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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

After working together in early July on a woodland clearing project, the Wakefield Interns and HP Youth Conservation Corp spent a day climbing Great Blue Hill. Don McCasland, Program Director for the Blue Hill Observatory, led the hike, sharing the history of GBH and its legacy and development by earlier conservation workers from the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp, a Works Progress Administration initiative) and the […]

Last week, the Wakefield Interns and Staff welcomed Channsotha (Chan) Suom, the Entomologist for the Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project. Chan talked about how he got into the field and the research he is involved with. He answered a wide array of questions from the students and shared interesting anectodes such as how Hollywood has “borrowed” real creatures from the insect and spider realm to create some […]

The 2010 Summer Archaeology Institute concluded on Friday, July 16th with an exciting find! The students discovered a projectile point roughly three inches long – a beautiful specimen of Native American tool making. Boston University’s archeologists have hoped and expected to find pre-colonial artifacts on site because it is well known that the area surrounding Great Blue Hill was an important meeting […]

Session two of our Summer Archaeology Institute began on July 5th with students from Milton, Boston and Canton participating. Their excavations have unearthed lots of artifacts, focusing on the history of land use around the farmhouse. This week, they took a field trip to the Boston City Archaeology Lab, where they washed objects recently dug up at the Paul Revere house! Sam […]