ANNUAL REPORT

Connecting people and parks BOARD OF Ex-Officio STEWARDSHIP DIRECTORS Directors COUNCIL Benjamin Taylor, Chair Erin Gallentine, Eugenie Beal ‡ Kathryn Cochrane Murphy, Brookline Parks and Open Space Charles Beveridge retiring Vice Chair and Clerk Samantha Overton, Frances Colburn Otile McManus, Vice Chair MA Department of Conservation Jody Dow and Recreation Leo Swift, retiring Treasurer Bruce Enders Lee Albright, retiring Andy Pappastergion, Brookline Public Works Grace Fey Janet P. Atkins Myra Harrison Peter K. Barber Antonia Pollak, Boston Parks and Recreation Frank Keefe Anne Connolly John Sullivan, Jr., Mimi LaCamera John R. Cook, Jr., incoming Boston Water and Sewer Arleyn Levee Vice Chair Commission Hubert Murray Lynn A. Dale Bill Nigreen Susan Helms Daley PARK OVERSEERS Louise Riemer Chris DeSisto David Scudder Michael Dukakis Arborway Coalition Jack Smith Courtney Forrester Arnold Arboretum Leslie Stacks Sarah Freeman, retiring Boston Committee of the Garden Carol Gladstone Club of America STAFF Marjorie Greville Boston Nature Center of Mass Audubon Roger F. Harris Julie Crockford Boston Society of Landscape Brittany Dunn Janice Henderson, retiring Architects Mary Hickie James Hunnewell, Jr., AIA Brookline Greenspace Alliance Susan Knight Matthew Kiefer, Esq., incoming Emerald Necklace Greenway Jeanine Knox Vice Chair Project Jillian Levine Beth Krudys The Fenway Alliance ‡ Ray Oladapo-Johnson Caroline Loughlin Fenway Civic Association Marybeth Oskowski Adrienne Penta, Esq. Fenway CDC Jessica Parsons Katherine Post, incoming Fenway Garden Society Treasurer Franklin Park Coalition John Smith Jane Roy Franklin Park Zoo/Zoo New INTERNS Greg Selkoe, retiring England Wendy Shattuck Friends of Jamaica Pond Abigail Adgate Susan Siebert, incoming Clerk Friends of Leverett Pond Meredith Gallogly Katherine Sloan Friends of the Muddy River Danielle Harkaway David Solomon Garden Club Federation of Mass Karolina Kenney Peter Sougarides Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Irena Kushner Linda Edmonds Turner Jamaica Hills Association Carroll Williamson Jamaica Pond Association Design by Olga Vanegas / Marjorie Bakken, Emeritus MASCO IntercreativaDesign.com Museum of Fine Arts Boston Dear Friends,

Thank you for your 2013 investments in the In addition to maintenance, restoration, and Emerald Necklace Conservancy! In 2013, the the fundraising to accomplish our goals, an Conservancy celebrated 15 years of connecting important part of the Conservancy’s mission is people and parks. Your contributions helped to bring people into the Emerald Necklace to improve access to the parks, develop projects enjoy the benefits of nature. A growing body to care for the park ecosystem and create of scientific, peer reviewed studies indicates programs for people of all ages. that natural areas, particularly those in urban environments, have positive effects on physical This past year also marked the 10th Anniversary and mental health. The Conservancy’s Summer of Party in the Park and the launch of the Sundays in the Park, docent-led tours, Circle The Olmsted Tree Society Fund to care for the City and volunteer programs are some of the Emerald Necklace’s tree canopy. Thanks to the ways we engage thousands of people annually generosity of more than 800 attendees at the in the park. Thanks to you, our Green Team annual lunch honoring the late Boston Parks and Youth Leadership programs continue to Commissioner Justine Mee Liff, $940,000 was educate the next generation of park stewards raised for this vital initiative. Having completed while providing needed summer and after-school an inventory of 7,000 individual trees and employment for urban youth. thousands more in the woodlands and along the waters’ edge, the Conservancy is preparing As the Conservancy looks forward to the next 15 timelines and cost estimates as part of a years of restoring and maintaining the Emerald maintenance plan for our most valuable trees. Necklace, increasing access to the parks and providing educational programming for people We are grateful to the more than 90 volunteers of all ages, we are inspired by the commitment who ensured that Party in the Park was such a and generosity of all our friends and donors. success. Only ten years ago, Wendy Shattuck Many, many thanks for everything you do to founded Party in the Park, and since then $3 support the Emerald Necklace! million has been raised for a variety of important park projects including the Kelleher Rose Garden fountain in Back Bay Fens. We completed the majority of the work on the $550,000 fountain project last year and look forward to a ribbon Ben Taylor Julie Crockford cutting in spring, 2014. Chair President

01 Sharing a passion for the parks

Barbara Nazarewicz, a docent perspective By Anne Mackin

When Barbara Nazarewicz and her fiancé moved from San Francisco to Boston, they “I consider myself an chose their Fenway neighborhood by looking ambassador for the at a city map that showed the neighborhood parks,” she explained. It’s nestled into a big U-shaped sweep of parks important to me to reach that turned out to be part of Boston’s Emerald Necklace. When she arrived and saw the people who may not be parks, and began to use them—running aware of the parks or their along the Fens and the Riverway—she was importance.” impressed. “When you run along parts of the Muddy River,” she said, widening her eyes, “you feel like you’re in a rural oasis.” She smiled. “It’s the genius of Olmsted.” She began researching the parks online, and that “I consider myself an ambassador for the research led her to the Conservancy and its parks,” she explained. docent training program. “Parks,” she adds with conviction, “make the Barbara, a landscape architect, now spends city livable. They give us places to exercise, to one Sunday a month leading interpretive tours relax, and to enjoy natural beauty. As more of of the Emerald Necklace’s Back Bay Fens as us arrive who need and appreciate the parks, a Conservancy Docent. She brings more than the importance of parks is growing. I think youthful energy to the Conservancy. Her this will enhance support for the Conservancy professional credentials and connections and increase our fundraising leverage. And give her a special role. In addition to her job part of the message I want to get out, when with a local design firm, Basia works with the I speak on behalf of the Conservancy, is the American Society of Landscape Architects importance of public-private partnerships on their Emerging Professionals Committee. in caring for great public treasures like the At the ASLA’s 2013 national conference in Emerald Necklace.” Boston, Barbara led a tour of ASLA members through her neighboring part of the Emerald Necklace, helping them learn from Olmsted’s masterpiece.

02 A volunteer experience both social and serene Katie C., a volunteer perspective By Anne Mackin

“Isn’t it beautiful,” asks Katie, peering through the temporary fence around the Kelleher Rose “What I love best about Garden in the Back Bay Fens. She is looking gardening here is that at the water soaring up from the restored you can really see the fountain, a recently completed project of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. The fountain, impact of the work you’ve undergoing a test run before being shut done. And you can see down for the winter, sits among the 1,500 or the impact of [the] Rose so rose plants in the Kelleher Rose Garden, Garden on peoples’ where Katie volunteers regularly in the lives, too.” Conservancy’s “Tuesdays with Roses” program. Katie sought volunteer work when she arrived in Boston soon after completing her graduate work in Criminal Justice. She saw it as a way Katie has been volunteering at the rose to meet people and learn about her new garden for a few years, and feels she’s seen community. “I love pruning and weeding in an influx of young blood in the volunteer the Rose Garden,” she says. “There are usually group. She, herself, volunteered with an about 15 of us working together for a couple environmental group in college and feels that of hours after work, one day a week.” everyone now has a better understanding The weekly routine varies. “Ray [Oladapo- of the importance of green spaces and Johnson, the Conservancy’s Director of environmental stewardship. Operations] or others will show us what to “What I love best about gardening here is do. This past spring, for example, rabbits that you can really see the impact of the work devastated the garden. So we had to replant you’ve done. A week after we prune a particu- or replace some of the rosebushes. Then, after lar section, that section will look great, with a rainy period, we might weed. And in late fall, more blooms. And you can see the impact of we mulch the roses, or ‘put them to bed’ as [the] Rose Garden on peoples’ lives, too. Gar- Ray says”. den visitors will ask us questions or say how much they enjoy the garden. It’s a beautiful, relaxing place to work and it has a social value you can see and feel.”

03 Circle The City

Circle The City creates a connection between neighbors and nature on car-free, open streets. Thousands flocked to Huntington Avenue on July 14 and Blue Hill Avenue on September 29 to play on the street. From drumming circles to zumba, a rock climbing wall to bike tune-ups, there was something for everyone. Residents on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester told us: “It was healing.” “I’ve lived here for 31 years and this was the best “[The day] was beautiful, thing that has ever happened here.” “I had one of the best times I ever had at Open a tapestry, a mosaic of Streets, Open World. “ people, of community building.”

As one of the most anticipated social events in Boston, The Party in the Park is one of Boston’s surest signs of spring. To date, the luncheon has generated a $3 million fund for the Emerald Necklace parks. Proceeds from the 10th anniversary Party in the Park founded the Olmsted Tree Society to care for and protect the parks’ beautiful and priceless tree canopy and woodlands.

04 $1 Million Tree Fund Established for the Emerald Necklace

The Olmsted Tree Society was established in 2013 to address the serious needs of the aging tree canopy in the Emerald Necklace. Launched by the Conservancy’s Justine plotted using Geographic Information Systems Mee Liff Fund Committee, and thanks to the (GIS). The resulting comprehensive tree generous support of donors, sponsors and maintenance and management plan will guide guests of the 10th annual Party in the Park, future pruning, planting, and maintenance $940,000 of the initial $1 million goal has been priorities in Franklin Park, Jamaica Pond, raised for this spendable fund. We are grateful Olmsted Park, the Riverway and Back Bay Fens to the Norman and Muriel Leventhal Family as well as along the parkways. and the Plimpton Shattuck Fund for their Members of the Olmsted Tree Society help leadership giving to this important initiative. ensure the health of the park’s trees now and In collaboration with our public partners, for future generations. To learn more about the Conservancy hired Kyle Zick Landscape how you can “adopt” and maintain a heritage Architecture (KZLA) for the project. Over tree, plant a new tree or provide much needed 7,000 heritage and specimen trees, 200 acres soil remediation, fertilizer and watering, of woodland, as well as parkway and riparian visit our website or contact Susan Knight at trees have been surveyed, assessed and 617-522-2700.

We are grateful to all who helped launch the Olmsted Tree Society through direct donations and sponsorships and ticket purchases at the 10th anniversary Party in the Park.

$100,000+ Barbara & Amos Hostetter $10,000+ Teresa L. & Gregory W. J.P. Morgan Private Bank Simmons Norman & Muriel Leventhal Beth & Seth Klarman The Abbey Group Table Toppers* Alan & Sherry Leventhal Caterina & George Sakellaris Amy Abrams Winston Flowers* Wendy Shattuck & Sam Charlotte & Herb Wagner BNY Mellon Wealth Plimpton Management $5,000+ $15,000+ Corcoran Jennison $25,000+ Laura E. Baldini Boston Symphony Orchestra Companies Bartlett Tree Experts Janet Atkins & Tarleton Lillian & Patrick Carney Everett Design* Isabelle T. Black Watkins II The Catered Affair* Sarah Freeman & Sam Laura DeBonis Lisa & Tom Blumenthal Ellie Cornish Chu Sherwood DeMoulas Foundation RoAnn Costin & James Lisa Mooney John & Sonia Lingos Family Beth Dickerson Bailey Peterson Party Center* Foundation Eaton Vance Investment Victoria & David Croll Beth K. Pfeiffer Eleanor & Frank Pao Counsel Lynn Dale & Frank Wisneski Jane Roy Holly Safford & Charles Weilbrenner 05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Gifts reflect FY2013 donations, October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

$5,000+ Jill A. Horner & Yo-Yo The Druker Company, Kim Ainsworth Ellen Cross Ma Ltd. Lawson Albright Anne F. Cucchiaro Edwards Wildman Barbara Jordan Susan Dunn Martina Albright Rita Cuker Palmer LLP Gus Kalaris- Axios Margaret Boles Min Alexander Sally Curran Grace Fey Wines* Fitzgerald Lawson Allen Nancy Curtin Fiduciary Trust Carol Ann Kania Betty Georgaklis Minnie Ames & Brian Melanie Stewart Cutler Courtney & Michael Christine Kondoleon Kate Gilbane Hirschfeld Molly Cutler Forrester Joyce Linde Abigail Goodman Christine Anderson Elisha Daniels Richard L. Friedman Isabelle Loring Julie Hume Gordon Cackie Austin Susan Darnton Friends of the Public Mandarin Oriental, Vicary Graham Jerry Avorn & Karen Cindy DeLotto Garden Boston Susan B. Grandis Tucker Barbara Delutis Grossmans Marketing Anne Marcus Roger Harris Anne Shattuck Bailey Lisa Diadamo Services Robert M. & Judith Harvard Medical School Elizabeth Baker Stephanie Dimino Jeannette Hsu- Melzer Pamela Humphrey Lynda Banerjee Christina B. Diver McSweeney Allison Pellegrino John P. Iappini & Carole Katie Barrow Daniel Donahue Swanee Hunt Lynne & Mark E. Mathieson Clara C. Batchelor Susan Donahue Isabella Stewart Rickabaugh Kim Jacobs Anna Beakey Katie Doonan Gardner Museum Susan Saraceno Candace Jans Enid Beal Jody Dow Elizabeth B. Johnson Rosmarie Scully Alexander Leventhal Genie Beal Peggy Dray Elizabeth L. Johnson Fredi Stevenson Marie Llewellyn Robert L. Beal Polly Drinkwater Jones Day Dune Thorne Jane Moss Terri Beal Doris Dufour Trisha Perez Kennealy Kristin Welo Kathryn Cochrane Deborah Starr Bean Michael & Kitty Dukakis Sidney Kenyon Wentworth Institute of Murphy Elaine Beilin Molly S. Dunne Pamela Kohlberg Technology Anthony M. Nader- Rhonda L. Berchuck Tom Eberhardt Barrie Landry Wilmington Trust Cedar Valley Holdings, Susan Black Lorraine Egan Charitable Foundation LLC Linda Cabot Black Deborah Elfers The Mee Liff Family $1,000+ Megan O’Block Katie Schuller Bleakie Nancy Ellis Julia Owens Alli Achtmeyer Paola Quadretti Suzanne Bloomberg Marilyn Ellwood Nancy Place The Acorn Foundation Worldwide Inc. Gloria Bohan Barbara Emery Lia G. Poorvu Maggie DeSantis Jane Pappalardo Mary Rose Bolton Christine Mee Emery Ute & Patrick Prevost Ahearn- Otis & Ahearn Katherine Harrison Boston Red Sox Sanda Engle Saks Fifth Avenue Real Estate Pelson Foundation Barbara Erickson Janet Sharp Jane G. Akin & Kyla de Pope Family Kelly Boulett Sara Evans Shreve, Crump & Low Asla Jasmine Punzalan Susan Boyd Cathleen Everett Lawrence and Lillian Lisa & Joel Alvord Kathy Putnam Jane Bradley Cathy Everett Solomon Foundation Liliana Bachrach Jack Rapp & Ann Mee Athena Bradway Florrie Everett Cathleen Stone Patricia & Jon Baker Laura Reynolds Sally Brewster Shannon Falkson Camille Valentine- UBS Hillery & George Diana Rowan David Brown Maureen Fallon Financial Services Ballantyne Rockefeller Marcia Brown Dana Farabaugh Molly Weeks Laura Barletta Beatrice Roy Martha Brown Lisa Farber Susan Whitehead Camilla Russell Bennett Peter Roy & Leah Taylor Mary Ellen Browne Krista Ference $2,500+ Ashley K. Bernon Roy Carol Brush Anne Marie Filosa Kay Bernon Nicole Simeral Dolores Burton Karen Firestone Lee Albright Lisa Bevilaqua Gilda Slifka Mabel Cabot Joan FitzGerald Ann Beha & Robert A. Betsy Cabot Gilda Smart Meg Campbell Virginia Foote Radloff Judith Carmany Marilyn Ray Smith & Rebecca Campbell Anne W. Forsyth Meg Bennett Christine Carona Charles Freifeld Sara Campbell Deirdre Franchi Brown Advisory Angela Cavallo Leo Swift & Amy Carolyn Campot Christine Freeman Veronica Castellucci Katherine Chapman Auerbach Gina Caruso Friends of Post Office Century Bank Ann Clarkeson Kerry Swords Michele Ciarcia Square Elizabeth Coleman Lawrence H. & Roberta Judy & William H. Kelly Clark Karina Funk Barbara & Robert Cohn Taft IV Sharon Clarke Hilary Gabrieli Danforth Brooke & Jeff Cook Ben & Kate Taylor Sarah Carter P. Clunan Leana Gallagher Suki & Miguel de Bonnie Covington Roberta Weiner Catherine Coleman Cindy Gamble Bragança MaryLouise Crofton- Anne Connolly Josie Gardiner Jennifer Dolins Atkins $999 and below Melissa Ciana Copeman Elizabeth Gilbert-Bono Kim Furnald John & Diddy Cullinane Lydia Cottrell Jody Gill Marjorie Greville Christine Cusick Elizabeth Adams & Cliff Susan Covo Carol Gladstone Casandra H. Henderson Darlene Daggett Lasser Linda M. Cox Astrid Glass Lucile P. Hicks Nancy Adams Julie Crockford & Barbara Glauber Rebecca Adler Sheridan Haines Jacquelyn Goddard

06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Gifts reflect FY2013 donations, October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

Rachael Goldfarb Maggie Keohan Medical Academic and Commissioner Antonia Jody Snider Jill Goldweitz Patrice Kish &. Bennie Scientific Community M. Pollak Steven Solomon Ellen Goodman DiNardo Organization Sylvia Pope Vivian Spiro Dyan M. Goodwin Michelle Knight Pam Messenger Amy E. Porchenick Janet Spitz Victoria T. Baker Susan Knight Tonya Mezrich Helen Pounds Jill Stansky Graboys Thomas P. Koch Barbara Millen Alice Pratt Jeanne Stanton Cecily Grand Lynne Kortenhaus Kristi Miller Frances & Harold Pratt Donna Stearns Perrin Grayson Marianna Koval Mary-Kay Miller Marjorie Pratt Shira Sternberg Scott Grigelevich Patricia Kreger Monika Moesslang Marion Pressley Hannah Stevenson Mary Halpin Regina Krumholz Sarah Monaco Suzanne Priebatsch Sue & James Stockard Margery Hamlen Mona Kumar Alison Monaghan Suzanne Pucker Remy Stressenger Anne Hanford Lous R. Kunian Laura Monrad Patricia Quinn Helen Strieder Ashley Harmon Connie Lacaillade Lucy Moon-Lim Tina Rathborne Meg Succop Harvard University Annette LaMond Lucy G. Moorhead Elizabeth Reece Caron Tabb Polina Haseotes Renee M. Landers Sandra Moose Tyson C. Reed Karen Taggart Serena Hatch Michelle Lasser Claire Morse Peggy Reiser Lisbeth Tarlow Whitney Hatch Susan D. Lawrence Brigitte Moufflet Dianna Reza Susan Tayebati Margaretta Hausman Barbara Lee Daniel Moulton & Victoria Rizzi Belinda Termeer Kyra Haydock Katy Leland Barbara Joyce Lucy Robb Ayres Thompson Vivian Hedges Alexis Lelon Jennifer Mugar-Flaherty Pixie Robinson Joan Thorndike Jan Henderson Bobi Lelon Regina Mullen Alyssa Romano Janet Tobin Bayard Henry Sarah Salter Levy Amy Murphy Lisa Rooney John M. Tobin Marianne Herhily Dana Lewis Sherif & Mary Nada Julianne H. Rose Catherine Toner Cabby Herr Vivien Li Anne Nesto Andy Ross Cynthia Trull Ellen Roy Herzfelder John J. Linehan Beth Neustadt Amy Rosse Linda Turner Theresa Hewitt Judith Little Margo Newman Bonnie Rosse Sydney Marshall Turner Elise Larner Hills Ruth Littlechild Lisa Nickerson Anne Ruggles Eleanor Uddo Mary Hines Rosemary Lloyd Mary Nobile-King Antoinette Russell Catheline Van Den Rachel Hirsch Lori Lutton Carol Noble Annagret Burtschy Branden Jane & Steven Hoch Erin Duggan Lynch Kim Noltemy Sacerdote Rosamond Vaule Deb Hoffman Nina Lynch Susan Ogrodnik-Smith Eileen Saliba Elizabeth Vizza Gail Hoffman Leiha Macauley Cecilia O’Keefe Koreen A. Santos Renata von Tscharner Andrea Li Holland Betsy Ridge Madsen Janice O’Leary Fabiana Scanlan Carolyn Wadsworth Caroline Li Holland Kathleen Mahoney Dianne Olson Ruth C. Scheer Linda Waintrup May Houghton Simon Mais Jeryl Oristaglio Michon M. Schenck Celeste Walker Nancy Hovey Kristen Mangelinx Tiffany Ortiz Caroline Schernecker Anne Wallace Andrea Howley Irma Fisher Mann Lenore Ouellette Sona Schuermann Elise & Neil Wallace Ilisa Hurowitz Susan & Eric Marandett Erika Pagel Laurie Melchior Scott Susan M. Olsen Walton Roxanna Hurst Eva Markos Lynn Paget Karen Pappas Scrym- Roslyn M. Watson Anne Hyde Patricia Marks-Marti- Susan Paine geour WCVB TV Alison Poorvu Jaffe novich Kit Palenscar Marie Louise Scudder Amy Weed Melissa Janfaza Joanne Marsden Kristin Paton John W. Sears Rita Weiner Mary Johnson Massachusetts College Georgia Patton Suzie Sears Deborah Weisgall Diane G. Johnston of Pharmacy Katherine Pell Kristin Servison Sara Wells Martha Johnston Massachusetts Eye and Adrienne Penta Meredith Clark Shacoy Suzanne Wenz Sarah B. Jolliffe Ear Infirmary Lisa Perroncello Heather Shanahan Peter Wheeler Karen Jostrom Elena Matlack Sarah Perry George H. Shattuck, Jr. Kendra Wilde Mary Kakas Arlene Mattison Tom Peters & Susan & Isabel C. Shattuck Dianne Williams Jen Hunnewell Kaplan Lucia Matule Sargent Kathy Sheehan Natalie W. Williams Rita J. & Stanley Kaplan Kate McCusker Daria Petrilli-Eckert Stephanie Sheps Laura Wilson Family Foundation Hope McDermott Anne Phelan Mary Jo Sisk Sydney Winthrop Tina Karalekas Marcy McGourty Juliana Phillips Marianne Skok Susan Wissler Sinesia Karol Daria McLean Rebeca Plank Kay Sloan Megan Woods Judy Kasameyer Otile McManus Ellen Plapinger Deborah Smith Diana Olney Wyman Barbara Kates-Garnick Stacy McManus Margaret Plimpton Lynne Smith Joan Yogg Joan B. Kennedy Patricia R. McWeeney Susan Poduska Timothy Smith & Tania Zouikin Kathleen Kenney Martha Liff Smith

We have done our best to accurately list our donors. Please accept our sincere apologies for any errors and contact the office to help us correct our records. Thank you.

“Trees cool our streets, sidewalks, and homes on hot summer days. Trees increase property values and encourage neighborhood revitalization. They help clean our air and reduce pollutants that cause respiratory diseases, including asthma. Most important, trees make our city an even more beautiful place to live, work and visit.” Toni Pollak,Commissioner, Boston Parks Department 07 Supporting the mission Katherine Gross, a donor perspective By Anne Mackin

Peter Thorne and Katherine Gross created the Charlotte Foundation in the late 1990s to pursue a shared interest in social justice. Katherine, with a background in community organizing and nonprofit management, took the helm of the foundation. Both had grown up in or near New York City, with a fondness for Olmsted’s Central Park. “We found the When they began a life together in Boston, they Conservancy to be a appreciated the city’s livable size, its culture of unique organization, social activism, and its claim to another Olmsted connecting Boston’s masterpiece: the Emerald Necklace. many unconnected They had enjoyed walking or biking parts of the Emerald Necklace, but they gained an neighborhoods.” entirely new appreciation for the parks during a Conservancy- sponsored Duck Tour of Emerald Necklace highlights. As the well-known amphibious craft wound around the Fenway and along Olmsted’s parkways, they discovered parts of the Emerald Necklace they had never unique organization, connecting Boston’s many seen, and they marveled at the extent and unconnected neighborhoods. It really knocked variety of the parks. “A rose garden in the middle me out to see Julie Crockford’s [Conservancy of the city? And meadows hidden in drifts President] success on all these fronts.” of woodlands? We didn’t know these things “We learned about the Green Team,” Katherine existed,” explains Katherine. “We began to explains, referring to the Conservancy’s summer understand the beauty, the complexity, and the employment program for area high school variety of the Emerald Necklace that day, and its students. “That really matches the mission of ties to Boston’s many different neighborhoods.” our foundation. We’re committed to giving young The Conservancy’s mission of carrying on people in Boston the opportunity to explore Olmsted’s democratic ideals intrigued them. different professional and vocational interests, Olmsted had intended his park to bring and we love the leadership training program beautiful and healthful recreational settings to that gives kids skills to help advance them in all city residents. “The Conservancy,” Katherine life. We want to promote civic engagement and reflected, not only maintained and stewarded get young people thinking and acting on issues the city’s invaluable green spaces, but “helped related to everyone’s quality of life. The Emerald the parks serve everyone in the city. And Necklace Conservancy manages to pursue all it also raised awareness of the city’s green those goals in a thoughtful way.” resources. We found the Conservancy to be a

08 Stewarding the parks into the future Kalvin N., a youth perspective

By Anne Mackin

Kalvin, a senior at Boston Latin Academy and “Before I worked on the recipient of a Posse Foundation scholarship Green Team, my friends and to Hamilton College, came to the Conservancy through the Mayor’s hotline for youth I might cut through the parks employment two years ago. to get somewhere [else], but we didn’t really use them. A successful interview landed him the job with the Conservancy’s Youth Leadership But now—I just met a couple Program, (YLP) and he soon was working of my friends from the Green outdoors after school with other students, Team and we biked around getting to know them and the parks as well. the parks.” He describes how he began picking up the communication skills of a more professional environment right away. “For example, I couldn’t use the nicknames I’d made up for sounding like the leader he is. “But my first my friends,” he smiles. summer had prepared me for that.” In the summer of 2011, he got to test his “The work could be exhausting,” he leadership skills as an Assistant Crew Leader remembers, “and sometimes hot, but it was for the summer Green Team. He found social and sometimes even fun. When I woke himself gaining confidence and also a sense up, knowing I was going to be outside all day, of accomplishment. “It felt great to look at it was a great feeling—a sense of freedom.” an area I’d worked on and think, ‘I made this Reflecting on the way he saw the parks before impact. People can see what I did.’” That working in them, Kalvin says, “Before I worked made the job more fun, he emphasizes, on the Green Team, my friends and I might cut than the kind of busywork young employees through the parks to get somewhere else, but sometimes get stuck with. we didn’t really use them. But now—I just met a couple of my friends from the Green Team In his second summer as Assistant Crew and we biked around the parks.” Leader, Kalvin found himself with a new Green Team group. “I had to quickly make relationships and learn to communicate well about what needed to be done,” he explained,

09 THANK YOU You make it all possible. The Conservancy’s 15th Anniversary year has been a celebration of accomplishments of people and projects up and down the park. Our sincere thanks to all those who contributed so generously to help us connect people and parks and conserve the Emerald Necklace. The parks would not be the same without you. List reflects donations from October 1, 2012 -September 30, 2013.

$20,000+ Brookline Community The Garden Club of the Ogden & Nina Hunnewell Foundation Back Bay John P. Iappini & Carole E. Barr Foundation Brown Brothers Harriman Carol Gladstone Mathieson Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Serena Hatch Preston & Susan Grandin Bruce & Holly Johnstone Massachusetts James & Susan Hunnewell The Grantham Foundation Maria Krokidas The Boston Globe and Boston. John Hancock MLK Summer John & Ann Hall Laing Enterprises com* Scholar Program Robert & Michele Hanss Tristin & Martin Mannion Boston Fund for Parks through Caroline Loughlin Institute of Transportation Therese Minton Friends of Jamaica Pond Medical Academic and Engineers Nuestra Comunidad Boston Red Sox Foundation Scientific Community Sam & Amanda Kennedy Development Corporation Boston Youth Fund* Organization L.L. Bean Robert & Megan O’Block Inner Spark Foundation Northeastern University James & Lois Lober David O’Donahoe & Diane JPMorgan Chase & Co Robert A. Radloff & Ann Beha David & Rosalie McCullough Pienta Wendy Shattuck & Sam David & Marie Louise Scudder Mission Hill/Fenway Adrienne Penta Plimpton Neighborhood Trust Michael Porter Ben & Kate Taylor $2,500+ Gerard & Brigitte Moufflet Marion & William Pressley Edwin S. Webster Foundation Janet Atkins and Tarleton Sally McGuire Muspratt Oliver Rosen $15,000-19,999 Watkins II New England Farm & Garden Chris Shacoy & Meredith Clark Colleges of the Fenway Association Shacoy Jeff & Brooke Cook Julie Crockford & Sheridan NSTAR Foundation Teresa L. & Gregory W. Free For All Concert Fund Haines Robert Patterson & Jane Simmons Louise Riemer Chris DeSisto Manopoli Terry Strom & Margot Stern Samuels & Associates Greater Boston Convention & Jason & Katherine Post Strom The Starbucks Foundation Visitors Bureau Vikki Pryor Peter Thorne & Katherine Michael and Courtney Mark & Lynne Rickabaugh Gross $10,000+ Forrester Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Roslyn Watson Bank of America Jerry & Margaretta Hausman Association Carroll & Kate Williamson Cedar Valley Holdings Matthew J. Kiefer & Nan Porter Frederick & Kathleen Schultz Peter Wilson & Jean Tempel Lynn Dale & Frank Wisneski Glenn Murphy and Kathryn Jep Streit & Susan Knight The Windsor School Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Cochrane Murphy Nicholas & Joan Thorndike Thomas Wolf & Ellen Smolka Foundation Scott Nathan & Laura DeBonis Wilmington Trust Steve & Anne Woodsum Sara Wragge Fenway Sports Management Beth Pfeiffer $500+ Sarah Freeman & Sam Jane Roy $499 & under Sherwood Leo Swift & Amy Auerbach William & Alli Achtmeyer The Estate of Joen E. David & Susan Taylor Clint & Lawson Allen The Arnold Arboretum Greenwood Robert Brown & Elaine Beilin Committee Highland Street Foundation $1,000+ Dick Balzer & Patricia Bellinger Samuel & Edith Abbott Jon Berstein & Martina Patricia Ackad & Deborah Amos & Barbara Hostetter Peter & Marygrace Barber Albright Rossi James & Lisa Mooney Kenneth & Jane Barna Conant & Lorrie Brewer Lori Adcock & Amiel Cooper The Harold Whitworth Pierce Mary & Peter Barrett David & Deborah Brooks Heather Addison Charitable Trust The Beacon Hill Garden Club Arthur D. Clarke & Susan Sloan Mary Adelstein John & Cynthia Reed George & Mimi Bennett Jeff Coburn Jill Adler Gregory & Dina Selkoe Jeffrey & Mardee Brown John & Cecily Cornish Rusty & Roberta Aertson Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Jay & Christy Cashman Dwight & Loretto Crane Stephen & Gertrude Akers Foundation Richard & Maxine Charlton Sean & Susan Daley Lars & Lawson Albright The Yawkey Foundation Brian Chu & Ellie Cornish Chu Len Fishman Randall Albright Wayne & Ann Davis $5,000+ William & Joyce Fletcher Martin Allan Priscilla Dewey Thomas Goemaat Jocelyn Allen Anonymous Ted & Grace Fey Bayard & Julie Henry Thomas & Carole Allen Lee & Nile Albright Fiduciary Trust Company James & Bess Hughes Margarita Altamirano Boston Athletic Association Lawrence & Atsuko Fish John & Pamela Humphrey Charles & Kathleen Ames

10 Steve Angelica & Andrea Mimsie & Ron Cieciuch Edwin & Joy Farr Phillip Gordon & Julie John & Mimi Jones Howley Thomas Claflin Henry & Kate Faulkner Hume Gordon Edward Joyce Lucille & Gerry Aptekar Thomas Clasby & Kim & Nancy Faulkner Gordon & Cecily Grand Mary Jo Kane & Steven Arcanti & Susan Deborah Rivers Fenway Civic Mark & Debi Greenberg Shannon McCarthy Burns William Coady Association Mark Greenberg & Joan William & Phyllis Kantor Melanie Aswell Virginia Coburn Fenway Garden Society Daugirda Priscilla Karnovsky Helene Atwan John F. Cogan & Mary Jeffrey Ferris & Anne Marjorie & Nicholas Noah Katz J. Atwood & Elizabeth Cornille McKinnon Greville Pauline Katz Ives Sander Cohan & Katie Katherine Fichter Paula Gutlove James Kaufman Simone Auster Connolly Mary Fillman Craig Halvorson Sandra Kautz Louis & Antoinette Cohasset Garden Club John & Margot Finley Kevin Handly & Piney Cheryl Kelley Bailey Frances Colburn Dan & Penny Fireman Kesting-Handly Nicholas & Helen Kelley Cynthia Bainton Gretchen & Robert Sharyn Fireman Eric Hansen & Mona Steven Kelman & Marco Baldassarre Colby Angela & Edwin Fischer Tohamy Shelley Metzenbaum Laura Baldini Harry Collings Peter & Katharine Mark & Marjorie Robyn Kennedy James & Claire Baldwin Community Caring Fischoeder Hanson Thomas & Joanna Margaret Barrett Institute Frances Shedd Fisher Dennis Hart & Joan Kennedy Kevin Batt Suzanne Comtois Robert & Glenda Gulinello Maggie Keohan Vivian Beard John & Anne Connolly Fishman Elizabeth Haselwandter Margie Kerchen Robert Beck Rob Consalvo Ruth Ellen Fitch Whitney & Elizabeth Cameron Kerry & Kathy Carolyn Becker Charles Cooney & Peggy Joan FitzGerald Hatch Weinman Jill & Erik Berg Reiser James & Janet Candace Haydock Zoe & Tea Kesting- Shary Berg Nolly Corley Fitzgibbons Barbara Hayes Handly Roger & Anne Berman Helen Cox Beatrice Flammia Joan & John Hazard Ruth Khowais Jane Bernstein Linda Cox Jeanne Flannery Susan & John Donna Kiefer Kathryn Bertelli Kate Crockford Brenda & Andrew Hellerstein Katherine Kirshner Charles Beveridge Steve Crosby & Helen Flavin-Warshaw Maarten & Brigitte Robert Knight Linda Cabot Black Strieder Charlotte Fleetwood Henkes Jonathan & Jeanie Knox Jane Blumberg Stephen Cucchiaro James E. Fleming & Sean Hennessey Lorie Komlyn Christine Bourgeois & Anne Fitzpatrick Linda McClain Fred Hennie Chuck Kozlowski Kate & Robert Bowditch Cucchiaro Charles & Sarah Forbes Elaine Hepworth Robert Kretschmar Mark Boyer & Barbara Sally Curran Florence Frances Judith Herman Kenneth Kruckemeyer Millen Sarah Dale Franklin Park Zoo/Zoo Daniel L. Hern & Kristen Peter & Connie Jane & John Bradley Rita Dalton New England L. Daly Lacaillade Julie Brandlen Belden & Pamela Franklin Park Coalition Linda Hession Linda Laitine Anne Braudy Daniels Bob Fraser Charles & Theresa Craig Anne Lake Nancy Brennan Jo Davis Charles Freifeld & Hewitt Patrick Lally Kelly Brilliant Janet Deegen & Marilyn Ray Smith Mary A. Hickie & Esther Stacy & Tim Lamson Jim & Jan Bronson Constance Cervone Friends of the Muddy A. Kohn Wendy Landman Peter & Anne Brooke Charles Deknatel River Richard & Erica Janet Lawn Brookline GreenSpace Barbara Delutis Friends of the Thomas Hiersteiner Edward & Joyce Alliance Kathryn Deputat Crane Public Library Michael Higgins Lawrence Cornelia Brown Murray & Mary Dewart Joe & Ruthanne Fuller Mary Hines Robert Lawrence Robin & Marcia Brown Dennis & Betsy DeWitt John Furlong James Hoben Joan Lebach Laura Buckley Dan & June d’Heilly Runman Gaffur Marie Hoguet Barbara Lee Lalor & Patricia Burdick Lawrence DiCara & Peter & Gloria Steven & Carlene Morgan Leighton Gerard Burke & Jan Teresa Spillane Gammons Holmes Birila Leivi Henderson Will & Sandy Dick Frederic Gardner & Frederic & Caroline Tim Leland & Julie Dan & Holly Burnes Bennie DiNardo & Sherley Smith Hoppin Hatfield Stephen Burrington & Patrice Kish John & Susan Gardner Timothy Horn & Marie Newton & Arlene Levee Abigail Swaine Grace Dingee Nina Garfinkle Fukuda Robert Levey & Ellen Paul & Kate Jean Doherty Richard & Louisa Mary & David Hornby Goodman Buttenwieser Nan Donovan Garrison May Houghton Jillian A. Levine Kara Butterfield Katie Doonan John Gates & Cathryn Margaret Houy Cynthia & Sanford Charles Button Robert & Evelyn Doran Clark Nancy Hovey Levinson James Buttrick James Dorsey & Wendy Urs Gauchet & Anne Matthew Hoyle Meira & Marc Levinson Robert & Ann Buxbaum Nicholas Hawley Constance Hubbell Richard Levitan Pauline Ho Bynum Andrea Doucette Janet Gelbart Sue Hubert Brenda Lew Elizabeth Cabot Dharmena Downey Philip & Katie Getchell Sharon & James Hucul Peter Libby & Beryl Meg Campbell John E. Dragat & Pia K. Lorna Gibson Heidi Wade Hughey Bencerraf Edward & Peggy Bertelli Lucretia Gilbert Robert & Barbara Ursula Liff Campion David & Beth Drubner Sterling Giles & Rudy Humphreys John & Julie Linehan Frank & Carol Caro Michael & Kitty Dukakis Kikel Janet Hunkel Kathryn Lino Ethan Carr Ray Dunetz Lisa Gill Diane Iagulli Tamir Lipton Mary Carter Terese & Antonio D’Urso John & Elizabeth Carlos & Elizabeth Icaza Linda Littman Cynthia Casner Robert & Elaine Dynes Gilmore Inland Underwriters Mara Littman Fritz Casselman & Blaise C. Eckert & Daria Laurie Glassman & Insurance Agency Andrea Loew Susan Ashbrook Petrilli-Eckert Carla Bettano David Isberg Patricia Lorente Benjamin & Angela Danielle Eisenhauer Robert & Barbara Barbara Hover Jackson Mark Lu Cavallo Harron Ellenson Glauber Dan Jaffe & Alison James & Maureen Donna Cerasani Robert Engel Jacquelyn Goddard Poorvu Jaffe Lubben Nancy Chamberlin Michael & Gayle Epp Stan & Leslie Godoff Jamaica Pond Mark & Lisel Macenka Sue Chandler Heidi Estrada Matthew Goehlert Association Barbara Mackey Charles River Valley Don Eunson & Douglas Sue Goganian David James John & Ellen Maguire Garden Club Evans Bruce & Susan Gold Daniel Janis Beth Mahar Andrea Chase Florence Everett Caron & Frederick Norman Janis & Patricia Patrick & Rebecca Eric Chivian Elsbeth & Alfred Falk Golder Herzog Mailer-Howat Angela & Gregory Don & Janet Falkenstein Ruth Goldman Rhoda & Ralph Janis Brad & Sharon Malt Christiana Peter & Ellen Fallon Naomi Gordon Martha & Kenneth Warren & Patricia Barbara Fargo Johnston Manhard 11 Irma Fisher Mann Eric O’Brien Nancy & William Riegel Michel Spitzer Steven Wolf Virginia & Keith Leah O’Brien Gerard Riveron Edwin & Joyce Starner Bruce Wolff Marcotte Lee D. Oestreicher & Richard & Lucy Robb Ted Stebbins & Susan Susan Wolkoff Jay & Carol Marlin Alejandra Miranda- Pamela Robinson Ricci Alma Wright Jeffrey & Jane Marshall Naon Tyler Robinson Anne Steele Gerald Wright Helen Marston David Ofsevit & Nancy Jason Roeder Robert & Joan Stein Robert & Sheri Wright Gordon & Stephanie Mazonson Curt Rogers & Michael Kristina Steven Doris Yaffe Martin Margaret O’Keefe Prusak Loring Stevens Anne Young William & Kumi Martin Diana Olney David Rohrlich & Lisa Lorraine Stevens Doris Youngman Robert D. Mashal Marjorie O’Malley Koch Marianne Stevens- Victor V. Zarougian & & Shawna Giggey- Gretchen O’Neill Daniel L. Romanow & B. Schwarz Judy Saryan Mashal Orchard Cove Andrew Zelermyer John Stolurow Kyle Zick Judith Mason Fran O’Reilly Chris & Christina James & Cathleen Stone Catherine Zimmerman Thomas & Mary Ellen Julie O’Rourke Roosevelt Jean & Peter Stringham Linda & Jerrold Zindler Mason Jack Osgood Ken Ross Lawrence & Jean Hugh & Arlene Mattison Fawn Osher Holli Roth Sullivan In-kind Support* Christine McArdle Edith Overly Maria & E. Davis Rowley William & Judy Taft Appalachian Mountain Laura McCann Samantha Overton Nancy Sableski & Anne Carolyn Thomas Club* Mary McCusker Thomas M. Paine & Rousseau Parker Thomas Au Bon Pain* Brian McDonnell & Linda Sharp Paine Holly Safford & Charles Scot Titelbaum Barefoot Wine & Julianna Connolly Lark Jurev Palermo Weilbrenner John Tobin Bubbly* Margo McDonough Eleanor & Ro Pannesi Gary & Martha Sanborn Sidney & Lillian Topol Be Our Guest* Mary McFadden Carlos Parra Jean & Jonathan Dyanne Connelly Tosi Bella Luna & Milky Way Susan McIntosh Georgia Patton Sandler Pamela Toulopoulos Lounge* Maureen McQuillen Joanne Patton Elena Saporta Robert & Naomi Berklee College of Robert & Mary Catherine Pedemonti John Sasso & Mary Jo Tuchmann Music* Mehlman Randall Perkins Adams Paul Tucker & Maggie Boloco* Max & Alexandra Sarah Peskin Roger & Norma Moss-Tucker Boston Beer Company* Metral John & Jean Peteet Saunders Linda Turner Boston Bike’s Roll It Steve Miller & Sally Marcia Peters David Sauter Robert Turner & Otile Forward Program* Benbasset Tom Peters & Susan Nancy Allen Scannell McManus Boston Design Center* John & Sally Miller Sargent Edward & Rosemary Sydney Marshall Turner Boston Parks and Margo Miller Elizabeth Peterson Schantz Henry Tuttle Recreation* Sharon Miller Joseph Petras William Schechter & Peggy Ueda Boston Youth Steven Miller Sue Pfeiffer Sandra L. Shea Donna Ullrey Environmental Jessica Mink Jean Pierce Jeannine & Martin Camille Valentine Network* Bartholomew J. Mitchell Karen Pinto Schetzen Claudio Valera & Leslie Brookline Ice and Coal* & Susan Siebert Nancy Place Robert Schmalz Ziarko Valera Brookline Parks and Kristen Mobilia Rebeca Plank Kevin Schofield C. Van Niel Open Space* Geoffrey Modest & Julie Christine Poff Luciene Schroeder Jennifer Vasterling Casa Romero* Kaufmann Raymond Porfilio & Leila Schueler Rosamond Vaule The Catered Affair* Maureen Monks Rickie Harvey Barry & Joyce Schwartz Fredericka Veikley Eventbrite* Kyra Montagu Janis Porter Michael Schwartz & Frederick Vetterlein Everett Design* Alan Moore Susan Povak Jeffrey Knudsen Martha Vicinus Justine Mee Liff Fund* Dane & Alice Morgan Luis Prado & Martha Carl & Faith Scovel Kathleen Vieweg Karmaloop* Gwynne Morgan Karchere John Sears James & Donna Viola Legal Seafood* Mary-Anne Morrison Harold & Frances Pratt Susan & Andrew Segar Elizabeth Vizza Long’s Jewelers* Monroe & Frances Brendan Price Stephen & Margaret David Wagner Mark Lowenstein and Moseley George & Kathy Putnam Senturia Linda Wakeman Great Runs* Daniel Moulton & Glendora Putnam Raymond Serrano Ann Fowler Wallace Massachusetts Barbara Joyce Robert & Evelyn Pyle William Shaw & Hope Suzanne Wallen Department of Jeanine Mount Robin Radin McDermott Susan & Willoughby Correction* Hillary Mull Wallis Raemer Chris Sheasley Walling Pantone* Regina Mullen Elizabeth & Christopher Roger Shepley Marvin L. Wang & Alicia Patagonia* John & Betsy Munzer Reece John Shields D. Powell The Point* Glenn Murphy & Kelly Reed Matthew & Lori Sidman Ray Warburton The Revere Hotel and Kathryn Cochrane Mardi Reed Walter Silver & Sue Henry Warren & Nina Emerald Lounge* Murphy Sharon Regan Heilman Brown Saks Fifth Avenue* Hubert & Nancy Murray Connie Regolino Helaine Simmonds Joel Watson & Henia Shaws - Copley Place* Museum of Fine Arts Judith Revis Kay Sloan Handler Stop and Shop* Boston Nancy Reynolds Jack & Linda Smith Betsy Weaver Wegmans* Sherif & Mary Nada Dusty Rhodes John Smith Nicole Weiner Marva Nathan Cheryl Richards Lynne & Gary Smith Molly Weis Barbara Nazarewicz June & Maurice Frank Smizik Leonard Weiss Mary & James Nee Richardson David & Mary Smoyer Beverly Morgan Welch Anne Neely Marlena & Daniel Robert Snow & Howard Ed & Amy Wertheim Peter & Beatrice Nessen Richardson Block Kelley Whitmore Helen Netos & William William Richardson & Ilse Sousa Whole Foods Market Erdman Lauren Dever James & Sydney Sowles Kate Willett & Sophie Nora Nevin Winston Richie & Richard & Lucille Parker Bill Nigreen & Kathleen Charlotte Golar Richie Spagnuolo Wilmington Memorial McDermott Wilson & Elizabeth Marvin Sparrow Library Celeste Nigro Rickerson Lora Spiller James & Jane Wilson James & Judith Oates Janet Spitz Ashley Wisneski

Please accept our sincere apologies for any errors or omissions, and contact the office to help us correct our records. Thank you.

12 Selected Operating Revenue & Support Financial

Grants and Contributions Data Individuals $395,671 Foundations and Corporations $308,863 Justine Mee Liff Fund--Party in the Park Individuals $1,231,672 Corporate & Institutions $126,850 Total $1,358,522 Investments & Other Income $151,547 Total Revenue $2,214,602 Expenses

Programs Youth Leadership Program $113,245 Park Events and Education $172,430 Maintenance, Restoration & Volunteers $173,680 Circle the City $81,726 Total Programs $541,081

Projects Kelleher Rose Garden Fountain $340,624 Restoration Olmsted Tree Society initiative $42,811 Total Projects $383,435 Events Party In the Park $491,127 Total Events $491,127

Program Support Fundraising $140,656 General & Administration $147,785 Total Program Support $288,441 Total Operating Expenses $1,704,085 Net Asset Composition

Fixed Assets--Shattuck Visitors Center $844,600 Operating Capital $48,100 Olmsted Tree Society $799,300 Shattuck Endowment $525,700 Justine Mee Liff Fund $2,014,800 Total Net Assets $4,232,500

Notes: 1) In 2013 The Emerald Necklace Conservancy changed its fiscal year end to September 30. 2) The summary presented is a financial summary (NON AUDITED) for a twelve month period which differs from the nine month period reported in the 2013 audit. The Independent auditor’s report including financial statements is available from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s office upon request.

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remove invasive plant species give teens their first jobs lead interpretive tours and talks provide environmental education foster the next generation of park stewards recruit volunteers to“serve & learn” bring music and movies to the parks model projects to develop best practices welcome visitors to the parks at the Shattuck Visitor Center advocacy & accessibility advocacy & maintenance restoration & sustainability renewal

RESTORING THE VISION AND PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED