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HP’s SHOUT Out at Estate

The Wakefield Estate is partnering this year with the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church and the SHOUT After School Tutoring Program to provide children from the Henry Grew school in Hyde Park academic enrichment opportunities. Last week the kids collected a number of items from the landscape – berries, leaves, nuts, cones, ferns – with which to make colorful collages. Following […]

Holiday Floral Demo Dazzles Again

Last week for the third consecutive year, floral designer Lisa Ahern worked her magic and gave a dazzling holiday floral demonstration to a standing room only crowd. The evening session began with participants enjoying mulled cider, wine and snacks in the farmhouse, cozy with a fire flickering in the wood stove. Then Ahern displayed how to make several stunning decorations ranging a simple arrangement […]

Estate Hosts Women Climbers for 2nd Annual Workshop

In early October, the Wakefield Estate was pleased to host the 2nd Annual Women¹s Tree Climbing Workshop. Sponsored by the New England Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, the workship gave women arborists the opportunity to learn how to climb using a multitude of styles in climbing equipment & techniques. Designed as a two-day camping overnight event, the participants […]

Thacher Helps Estate Pursue Audubon Certification

We are partnering with our neighbors next door, the Thacher Montessori School,  to be certified through the Audubon Cooperate Sanctuary Program.  This program helps businesses and organizations conduct proactive environmental projects that benefit people and the environment by addressing four key environmental quality areas: Wildlife Habitat Management, Resource Conservation, Waste Management, and Outreach & Education.   Thacher’s Upper Elementary students are […]

Wakefield Estate’s Collaboration with BPS Highlighted

The Wakefield Estate’s recent work and collaboration with Luis Arroyo, Science Specialist at Boston Public’s Charles Taylor School in Mattapan was the highlight of this year’s Boston Youth Environmental Networks annual showcase held October 29th. Mr. Arroyo was the featured speaker at the gathering of over 200 teachers and environmental education professionals held each year at the law offices of Wilmer Hale. Sharing […]

Estate Hosts Kimchi Workshop

On Sunday, October 10, the estate partnered with Brookwood Community Farm for a hands-on workshop on how to prepare Kimchi – a delicious fermented cabbage dish of Korean cuisine. The beautiful autumn weather enabled the class to be held outside. Kelly Lake instructed the class about the benefits of lactofermentation, and how to mix the concoction. Participants prepared their own […]

Wakefield Estate Featured in Globe Profile

Recently the Metro South Edition of the Boston Globe featured an article profiling some of the terrific programs that are underway here at the Wakefield Estate, including our Summer Archeology Institute for high school students, grade school science visits and college fellowships focused on a wide array of research topics. To read the complete article, follow this link.

Bulb Planting Time!

During the first of our fall school visits, students from the Charles Taylor School in Mattapan  recently enjoyed a beautiful autumn day and learned about science. After lunch, the fifth graders helped plant dozens of tulip bulbs that they will see when they return in the spring! Back at school, they will help teach the younger students how to plant daffodil bulbs. Each […]

Beekeeper Shares Experiences with Interns

The Wakefield Estate’s beekeeper, Scott Harris provided our landscape interns a close-up look at the life of bees and their importance to the estate’s plants and trees, not to mention samples of fresh honey! First, Harris described the basics of keeping a hive and how the hive functions, sharing anecdotes about his successes, challenges, and memorable stings that have occured along […]

Wakefield Estate Welcomes 2010 Interns!

Despite the oppressive heat this summer, the Wakefield Estate’s 2010 Interns have been hard at work leaving their imprint on the property. On July 6th, we welcomed 4 of its 8 2010 Landscape Interns, with the compliment of 4 additional interns starting July 20th after participating in our second Archeology session or other educational activities off-site. Each year, the intern crew is […]