, effused after seeing the play, “Gerry, you

work for the generations that follow,” he states.

became Olmsted—spread the gospel!”

A former Conservancy board member and current Park

In the summer of 2015, Gerry travelled to Yosemite at the

Overseer, Gerry is the co-founder of numerous park groups—

invitation of the National Park Service to present the play at the

the Jamaica Pond Project, Friends of Jamaica Pond and Olmsted

150th anniversary commemoration of Olmsted’s Yosemite Report.

2022, to name a few. Given the time and energy he devotes to

On his (mostly) solo journey by car he covered more than 8,700

park matters, it is easy to assume that this is both vocation and

miles, stopping at state, national and Olmsted-designed parks

avocation. But with an equal commitment to social justice, Gerry

throughout the country and connecting with hundreds of people

has spent decades working in the field of human services “His

to share the words and wisdom of Olmsted.

energy is boundless and inspiring,” says Sarah Freeman, who has collaborated with Gerry on parkway improvement projects.

Gerry is far too humble to ever compare himself with Olmsted but a comparison can be made—they inspire others to follow in their footsteps and both, one suspects, were mesmerized by a pond.

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$1,000+ continued Abby R. and Peter Coffin A Anne and John Connolly A L Melissa Ciana Copeman O Cecily and John M. Cornish A

Conservancy events brought people together in 2016

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Party in the Park

Speak Out

Under the tent and beneath fancy hats, a legion

The Conservancy presented Speak Out, a series

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of park supporters came together in May to

of lectures designed to inform, inspire, connect

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raise money for the Justine Mee Liff Fund for the

and engage audiences in the protection and

Emerald Necklace and to honor the managing

preservation of the environment. Free to the

partners of Ropes & Gray who received the

public, the series featured nature writer David

Liff Spirit Award. Party-goers smashed the

Gessner, journalist and photographer Derrick

goal, raising $833,300 for the care of Emerald

Jackson, landscape preservationist Lauren Meier

Necklace trees. Since its inception, Party in the

and ecologist Tom Wessels.

Evelyn and Robert Doran A Julie and Ronald M. Druker L Christine and William Dwyer O Jean Egan O Grace and Edward Fey A Penny and Dan Fireman O Atsuko and Lawrence Fish A

Park has raised $8.1M to benefit restoration projects in the Emerald Necklace.

An Emerald Evening

Summer on the Emerald Necklace

Recognizing his years of commitment to parks

Spreading a blanket, unpacking a picnic basket

presented Ben Taylor with the 2016 Olmsted

and settling in for an evening of music with

Award of Excellence. Taylor accepted the

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family and friends has become a beloved

award at the Conservancy’s An Emerald Evening

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ritual at Summer on the Emerald Necklace, the

fundraiser on November 10. More than 200

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Conservancy’s signature outdoor concert series.

people attended the event which was held at

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With music spanning genres from jazz and pop

the Museum of Fine Arts.

to classical and opera, the series draws crowds

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The Olmsted Award of Excellence is awarded

to two scenic venues in the Emerald Necklace,

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biennially to an individual or organization who

Pinebank Promontory overlooking Jamaica

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demonstrates an unwavering determination to

Pond and Allerton Overlook in Olmsted Park.

carry out Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision and

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as public spaces that enhance the quality of life for all people, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

commitment to urban parks.

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The Shattuck Visitor Center in the Back Bay Fens welcomes visitors to the Emerald Necklace from near and far.

Party in the Park: Hats off to the 2016 Party in the Park chairs (L-R), Camille Valentine, Holly Safford, Ellie Chu, Julie Hume Gordon and Kim Furnald. This year’s fundraiser exceeded its goal, raising more than $833,300 for the Justine Mee Liff Fund. At right: The Liff Spirit Award was presented to the managing partners of Ropes & Gray for their commitment to improving the Emerald Necklace. To mark their 150th year in Boston, Ropes & Gray donated 150 trees which were planted along the Emerald Necklace Parkways. (L-R) Janet Wu, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Diane Patrick, Ingrid Liff, Olivia Liff, John Smith and Ellen Arnstein.

At Summer on the Emerald Necklace musical acts like Sterling Rhyne got audience members dancing (and picnicking) all summer long. At right: Residents tall and small attended the music series which featured everything from jazz to opera as well as a playspace set up for the young and young-at-heart.

Board Chair Ben Taylor, recipient of the Conservancy’s Olmsted Award of Excellence, with Life Trustee Wendy Shattuck at An Emerald Evening.

At right: Conservancy docents led 820 visitors on tours or programs in 2016, sharing their passion for and knowledge of the Emerald Necklace parks.

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE

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Marianna Dubois L Maureen and James Ducey L Elizabeth Duffy A Bonnie and William D. Dunn A Anne Eades A Robert Earl A Juliet Eastland A Scott D. Easton A Celia C. Eberle A Richard S. Eckaus A Kathy Eddy Jan Egan O Tracy Egan O Nancy B. Ellis A Weatherly Emans O Barbara and John Emery L Phyllis Emsig and Mark Goldberg A Robert Engel A Janet and Christopher English A Laureen Esser A Elizabeth S. and Frederic A. Eustis A G. Douglas Evans and Don Eunson A Cathleen Everett L D. S. Everett A O Florence Everett A L O Jennifer Ewing O Karen Falcone O Elsbeth and Alfred Falk A Janet and Don Falkenstein A Barbara Fargo A Joy and Edwin H. Farr A Dottie Farrell A Sue Faux and Bill Manley A Krista and Andrew Ference A Darryll Fernald A Krista Ferrante Carmen Fields A

Mary S. Fillman A

Elizabeth and John Gilmore A

Marianne Herlihy L

Margot and John Finley A

Anne Giovanoni A

Daniel J. Herzlinger A

Debbie and Bob First

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Carol Gladstone

Patricia Herzog and Norman Janis A

Frances Shedd Fisher

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James Godwin

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Theresa and Charles C. Hewitt L

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Glenda and Robert Fishman A

Paige Goettel and Al Hershner A

Mary A. Hickie and Esther A. Kohn A

Joan FitzGerald

Susan and Bruce Gold

Michelle Hicks L O

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Janet and James Fitzgibbons A

Deborah Goldberg and Michael Winter A

Erica and Richard Hiersteiner A

Sherry Flashman

Ruth Goldman

Kathryn Hinman L

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Charlotte Fleetwood

Jose Gonzalez

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Ceila and Matthew Hobbs A O

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Anne Flink L

Dyan M. Goodwin L

Renee Hodin A

Sarah Flint

Naomi Gordon

Marie M. Hoguet A

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Sarah and Charles L. Forbes A

Cecily and Gordon Grand A

Tamiel Holloway A

Anne A. Forrester A

Bernie Gredler A

Katherine Hope A

Anne W. Forsyth

Kathryn Green

Polly Hoppin and Bob Thomas A

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Deirdre Franchi O

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Mary Greer A

Deirdre and George W. Frank

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Connie Horton A

Lindsay and Garth Greimann

May K. Houghton A

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Jamie Frank A

Patti and J. Bradshaw Griffith L

Charles L. Houy A

Helen Fremont and Donna Thagard A

John Growdon A

Nancy and Charlie Hovey L

Kelly Friendly

David Guiness

Andrea Howley and Steve Angelica A

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Ruthanne and Joe Fuller A

Constance and Donald Haber A

Sharon Hucul and James Kolton A

Rumman Gaffur

Jamie Haddad

Caroline Hudson L

Antonine Gal

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Peter Hadelman

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Emily W. Hughey A

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Leana and Bradford Gallagher L

Gina Hahn A

Allison Gamble

Wendy and Chris Hale

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Charlie Humber L Pamela and John Humphrey O

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Gloria and Peter Gammons A

Craig C. Halvorson A

Peter Ganong

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Susan and Bruce Hampton

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Anne P. Hancock

Luisa Hunnewell L

Samantha Hanman L

Nina and Ogden Hunnewell A

Darci Hanna

Roxanna and Jeffrey Hurst L

David Garner

Alex P. Garrens A Louisa and Richard Garrison

A

John W. Humphrey L Clarissa and Walter Hunnewell A

A

Christopher Gates A

Julie Hatfield and Tim Leland A

Thomas R. Huth A

Henry Gates

Kristen Haviland

Hayat Imam and Joseph M. Hunt A

A

Elizabeth Gaudreau

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Candace Haydock

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Elisabeth W. and George R. Ireland L

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Erik Gehring A

Joan C. Hazard and John Dabrowski A

Janet Gelbart

Susan Hellerstein and John Triedman

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Betty Georgaklis L Katherine and Philip Getchell Lorna Gibson

John P. Helms A A

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Florrie S. and Joel Ives A A

Derrick Z. Jackson A Noel Jackson A

Pamela P. Helms

Constance Jacobson and Eric Chivian A

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Janice Henderson and Gerard Burke

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H. Parker James and Randall Albright A

Andrea Gilbert and Wendell Smith A

Brigitte and Maarten Henkes A

Jacqueline James A

Kim H. Giler

Fred C. Hennie

Rhoda and Ralph Janis A

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Donations to the Conservancy’s Olmsted Tree Society support our work to preserve heritage trees, protect healthy trees with selective pruning and soil enhancement, and plant new trees.

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE

Loni D. Jay A

Britt and Bernard T. Lee A

Shirley Muirhead Jenkins A

Mindy Lee A

Sarah B. Jolliffe

Birila Leivi

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“

You do good work. The Emerald Necklace is a prized landscape and well worth supporting.”

Liza Jones O

Katy Leland L

Barbara Joyce and Daniel J Moulton A

Mary LeSaffre L

Edward C. Joyce A

David Levanson A

Tricia Joyce L

Kathy and Stanley Levinson A

Minai Kam

Brenda Lew A

Christine McArdle A

Elise and Alain Negueloua L

Jessica Li A

Paula A. McCarthy and Concetta Alduino A

Cristina R. Nelson A

Sarah Libbey A

Shannon McCarthy and Mary Jo Kane A

Virginia Nelson A

Phyllis and William Kantor A

Ursula Liff L

Stacey and Daniel McCarthy

Beatrice and Peter Nessen A

Beth Kantz A

Julie L. and John J. Linehan A

Linda McClain and James E. Fleming A

Helen P. Netos and William E. Erdman A

Martha Karchere and Luis Prado A

Richard Lingner

Ann P. McCormick

Paul Neumann A

Ashley Karger L

Suzanne Lipsky A

Hope C. and William S. McDermott L

Nora and John Nevin A

Judy and Robert Kasameyer A

Whitney Liston L

Mary Louise McGregor and Michael Ryan A

Patricia and Stephen H. Newman A

Julie Kaufmann and Geoffrey Modest A

Patrick Livermore A

Helen and Nicholas M. Kelley A

Andrea Loew A

Kara Kelley A

Gilbert Loo A

Amanda and Sam Kennedy A

Patricia Lorente A

Joanna and Thomas B. Kennedy A

Kerry Loughman and Kalman Zabarsky A

Emma Rose Kiefer and Chris Rainville A

Mark Lu A

Rudy Kikel and Sterling Giles A

Maureen C. and James E. Lubben A

Elisabeth P. and William King A

Miriam Luchian A

Jennifer Kinsman L

Elizabeth Lukowski

Vanessa Kirsch and Alan Khazei A

Lucy Lynch A

Patrice Kish and Bennie DiNardo L

Melissa and George W. Lynch L O

Martha Kleinman L

Ann MacDonald L

Stephen Klimashousky A

Robin MacDonald-Foley

Robert Knight A

Lisel and Mark Macenka A

Jeanine J. and Jonathan W. Knox A

Barbara Mackey A

Lisa Koch and David Rohrlich A

Anne Mackin and Alex Krieger A

Amber Kopp A

Amanda C. MacMullan L

Alejandra Miranda-Naon and Lee D. Oestreicher A

Marianna Koval A

Yvonne and Stuart Madnick O

Jo Monell A

Marion Krause A

Ellen and John D. Maguire A

Laura and Bruce Monrad L

Maureen Krensky L

Julie Mansfield A

Alan Moore A

Robert Kretschmar A

Christine Maraganore A

Susan and Stephen Moorhead L

Kenneth Kruckemeyer A

Virginia and Keith Marcotte A

Alice and Dane Morgan A

Mona Kumar L

Terry A. Marek A

Janice and Guy Morse A

Elena Kurbatzky A

Gisela L. Margotta A

Gail Mott A

Sarah Laberge A

Michelle Marino A

Lindsay N. Mott A

Linda Laitine and Reinhard A. Schumacher A

Eva and George Markos O

Suzanne Mrozak A

Elizabeth Marks and Paul Taylor A

Anne Mueller L

Courtney Marsh A

Regina Mullen A L

Jane W. and Jeffrey E. Marshall A

Mary Mullin L

Helen Marston A

Helen B. and John Munzer A

Carol J. Martignetti L

Joan E. Murphy A

Mary Ellen and Thomas W. Mason A

Pamela Murray O

Elena Matlack A L

Barbara Nazarewicz A

Arlene and Hugh Mattison A

Mary Nee and James Chapin A

Nancy Mazonson and David Ofsevit A

Anne Neely A

A

Rosemary and Sajed Kamal A Joseph C. Kambourakis A

Carol Lammers A Renee M. Landers

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Jennifer Lastimosa

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John Laurito O Debby Lawrence and Edward W. Grandin A Robert Lawrence A Susan H. and David Lawrence A

—Jack Osgood, Conservancy donor

A

A

Anne Mckay A Colleen McKiernan A Buster McNeill A Katie McWeeny L Amy Medici L Ellen Meltzer A Angela Menino O Shelley Metzenbaum and Steven Kelman A Bunny Boyce Meyer A Virginia Meyer L Beth and Martin Milkovits O Lindsay Miller A Margo Miller A Susan Miller A Therese Minton A

Maureen H. Nguyen A Quang Nguyen A Doug Nigen A Mary Nobile-King O Mahnaz Nouri L Judith M. and James M Oates A Patricia Oksanen L Dianne Olson O Allison O’Neil L Gretchen O’Neill A Julie O’Rourke A Richard Orr A Jack Osgood A Patricia Ostrander L Kimberly O’Toole A Edith Overly A Claudia C. Ownes A Linda Sharp Paine and Thomas M. Paine A Lark Jurev Palermo A Leah Palone L James A. Pappas L Lee Pappas L Lindsey W. and Robert Parker A Sophia Parker and Kate Willett A Pamela Parmal L Carlos Parra A Carolyn Pekar A Robin Pelissier L Elizabeth Pendergast O Meg and Richard F. Perkins A Sarah Peskin A Jean and John R. Peteet A Amanda Peters L Kay Petersen A Rebecca Petersen A

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE

Elisabeth T. Peterson A

Mary Riffe A

Jennifer and Thomas Peterson O Daria Petrilli-Eckert and Blaise C. Eckert Loumona Petroff

Elizabeth Vizza A

Deborah Rivers and Thomas Clasby A

Kay Sloan A

John Vogel and Wayne Beitler A

Lucy and Richard Robb

Mark D. Smith

Bruce Robinson

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Krystian von Speidel L

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Sherley Smith and Frederic Gardner

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Jean Pierce A

JoAnn Robinson A

Stephen Smith A

Kenneth and Linda Pike A

June and John C. Robinson A

Jodie Solomon A

Margaret Plimpton L

Tyler Robinson A

Sydney and James H. Sowles A

Bernard Plovnick A

Jane and Ronald Rondeau A

Roberta and Steve Spang A

Anna Poberezhska A

Evan M. Rondeau A

Elena Spanjaard A

Alice Poltorick A

Lacy and Jack Roosevelt L

Marvin Sparrow A

Amy Poor A

Miguel Rosales A

Vivian and Lionel B. Spiro L

Deborah Porter O

Lucy and Brian Rosborough A

Michel Spitzer A

Janis Porter and Stephen Naber A

Joel Rosen A

Marcus Springer L

Linda and Jeffrey Postlethwait A

Andy Ross O

Kim Stanfield O

Helen and William Pounds L

Anne Ross A

Philip Stango

Susan Povak A

Jonathan A. Ross L .A

Vera and Edwin Starner A

Ella Prabhakar A

Ken Ross A

Joan and Robert Stein A

Frances G. and Harold I. Pratt A

Rachael Rosselli L

Lorraine Stevens A

Patricia Pratt L

Karen Rotenberg L

William S. Stout A

Liza Prieto A

Elizabeth A. Rothwell A

Ann T. and John P. Streit, Jr. A

Suzanne and Bernard H. Pucker A

Michele Rozen A

Remy Stressenger L

Emma Puka-Beals A

Amy E. Russo L

Jean and Peter Stringham A

Kathy Z. and George Putnam A L

Barbara N. Salter O

Richard Stroshane A

Evelyn and Robert Pyle A

Cynthia and Duncan Sanger A

Nancy C. and Byron Stutzman A

Rebecca Radford O

Koreen A. Santos O

Amy Sullivan L

Robin Radin A

Elena Saporta

Patricia Swaim A

Wallis and Daniel Raemer A

Judy Saryan and Victor V. Zarougian A

Philip B. Taft A

Gayle Rasmussen A

Alice Saunders A

Christina Termine L

Trina Realmuto A

Meaghan and Stephen J. Scearbo A

Carolyn Thomas A

Erica Recht O

Susan Schaefer A

Ayres Thompson L

Elizabeth R. and Christopher S. Reece A

Rosemary and Edward Schantz A

Ellen and James Thomson A

Judith Reece and J. Brooks Reece, Jr. A

Ruth C. and Ken Scheer L

Elizabeth and William Thorndike A

Mardi Reed A

Jeannine M. and Martin Schetzen A

Mona Tohamy and Eric Hansen A

Mary and James Reed A

Cookie K. and Jonathan Schiff A

Sidney Topol A

Sharon Regan A

Mary L. Schmidek L

Gen Tracy L

Julie Reis A

JoAnne P. Schnyder

Naomi and Robert Tuchmann A

Nolan H. Reis A

Kevin Schofield A

Karen Tucker and Jerry Avorn L

Doris Reisig O

Luciene Schroeder A

Sydney Marshall Turner L

Michael Reiskind L

Eileen Schwartz A

Diana and Fred Uehlein L

Sarah Remillard A

Faith and Carl Scovel A

Robert Uhlig A

Nancy Reynolds A

Susan and Andrew Segar A

Donna Ullrey A

Erinn Rhodes A

Peg and Stephen Senturia A

Anna Uritsky L

Jean Ricci A

Pamela F. and James P. Shadley A

Eleanor and James L. Van Alen L

Rebecca Riccio L

Sandra L. Shea and William Schechter A

Robert van de Graaff A

Suzanne Ricco A

Holly Shepherd L

Jennifer Vasterling A

Courtney Richardson L

Roger Shepley A

Rosamond Vaule A

Marlena M. and Daniel Richardson A

Stephanie Sheps L

Fredericka Veikley and Edward J. Burke A

Elizabeth and Wilson H. Rickerson A

Michael Shinagel A

Frederick Vetterlein A

Margot Ridout

Susan Siebert and Bartholomew J. Mitchell A

Martha Vicinus A

Lauren Ries A

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Helaine A. Simmonds A

Donna S. and James A. Viola A

Renata von Tscharner and Peter Munkenbeck L Linda Wakeman A Judith W. Walcott L Celeste Walker A O Anne and Monte Wallace L Susan Walling A Eugenie and Denis Walsh L Stephanie and Jonathan Warburg L Ray Warburton A Joanna Watson A Mark Weber A Penny Weeks L Bill Weidman A Kathy Weinman and Cameron Kerry A Mary F. Weis A Leonard A. Weiss A Jessica Welch and James Maguire A Amy and Ed Wertheim A Laura Weyl A Kelley Doyle Whalen L Julia C. and Gerald B. Whelan A Susan and William White A Kelley Whitmore A Cathy Wight A Kendra and Peter O. Wilde A Natalie W. Williams O Pamela Willis L Laura Wilson L O Janet Wineman A Jenny Wojewoda Steven J. Wolf A Julia Woodard L Beth A. Worell and Joe F. Pryse A Milica Wren Alma Wright A Gerald Wright A Pramila Yadav O Doris Yaffe L Florence Frances Yaras A Marilynn and Michael Yaremchuk L Caroline and Donald Young L Jin Yu A Ellen Zane A Nicole Zatlyn L Wendy Zazik A Linda and Jerrold Zindler A

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE

“

Research tells us that spending time in nature is important for child development and growth. The Canopy Classroom brings elementary students into the Emerald Necklace to connect with the natural world through hands-on science-based activities. They learn about trees, the air and water using all of their senses to gain an awareness of the environment around them.”

–Kent Jackson, Director of Education

Foundation, Corporate and Institutional Donors

Dior Couture L

Bartlett Tree Experts L

Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation A L

The Beacon Hill Garden Club A

$20,000+

Grossman Marketing Group L

Boston Symphony Orchestra L The Catered Affair L Cummings Foundation A Edwin S. Webster Foundation A Everett Design A L O

Firestone & Parson JewelersL

Benoit Mizner Simon & Co. Real EstateL BSA Foundation A El Pelon Taqueria A

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum L

Friends of Post Office Square L

Jane B. Cook 1992 Charitable Trust A

Giorgio Armani O

Jones Day L

Harvard University Medical School L

JP Morgan Private Bank L

LEK Consulting A

Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Fund, Inc. A O

McNeill Management A Neiman Marcus Copley PlaceL

The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust A

LeClairRyan L

Inner Spark Foundation A

Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization A L

The John and Sonia Lingos Family Foundation A L O

Ropes & Gray LLP A

Quincy Parks Conservancy L

Saks Fifth Avenue L

Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Association A

Marlo Marketing

Samuels Associates Real Estate A

New England Farm & Garden Association A Peterson Party Center, Inc.

The Sooner Foundation A

Boston Harbor Hotel L Colleges of the Fenway A Congress Wealth Management A

L

Fenway Park Events L

The Carney Foundation O

Fiduciary Trust Company A A

The Garden Club of the Back Bay, Inc. O

Claremont Companies L

Hermes of Paris L

Halvorson Design Partnership A Harvard University A Inland Underwriters Insurance Agency, Inc. A

Pollywogs Inc. L WalkAbout Consulting, LLC

Brookline GreenSpace Alliance, Inc A

Walking Stick Family Fund A

A

Commonwealth Cooperative Bank A

Marc Hall Design L

The Ritz Carlton, Boston Common L

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc. L Rubblestone Foundation A Thomson Reuters A

Donor list reflects donations from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016.

A: Annual Fund donor L: Liff Fund donor O: Olmsted Tree Society donor We have done our best to accurately list our donors. Please accept our sincere apologies for any errors or omissions and contact the office to help us correct our records. Thank you.

US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management L

$1,000+ Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC A Baker Newman Noyes

Friends of Olmsted Park Boston A

Boston Cultural Council A

MiniLuxe L

Brookline Community Foundation

Friends of Jamaica Pond A

Olmsted 2022 A

Kodomo Boston L

A

Franklin Park Coalition A

BL ExoticsL

Table Toppers L

Boston Red Sox Foundation A

Community Foundation of Louisville A

Bessemer Trust

HubSpot A

Boston Athletic Association A

Community Caring Institute A

Nature’s Academy A

L

lululemon usa inc. A

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts A

Cohasset Garden Club A

Babson College A

Locke Lord LLP L

Whole Foods Market A

Charles River Questers A

Mahoney’s Garden Centers, LLC A

Horizon Beverage L

$5,000+

Carved Solutions L

MindEdge, Inc. A

Friends of the Muddy River AHigh Street Hill Association A

UBS Investment Bank L

Carleton-Willard Village A

Alchemy Foundation A

The Lenox Hotel L

Winston Flowers

Aburndale Builders, Inc. A

Jamaica Pond Association A

The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation A

L

Anonymous A

Jamaica Hills Association A

$500+

$2,500+

Bank of America Charitable Foundation A

The Charlotte Foundation

Prospect Fund A

Wild Geese Foundation A

L

$10,000+ Brown Advisory

Northeastern University A

$499 and under

The Winsor School A

A

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“

Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Conservancy. From the leadership of the Board and the Party in the Park Committee Chairs to the invaluable input from Overseers and Council members and dedication of the docents, volunteers provide invaluable service and support on behalf of our organization. These individuals are central to our mission and we are so grateful for all that they do.”

–Karen Mauney-Brodek, President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Benjamin Taylor, Chair John R. Cook, Jr., Vice Chair Martin Hall, Treasurer Susan Helms Daley, Clerk Michael Dukakis, Life Trustee Janet P. Atkins Peter Barber

STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

DOCENTS

Arborway Coalition Arnold Arboretum

Charles Beveridge

Susan Helms Daley

Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America

Frances Colburn

Stan Everett Lola Heiler-Stillman

Boston Society of Landscape Architects

Jody Dow Bruce Enders

Judy MacNeill

Grace Fey

Dan Moulton

Myra Harrison

Barbara Nazarewicz

Frank Keefe

Lucy Robb Nancy Stutzman

Brookline GreenSpace Alliance Emerald Necklace Greenway Project

Barbara Balasa

Fenway Alliance

Mimi LaCamera

Anne Connolly

Fenway CDC

Arleyn Levee

Chris DeSisto

Fenway Civic Association

Robert McCoy

STAFF

Courtney Forrester

Fenway Garden Society

Hubert Murray, AIA

Karen Mauney-Brodek, President

Sarah Freeman

Franklin Park Coalition

Bill Nigreen

Ellen Arnstein

Julie Hume Gordon

Louise Riemer

Mary Hickie

Marjorie Greville

Franklin Park Zoo / Zoo New England

David Scudder

Kent Jackson

Roger F. Harris

Friends of Jamaica Pond

Jack Smith

Susan Knight

Beth Krudys

Friends of Leverett Pond

Leslie Stacks

Jeanine Knox

Barbara Millen

Friends of the Muddy River

Lee Moreau

Garden Club Federation of MA

Allison O’Neil

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

PARTY IN THE PARK COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Adrienne M. Penta, Esq.

Jamaica Hills Association

Ellie Chu

John Smith

Katherine E. Post

Jamaica Pond Association

Kim Furnald

Jessica Welch

Wendy Shattuck

MASCO

Julie Hume Gordon

Kay Sloan

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Holly Safford

Eleanor Chu

Peter Sougarides Leo Swift Linda Edmonds Turner JoAnn Robinson and Carroll Williamson, Co-Chairs, Park Overseers

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PARK OVERSEERS

Camille Valentine

Ginger Leib Kate Sosin Oeser Ray Oladapo-Johnson

Lists are for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE

Financials Operating Revenue & Support Grants and Contributions

Program Support Fundraising $320,792

Individuals $497,755

General & Administration

$254,933

Foundations and Corporations

$370,318

Total Program Support

$575,725

Olmsted Tree Society

$249,175

Justine Mee Liff Fund

$833,363

Total Grants and Contributions

$1,950,611

Investments & Other Income

$283,533

TOTAL REVENUE

$2,234,144

Expenses Programs / Projects / Events Education & Youth Programs

$140,776

Park Events and Visitor Services

$191,472

Maintenance, Restoration & Volunteers

$185,195

Olmsted Tree Society Tree Management Program

$484,200

Justine Mee Liff Fund

$416,832

TOTAL PROGRAMS / PROJECTS / EVENTS

TOTAL EXPENSES

$1,994,200

Net Asset Composition Fixed Assets— Shattuck Visitors Center

$776,502

Operating Funds

$242,037

Olmsted Tree Society

$1,075,326

Shattuck Endowment

$654,375

Justine Mee Liff Fund

$2,476,375

TOTAL NET ASSETS

$5,224,615

This is an audited financial summary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 The independent auditor’s report including financial statements is available from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s office upon request

$1,418,475

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