12Nov 2025 by Alan Jones

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025 @ 7 PM – ROBBINS LIBRARY – 4TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM

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Members and non-members are invited to attend our Annual Meeting, where we will: Present our activities and accomplishments over the past year Review finances Discuss community outreach and recruiting/membership Present goals for next year Elect officers and board members We welcome your input!  If you can come, please email us at FRTG2018@gmail.com
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27Mar 2025 by Alan Jones

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – FRIENDS OF THE ROBBINS TOWN GARDENS SPRING CLEAN UP, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025

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Spring has arrived (finally!). In the Town Garden between the Town Hall and the Robbins Library there will be many flowering shrubs and trees, and vibrant shades of green as grass and new leaves come to life. To enhance the Garden, we welcome you to join our annual Spring Clean Up of the Garden: Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 10 AM - 2 PM(Rain date: Saturday, May 3, 2025) This year we plan to continue with planting pachysandra along the water rill, and to clean out dead branches and other debris that have accumulated over the winter months. Mulching and pruning may also be on the agenda. People of all ages who enjoy gardening are welcome to attend. We have tools, but it’s always helpful if folks can bring gardening…
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23May 2023 by Christine Harris

Progress in the Garden

Progress in the Garden, What's New
As we make progress in replanting, pruning and tending to the garden we'll post updates on our work here so you can follow along. We'll also let you know the help we need either on our work day - Thursday - or watering during the week. If you would like to help us with that please send an email to frg2018@gmail.com Many thanks This past Thursday , 5/19 JoAnn Robinson, Meredith Zona and Mona McKindley spent quite a bit of time cleaning up the winter creeper in the upper woodland.  They removed the excess wintercreeper along the rocks where it is to be preserved and groomed,  by raking with a steel tined rake and hand trimming.   They got half of the area done, filled three leaf bags and were tired…
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24Apr 2023 by Christine Harris

2024 Earth Day Clean Up A Great Success

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On April 20, 2024, Earth Day, the Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens sponsored a clean-up day in the gardens between the Library and the Town Hall. Cleaning out the pools The morning was wet and rainy, but by noon it was just cloudy and a comfortable temperature to work outside.  So, we started out in the early afternoon with a good group of volunteers.  Several members of the Arlington Rotary, the Arlington Garden Club, and other Arlington residents joined the Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens to help “spruce up” the garden in preparation for the spring and summer seasons.   Fixing the fence Leftover leaves and sticks from the winter beneath the shrubs were bagged for disposal in more than twenty-five leaf bags, generously donated by Shattuck Hardware.  Volunteers…
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05Apr 2023 by Christine Harris

What’s Happening in the Garden in April?

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We can’t wait till spring! Can you?We know the Town Garden will soon be waking up. Flowering trees will dazzle us with their beauty, leaves will push their way out of those expectant buds on the stems, and the water will soon run down the ripple again. We are so incredibly lucky to have that garden oasis right beside the Town Hall! The Board of the Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens wants to tell you what we have planned for this coming year and let you know all the different ways you can join us in enjoying, restoring, maintaining, and preserving our garden. We’ll start by having a CLEANUP DAY ON EARTH DAY APRIL 22nd. Come meet neighbors and friends and work together to spruce up the garden. We…
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07Jul 2022 by Christine Harris

Chronicle programs on Olmsted projects

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As you may know, our beautiful garden in the center of Arlington was designed by the Olmsted Brother's firm in 1938.These two Chronicle programs give a brief portrait of their father, Frederick Law Olmsted's work in the Boston area and showcase some of the features of Olmsted's design principals which he shared with his sons.  Do you see any of these principals reflected in the design of our garden?O-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC3M3_y6zBI
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05Jul 2022 by Christine Harris

A Good Time Was Had By All

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On Friday June 17th the Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens  held a party in the Robbins Town Garden -- the garden between the town hall and the library that was designed in 1938 by the Olmsted Brothers' firm. For a  $50 ticket people were treated to a meal from either Jose’s Torta Mexicana or the Blue Ribbon Barbeque, and beer, wine or non-alcoholic beverages. The added bonus was the chance to listen to the music of a great Band – What She Said      https://www.facebook.com/WhatSheSaidBOS. To hear some of the songs https://soundcloud.com/whatshesaidbos/sets/the-friends-garden-party The weather was warm and breezy , the garden was beautiful and those of us who attended really enjoyed meeting and partying with old and new friends. The purpose of the party was to expose more…
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22Apr 2019 by Christine Harris

Reflecting Pool Celebration Friday May 18 6:30PM Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden

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Saturday May 18, 6:30 PM Winfield Robbins Memorial GardenCash Bar, Savory Hors d’Oeuvres, Music and Theater.Tickets: $25.00 in advance, $30 at the door Available at the Town Hall Select Board office, the Book Rack orthe Chamber of Commerce Pay Pal https://bit.ly/2G23o8PCelebration sponsored by the Town of Arlington, the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens, the Arlington Historical Commission, the Cyrus Dallin Museum, and the Arlington Garden Club
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