Southwest Corridor Park Conservancy

Restoring, Maintaining and Enhancing the Southwest Corridor Park

Along the SWC

Southwest Corridor Park Conservancy participated in the Wake Up the Earth Festival on May 5th. New playground for Jackson Square. Here is a link to the presentation about the new playground plans for Jackson Square. The presentation shows photos of the playground elements ("Wallholla" climbing structure, cattails, carousel, zipline, adult exercise equipment, bike racks) and map of the site. Link: Jackson Square Playground Presentation. Click "Share This" to share the SWCPC website with others via email, Facebook or other social media. Connect with the SWCP on Facebook View photos in the Image Galleries on our website. www.flickr.com See more photos in the Southwest Corridor Boston group on Flickr

Mission

“To restore and enrich for current and future generations, the Southwest Corridor Park in partnership with the public, adjacent communities, businesses and educational and cultural institutions.”
......SW Corridor Park Conservancy

Gardening in the Southwest Corridor Park

Interested in finding out about upcoming volunteer days? Becoming a garden steward? Applying for a community garden plot? Go to the Gardening page for more information.

Park News

Next Volunteer Day. Saturday, May 19th, 2012, 10am to 2pm. Meet at Blackwood/Claremont Community Garden.... lots of things to do including transplanting, weeding, pruning and more. All volunteers welcome - new volunteers are welcome to join! Click here for details

Casey Arborway Project. Visit http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/caseyoverpass/index.html to learn about the Casey Arborway Project (about the Casey Overpass) and learn about meetings about the projects.

Take a Self-Guided Walking Tour of the South End. The New England Landscape and Design and History Association's South End Self-Guided Walking Tour, which includes a portion of Southwest Corridor Park, is online at http://www.neldha.org/walking-tours.

Festival Garden and JP Gardening Opportunities
Volunteers from JP have adopted a SWCP garden near Stony Brook, with a theme of edible gardening, with expectations of produce to share among neighbors. There are also additional new opportunities to volunteer as garden stewards in various Southwest Corridor Park locations around JP. Visit the Google Group for this garden at https://sites.google.com/site/festivalgardenjp/ or email festivalgardenjp@gmail.com for more information and to join the email list. See the location on the SWCPC Maps (Section 3: JP).

Jackson Square Playground. Construction takes place this spring on a new playground at Jackson Square. Read more on the DCR website.

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