23May 2023 by Christine Harris

Progress in the Garden

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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

Earth Day Clean Up A Great Success

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The Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens and the Arlington Rotary sponsored a clean-up day in the Robbins Town Gardens between the Library and the Town Hall. We were lucky – with the weather and the turn-out of volunteer helpers.  Several members of the Arlington Rotary, the Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens,  the Arlington Garden Club, and other Arlington residents gathered to help “spruce up” the garden in preparation for the Spring and Summer seasons.   Leftover leaves and sticks from the Winter were raked out from beneath the bushes and bagged for disposal in leaf bags donated by Shattuck Hardware.    A lot of invasive plants were pulled up and some of the compacted soil in the garden beds was turned over and fertilized.  The curves in the beds were more sharply defined, and…
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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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22Apr 2019 by Christine Harris

Talk “Polishing a Masterpiece: Rediscovering Arlington’s Winfield Robbins Memorial Gardens” April 30, 7:30PM

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The Friends of Robbins Town Gardens and the Arlington Historical Society are Co-Sponsoring a lecture by Lucinda Brockway titled Polishing a Masterpiece: Rediscovering Arlington’s Winfield Robbins Memorial Gardens . The talk will be held at Town Hall Tuesday April 30th at 7:30 PM.  People are encouraged to walk through the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden before the talk to see the newly restored and operating reflecting pool. Admission is free for members of the Historical Society and of the Friends of Robbins Town Gardens. Like a work of Paul Revere’s silver or a master’s painting, designed landscapes need some regular polish to look their best. The Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden, between the Robbins Library and the Arlington Town Hall, is such a landscape jewel.  In 1938, the Olmsted Brothers were hired to re-imagine R.…
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21Oct 2018 by Christine Harris

Water is added to the reflecting pool

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This has been a very exciting week!  Once the bricks were replaced and the coping stones were placed along the edge of the reflecting pool, it was time to start planting the ground cover, shrubs and trees that will line the ripple and circle the fountain.  Several trees (including- a birch,  3 dogwood and a white fir), some shrubs (2 pieris and 2 mountain laurel 4 alberta spruce) and pachysandra,have been planted.  The pebble tech lining of the reflecting pool was installed, acid washed and cleaned and by the end of this week,  water was added to the reflecting pool to cure the pebble tech surface.  Things are really starting to come together. [huge_it_slider id="10 "]
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