Spring

Author and illustrator, Peter H. Reynolds, will join The EMK Institute for a reading and signing of his book, The signing will be followed by flower making for the Institute’s garden. 

The forty-page “storybook for all ages” featuring Reynolds’ signature mix of pen, ink, watercolor and tea, is a tribute to Kennedy family matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and to Boston’s 1.7-mile Rose Kennedy Greenway urban park that bears her name.

In the book’s foreword, penned just weeks before he passed away, Senator Kennedy wrote, “Peter H. Reynolds poignantly captures my mother’s enduring spirit in Rose’s Garden. May this powerful story and my mother’s beautiful greenway plant fresh seeds of hope and service for generations to come.”

When:  Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 11:00 AM  >> Read More

Get ready to take your outdoor photography skills to the next level. Join local photographer Eduardo del Solar to expand your ability in this creative workshop centered on nature photography. All ages.

Topics include:

• Equipment recommendations
• Lenses and associated accessories
• Exposure, lighting, composition techniques, image critiques, and the ethics of nature photography.

We will go outside to take photographs and then come back indoors to discuss ways in which to enhance our images.

Participants must have either a digital point-and-shoot or digital SLR camera. A tripod and macro lens are strongly recommended. Cell phone cameras will not suffice.

When: Saturday, April 18th

8:00AM-10:00AM

Where: Boston Nature Center

500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan

To register: http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=21:keywords=photography:program_code=39692

Help the Franklin Park Coalition get ready for Spring! Pick up litter, remove invasives, maintain path! Stick around for Boston Shines/Earth Day Celebration afterwards!

When: Thursday, April 25th

1:00PM-6:00PM

Where: Franklin Park

For more info: Call FPC at (617)442-4141